Director of Identity & Access Management
East West Bancorp
San Marino, CA · Posted November 7, 2026
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About the job
Introduction
Since 1973, East West Bank has served as a pathway to success. With over 110 locations across the U.S. and Asia, we are the premier financial bridge between the East and West. Our teams of experienced, multi-cultural professionals help guide businesses and community members on both sides of the Pacific looking to explore new markets and create new opportunities, and our sustained growth and expertise in industries like real estate, entertainment and media, private equity and venture capital, and high-tech help build sustainable businesses and expand our associates’ potential for career advancement.
Headquartered in California, East West Bank (Nasdaq: EWBC) is a top-performing commercial bank with a strong foundation, an enterprising spirit and a commitment to absolute integrity. East West Bank gives people the confidence to reach further.
Overview
East West Bank is seeking a Director Identity and Access Management. As the Director of Identity and Access Management (IAM) you will report to the Chief Information Security Officer. East West Bank is looking for an experienced Manager with broad and deep knowledge of Identity and Access Management. The IAM Manager will work end to end across the company, focused on application owners, access provisioning, access deprovisioning, and user access certification.
The IAM Manager will also work with multiple parts of Information Security helping define and evaluate and update policies, standards and solutions for enterprise and business use.
You will manage the development of process improvements, project proposals and provide significant input into strategic roadmaps and critical dashboards to provide management status to executive leadership.
Responsibilities
Establish a strategy to put together a holistic IAM program.
Conduct a role mining exercise across the enterprise to provision birth right access based on roles and responsibility.
Work with multiple stakeholders to establish end to end user access life cycle management.
Build relationships with business application teams to manage application onboarding portfolio and schedule
Provide content for IAM support team training and process flows for application onboarding, to include
Initiation, requirements gathering, implementation, success criteria, sustainability and support models
Manage the periodic user access review certification process in alignment with IT risk management and compliance policies
Engage with business units, sell the benefits of Role based access, gather their business requirements and serve as a single point of contact for business unit representatives throughout their application onboarding lifecycle
Complete application discovery tasks and document initial application onboarding connections
Serve as single point of contact for application teams and coordinate onboarding activities including alignment of deployment windows
Drive continuous improvement of policies, procedures and technology related to Access Management to enable risk reduction, business enablement and operational efficiencies
Interact with industry experts and stay abreast of best practices in the IAM field to maintain technical expertise and apply leading practices
Be an authority in building, executing and leading enterprise IAM initiatives in a complex organizational environment
Manage project budgets and scope and conduct resource planning for risks that are proactively identified
Develop and employ strategies to bring strategic alignment between technology and business stakeholders
Qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Information Technology or related field. MBA and/or CISM, CISSP preferred.
Candidates must have 8 or more years of experience in IAM
Identity Management (automated provisioning, de-provisioning, certification, etc.)
Access Management (MFA, SSO, LDAP)
Cloud Based Applications (Private, Public, Hybrid)
Privileged Access Management
RBAC
Security Risk Management
Strong Knowledge of Applications and how Identities are managed
Detailed knowledge of IAM Services and the business processes used to support them
Strong track record in developing, implementing and refining Identity and Access Management (IAM) processes
Capable of working cooperatively across multiple teams working in a challenging, dynamic and global environment
Demonstrated success building relationships with partner groups and working with global teams
Solid track record in contributing to IAM tool planning and management
Experienced in meeting goals in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing needs
Demonstrated experience leading direct reports, as well as teams within large cross functional projects
Consistent record of being results orientated with demonstrated ability to achieve bold goals.
Extraordinary communication skills, including the ability to gather relevant data and information, actively listen, dialogue freely, verbalize ideas effectively, negotiate tense situations successfully, and handle and resolve conflict
Knowledge of regulatory controls e.g. SOX, PCI DSS
Capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously
Capable of leading multi-functional teams
Capable of solving complex problems
Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the United States. We do not offer visa sponsorship at this time.
Compensation The base pay range for this position is USD $175,000.00/Yr. - USD $230,000.00/Yr. Exact offers will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.