Staff Engineer, Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Your work will change lives. Including your own.

In this role, you will

• Assess our current state of IAM and revamp our IAM strategy across our products, platforms , cloud/on-premise infrastructure and corporate applications to accelerate key business outcomes.

• Drive IAM implementation as part of our larger zero-trust security strategy

• Architect and Design cloud-based identity governance, access management and cloud directory solutions

• Implement RBAC/ABAC based IAM workflows for onboarding and ongoing identity lifecycle management

• Act as a key technical and strategic advisor for cross-functional teams including IT, security, and development to ensure that IAM principles are integrated into broader security architecture.

• Partner with Engineering and IT  teams to ensure our products and applications are developed and implemented with  fine-tuned access privileges and are appropriately risk

• Establish well-defined KPIs, KCIs, and KRIs that provide visibility into IAM control effectiveness and support continuous improvement.

• Ensure regulatory compliance by partnering with other teams to design IAM solutions that meet standards for SOX, GxP, etc.

The Team You'll Join

• You will join a growing Information Security team at the company, focused on enabling the company to decode biology by providing world class secure technology services that are designed and fit for purpose. You'll collaborate with your teammates and across departments to ensure that IAM systems support the organization's broader business objectives while maintaining the highest standards of security.

The Experience You'll Need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in Identity & Access Management and other information security related domains.

• Deep understanding of security principles and proven track record of successfully leading large-scale IAM projects from strategy to execution, particularly within cloud-first and hybrid environments.

• Expertise in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python) as they relate to IAM products.

• Expert level experience in one or more of the leading Enterprise Identity Administration & Governance solutions

• Expert level Experience in Adaptive Authentication, OAuth, OpenID, SAML etc.

• Expert level experience with the identity stack like Enterprise Active Directory as well as experience working with IAM products in the cloud like Okta, AWS, Azure AD, Duo or equivalent

• Expert level experience with privileged access management solutions (e.g., Delinea, CyberArk).

• Knowledge of operating systems (UNIX/Linux, macOS, Windows) and of database management systems

• Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of driving security initiatives and influencing change across multiple teams and disciplines.

• Act as a Business Systems Analyst and articulate and elicit requirements and use-cases in a manner that is technology agnostic

• A continuous improvement mindset, staying up to date with the latest IAM trends and technologies to drive innovation within the organization.

• Experience with risk management, ensuring that IAM solutions are aligned with organizational risk tolerance and compliance requirements.

• Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, OSCP, GWAPT) are highly desirable.

Working Location & Compensation

Making SLC your home base is ideal, however, we will consider remote work for this position. We ask that remote employees commit to regular on-site visits for routine work and departmental events.

At the company, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skills, experience, and qualifications needed for this role, the estimated annual base salary range is:  $180,600–$212,900 . In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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The Values We Hope You Share

• We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.

• We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.

• We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.

• We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.

• We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.

• We are One the company. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.

Our values underpin the employee experience at the company. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.

More About the company

The company (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. The company is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the the company OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the the company OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.

The company’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. The company also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at [link for members] , or connect on X and LinkedIn .

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

The company leverages AI in our hiring process. We use Greenhouse's Talent Matching AI technology feature to help review applications against the skills and experience we've identified as important for this role. It analyzes your resume and application responses to assess how closely your qualifications match our criteria - but all decisions are made by our human recruiters and hiring managers, including whether to move to the next phase of review. Talent Matching does not automatically advance or reject any candidate.  By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have been informed about and consent to this use of the Talent Matching tool in our review process. Please refer to our the company Privacy Policy at  [link for members] for more information about our processing of personal data and your rights.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: the company Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to the company or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by the company’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of the company, and the company will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.