TJX Companies
At TJX Companies, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You'll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you're working in our four global Home Offices, Distribution Centers or Retail Stores-TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, Homesense, Sierra, Winners, and TK Maxx, you'll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family-a Fortune 100 company and the world's leading off-price retailer.
Job Description:TJX is seeking an experienced strategic leader to run the Identity Governance & Administration function. As an AVP, this role will be part of the Global IT and IT Security Leadership Teams, reporting into xxxx.
Cybersecurity is a critical function at TJX. The team is a global, centrally managed organization within a global IT function responsible for technology for our home offices, stores, and distribution centers operating in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and India.
Position DescriptionThe AVP, Identity and Access Management provides strategic oversight and leadership for the enterprise IGA program. The function governs identity lifecycle management, access management, single sign-on, access requests and approvals, provisioning and deprovisioning, access certifications, entitlement management, role management, segregation of duties, identity data quality, and the onboarding of applications into IGA services.
As an AVP of Cybersecurity, you will lead a global team across architecture, engineering, operations, analysis, and application onboarding. You will establish the strategy and roadmap, strengthen identity controls, simplify access processes, improve audit readiness, and partner with business and technology leaders to ensure access remains appropriate throughout the identity lifecycle.
What You'll Do- IAM Strategy and Roadmap: Defines and executes the enterprise strategy for IGA and Access Management including target state, multiyear roadmap, operating model, and investment priorities aligned with cybersecurity risk, business needs, and modernization goals.
- Identity Lifecycle and Access Governance: Leads joiner, mover, and leaver processes; access requests and approvals; provisioning and deprovisioning; access certifications; and remediation of inappropriate access.
- Entitlement and Role Management: Establishes standards for entitlement ownership, cataloging, risk classification, role design, birthright access, segregation of duties, access packages, exceptions, and retirement.
- Application Onboarding: Leads the intake, prioritization, integration, testing, and production readiness of applications onboarded to IGA using repeatable patterns, clear controls, and accountable ownership.
- Product and Operational Leadership: Manages technology and services with clear roadmaps, delivery priorities, service levels, metrics, platform resilience, incident and change management.
- Risk and Compliance: Ensures IAM services meet regulatory, risk, and security requirements; drives timely remediation of control gaps and findings.
- Automation and Modernization: Uses workflow automation, analytics, self-service, standardized integrations, and process simplification to improve control consistency and reduce access and onboarding cycle times.
What You'll Need- Minimum 10+ years of experience in identity and access management, cybersecurity, information technology, or a related field, with at least 5 years of senior leadership experience.
- Experience leading a global IGA function or large-scale identity transformation in a complex, multinational corporate environment with geographically dispersed teams.
- Experience leading enterprise platform strategy, architecture, implementation, integration, operations, upgrades, and continuous improvement;
- Proven ability to lead major platform implementations and broad application onboarding programs involving business owners, application teams, control partners, vendors, and managed service providers.
- Strong understanding of least privilege, Zero Trust, role-based and attribute-based access, birthright access, orphan-account management, policy enforcement, identity analytics, and access risk.
- Experience with cybersecurity controls, audit, regulatory compliance, risk management, incident and change management, disaster recovery, and IT service management practices.
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, cybersecurity, or a related field, or an equivalent experience
- Executive presence and excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex identity and control topics into clear business decisions.
- Ability to build strong relationships with teammates, leadership, senior management, application and business owners, auditors, control partners, vendors, and other internal and external stakeholders.
Benefits include Associate discount; 401(k) match; medical/dental/vision; HSA; health care FSA; life insurance; short/long-term disability; paid holidays/vacation /sick/bereavement/parental leave; EAP; incentive programs for management; auto/home insurance discounts; tuition reimbursement; scholarship program; adoption/surrogacy assistance; smoking cessation; child care/cell phone discounts; pet/legal insurance; credit union; referral bonuses. All benefits are subject to applicable plan or program terms (including eligibility terms) and may change from time to time. Contact your TJX representative for more information.
In addition to our open door policy and supportive work environment, we also strive to provide a competitive salary and benefits package. TJX considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. TJX also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.
Address:300 Value Way
Location:USA Home Office Marlborough MA 300 Value Way
This position has a starting salary range of USD $175,700.00 to $228,400.00 per year. Actual starting pay is determined by a number of factors, including relevant skills, qualifications, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual incentive as well as long-term incentives.
