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

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs. 

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

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 the future of banking. Whether you’ve got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we’re here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing – and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition. Learn more

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

TD Bank is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process, please email TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at USWAPTDO@td.com.  Include your full name, best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.