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Salary: USD 225,000 - 332,000 / annual
Ping Identity is seeking a Senior Director of Identity Standards—a strategic, externally-facing leader who operates at the intersection of standards development, product strategy, ecosystem partnerships, and business development. This is not a traditional standards or architecture role, but rather a position for someone who can articulate a compelling vision for identity in the AI era and represent that vision publicly on stages, with customers, and in strategic partnerships.
The ideal candidate combines technical credibility with commercial instinct: comfortable navigating standards bodies, engaging directly with customers, and addressing industry audiences.
Key Responsibilities:
Standards Leadership: Actively contribute to relevant identity and AI standards efforts, and support other internal contributors participating in those bodies. Help ensure the company's standards engagement reflects a coherent, forward-looking strategy rather than isolated participation.
Strategic Partnerships: Develop and cultivate relationships with key ecosystem players to build joint reference architectures. Guide and support the TAP team as they establish design partnerships and technical integrations with external organizations.
Emerging Trends: Monitor and track activity across the identity and AI ecosystem. Translate ecosystem signals into directional recommendations for the product team.
Technical Evangelism: Represent the company externally as a leading voice on identity for AI. Speak at industry events, conferences, and forums to build the company's reputation and influence in this space.
Internal Evangelism: Drive internal alignment around reference architectures and standard design patterns. Act as a bridge between standards work, product direction, and go-to-market strategy.
What Makes This Role Different: This role is distinct from a pure Standards Architect position. It requires equal fluency in technical standards work and strategic/commercial partnership-building, along with the presence and credibility to be a public-facing voice for the company's point of view on identity in the AI era.
Ping Identity is headquartered in Denver, Colorado with offices and employees globally. The company serves more than half of the Fortune 100 and is changing how enterprises think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.
Requirements: The posting does not explicitly state years of experience, specific certifications, or formal education requirements. However, the role implicitly requires: deep technical credibility in identity standards and architecture; demonstrated experience in standards bodies (IETF, OpenID Foundation, or similar); proven ability to influence at the executive and board level; strong public speaking and thought leadership presence; experience building strategic partnerships and ecosystem relationships; and fluency in both technical and commercial contexts.
