Privileged Access Management - Platform Engineering Lead

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative medicines. The Privileged Access Management - Platform Engineering Lead will be responsible for overseeing the PAM product roadmap and managing a high-performing engineering team to ensure secure access to systems and data across the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

• Owning and executing the PAM product roadmap, balancing current operational needs with longer-term strategic goals for privileged access and secrets management across the enterprise
• Proactively identifying and prioritizing use cases for human and non-human privileged access—including service accounts, non-human identities (NHI), agentic/automated workflows, and secure secrets management for cloud and DevOps environments
• Anticipating evolving business, security, and technology trends—including AI-driven and agentic access scenarios—and translating them into actionable product features, policies, and program initiatives
• Overseeing the design, optimization, and engineering of workflows for privileged account vaulting, lifecycle management, just-in-time (JIT) access, session monitoring, and automated credential rotation across hybrid environments
• Driving integration of PAM with related platforms such as IAM, IGA, SIEM, cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), and CI/CD pipelines to support secure automation and enterprise agility
• Leading, mentoring, and developing a high-performing PAM engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in a rapidly evolving threat landscape
• Monitoring PAM platform maturity, industry trends, and emerging standards to continuously sharpen the program's strategic direction
• Serving as the internal subject matter expert (SME) for privileged access—advising security, architecture, compliance, and business teams on PAM capabilities, gaps, and best practices
• Responding to and remediating audit findings related to privileged access controls and secrets management
• Managing budget planning, resource allocation, and vendor relationships for all PAM technologies and solutions
• Developing and maintaining documentation, standards, and operating procedures that make PAM understandable and adoptable across the organization

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with 7 years of experience, OR Masters Degree and 6 years of experience OR PhD and 2 years of experience
• Hands-on experience implementing and operating enterprise Privileged Access Management solutions
• Proven product ownership or program management experience with enterprise PAM platforms (e.g., BeyondTrust)
• Deep technical knowledge of privileged account governance, credential vaulting, session management, and secrets management across hybrid on-premises and cloud environments
• Strong engineering experience integrating PAM with IAM/IGA, directory services, SIEM, cloud platforms, and DevOps ecosystems
• Demonstrated expertise in non-human identity (NHI) controls, agentic access, just-in-time (JIT) access, and privileged access automation
• Ability to translate complex business, security, and regulatory requirements—including emerging AI-driven scenarios—into actionable platform features and roadmap priorities
• Effective stakeholder management and communication skills across both technical and executive audiences
• Proven ability to lead teams, drive continuous improvement, and manage strategic transformation in a fast-moving threat environment
• Familiarity with cloud-native IAM and secrets management services (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault)
• Experience with scripting and automation (e.g., PowerShell, Python) to support PAM workflow engineering
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks and audit requirements related to privileged access (SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST)
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CyberArk Defender/Sentry, BeyondTrust certified professional, or equivalent
• Experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry