Vice President, Identity & Access Management at Cloudflare

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!

Locations: Austin, New York, NY, San Francisco

Vice President, Identity & Access Management

About the Department

The Cloudflare Security team's mission is to protect both Cloudflare and our customers. We are trusted, principled partners to the organization, enabling the business to build, ship, and operate products securely. Our team is global, diverse, and dedicated to solving complex security challenges at a massive scale.

About the Role

As the VP of Identity & Access Management (IAM), you will establish, own, and lead the global strategy for Cloudflare's internal IAM program. You will be responsible for building and scaling the team, processes, and technologies required to support secure and streamlined access for all Cloudflare employees, contractors, and consultants.

This is a critical leadership role that will enhance our enterprise security posture, ensure regulatory compliance, and optimize the user access experience. You will work collaboratively with senior leaders across the organization to establish forward-thinking IAM governance and implement cutting-edge technologies, ensuring our program remains innovative and effective as we scale.

What You'll Do

Develop and own the comprehensive global strategy, roadmap, innovation, resourcing, and budget for Cloudflare's Identity & Access Management program, aligning with a Zero Trust philosophy.

Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing, globally distributed team of IAM professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

Act as the principal partner and senior advisor to stakeholders across the organization (including Engineering, IT, Legal, and Compliance) to define, implement, and enforce IAM standards, processes, and policies aligned with global regulatory controls.

Drive the continuous evolution of our IAM program by identifying, evaluating, and implementing cutting-edge technologies and best practices.

Oversee all IAM operations, including the architecture and management of authentication and authorization for all user, device, and application identities across our complex, federated environment.

Champion IAM best practices throughout the company, effectively communicating complex concepts and strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Requirements

Extensive experience developing, architecting, and leading large-scale, enterprise-wide Identity & Access Management programs.

Demonstrated experience building, leading, and mentoring high-performing, globally distributed teams across multiple time zones.

Deep expertise in core IAM concepts and technologies, including: least privilege, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Segregation of Duties (SoD), RBAC/ABAC, conditional access, authentication, authorization, federation, MFA, user provisioning, attestation, secrets management, and Zero Trust principles.

Proven experience managing identities, authentication, and authorization for user, device, and application identities within a complex, federated environment.

Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the proven ability to motivate cross-functional teams and align senior leadership on complex security strategies.

Proven experience developing and implementing IAM policies, standards, and processes in alignment with global regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOX, GDPR, ISO 27001).

Desirable

Direct experience managing IAM in a high-growth, cloud-native technology company.

Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM).

Experience managing IAM programs that include both corporate and production/engineering environments.

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

For Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $295,000 - $405,000

For NYC based hires: Estimated annual salary of $282,000 - $387,000

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

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Vice President, Identity & Access Management

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