Principal Technical Advisor - Identity Security

About the role

SailPoint is hiring a principal-level Technical Advisor to act as its identity security strategist for the enterprise. The role owns the multi-year platform adoption roadmap and architects unified governance across human, machine and AI agent identities, turning SailPoint's Identity Security Cloud, Agentic Fabric and adjacent capabilities into measurable business value such as reduced breach risk, improved compliance efficiency and avoided costs. It is a peer role to customer CISOs, CIOs and VP-level engineering leaders.

Key responsibilities

• Design and maintain multi-year platform adoption roadmaps for strategic accounts, sequencing deployments across Identity Security Cloud, Agentic Fabric, Machine Identity Security, Data Access Security and Harbor Pilot.
• Architect identity governance models covering human, machine and AI agent identities, with consistent policies, lifecycle management and access controls.
• Advise C-suite and VP-level engineering leaders on identity security strategy, regulatory architecture and technology investment.
• Define and run value measurement frameworks, quantifying breach risk reduction, compliance gains and cost avoidance for quarterly executive reviews.
• Guide customers through AI agent identity governance with SailPoint Agentic Fabric, including agent discovery, risk-tier classification and least-privilege enforcement.
• Translate regulatory requirements (DORA, NIS2, SEC cyber disclosure, SOX, HIPAA) into actionable governance architectures.
• Identify cross-account patterns and anti-patterns and turn them into frameworks for Product Management and Engineering.
• Partner with Customer Success Managers and Customer Value Partners to support renewals and expansions.
• Author technical content, present at customer advisory boards, contribute to SailPoint's knowledge base and mentor other advisors.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Business Administration or a related field.
• US citizenship required for FedRAMP initiatives.
• Extensive experience in IAM, IGA and enterprise security architecture.
• Ability to translate complex technical realities into strategic business risk language for executives.

Required skills

• Identity and access management (IAM) and identity governance and administration (IGA)
• Enterprise security architecture
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, TOGAF, CISA highly preferred; SailPoint platform certifications strongly desired

What we offer

• Estimated base salary for US-based employees of $147,600 - $248,862.
• Possible eligibility for the SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan, a role-specific commission and equity participation.
• Benefits and compensation vary by location and employment type.