Head of Applied Identity Engineering (US)

Work Location:

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$250,000 - $370,000 USD

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Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Job Description:

The Head of Applied Identity Engineering leads the vision, development, and implementation of enterprise-grade identity solutions that are foundational to secure business operations. This role is accountable for shaping the technical direction of identity services, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, and built for the future.
This role brings deep expertise in identity systems and modern engineering practices, setting the strategy for how digital identities are created, managed, and secured across the enterprise. This role also ensures seamless integration of identity platforms with both cloud-native and on-premises environments.

Depth & Scope:

• Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
• Defines and evolves the enterprise-wide approach to digital identity by setting standards for how identity services are designed, deployed, and maintained
• Leads the creation of secure and flexible identity solutions that support workforce, customer, and partner access across diverse technologies and environments
• Guides the development of services that handle authentication, authorization, lifecycle management, and entitlements at global scale
• Ensures identity platforms are optimized for high availability, performance, and elastic growth, supporting both legacy and cloud-based systems
• Provides direction on the adoption of modern identity frameworks, protocols, and tools—such as zero trust principles, password-less access, and decentralized identity models
• Partners with security, infrastructure, product, and business teams to align identity capabilities with organizational needs and digital transformation initiatives
• Builds and leads a high-performing team of engineers and technical leads. Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and engineering excellence
• Ensures identity services meet internal and regulatory requirements while enabling operational agility and user experience
• Sets clear metrics to evaluate service health, technical debt, and progress toward modernization goals; presents results to executive leadership

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in is preferred
• 10+ years of experience in financial crimes management, risk management, or compliance within the financial services or related industry
• Proven experience in managing and leading teams in a regulatory and risk-focused environment
• In-depth knowledge of AML regulations, fraud detection, and prevention frameworks
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with data and technology-driven solutions for risk management.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills

• Certifications such as CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) are a plus 

Who We Are:
TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues. 

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape th