# Identity Security Program Manager

**Company**: Southern Company
**Location**: Birmingham, AL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Energy

**Apply**: https://emje.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/SouthernCompanyJobs/job/18419
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_b5c0c2ce-706

## Description

Southern Company is seeking a highly organised, execution-focused Identity Security Program Manager to help drive delivery and operational effectiveness of the enterprise Identity Security Program. This role will report to the Sr Manager of Identity Security and will serve as the program's operational lead, ensuring strategic priorities are translated into clear plans, measurable outcomes, and reliable execution.

This position directly supports Southern Company's mission to mitigate real and potential cyber risks to its critical electric and gas utility infrastructure, operational technology environments, enterprise IT systems, personnel, customers, and brand. The role partners closely with Cybersecurity, Technology, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, HR, and business stakeholders to enable cross-functional alignment and consistent delivery.

The Identity Security Program Manager will coordinate and drive execution across a portfolio of projects including identity lifecycle, governance, privileged access, vendor access, self-service, and non-human/agentic identity initiatives. Success in this role requires strong program management fundamentals,planning, governance, stakeholder alignment, metrics, and continuous improvement,combined with the ability to operate in a highly regulated, mission-critical enterprise environment.

Key responsibilities include executing the enterprise Identity Security Program roadmap, managing integrated program plans, establishing and maintaining program operating rhythms, implementing and maintaining operating models, and coordinating cross-functional delivery efforts.

To be successful in this role, you will need proven experience managing cybersecurity or technology programs for large-scale enterprise initiatives, with a strong understanding of identity and access management concepts across on-prem, cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments.

## Skills

### Required
- Identity and Access Management
- Program Management
- Cybersecurity
- Technology Delivery
- Cross-functional Collaboration

### Nice to have
- IAM
- IGA
- PAM
- Zero Trust
- Non-human Identities