Senior Director - Access Control

Genesys empowers organizations of all sizes to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for their customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the AI-powered Experience Orchestration platform, organizations can accelerate growth by delivering empathetic, personalized experiences at scale to drive customer loyalty, workforce engagement, efficiency and operational improvements.

We employ more than 6,000 people across the globe who embrace empathy and cultivate collaboration to succeed. And, while we offer great benefits and perks like larger tech companies, our employees have the independence to make a larger impact on the company and take ownership of their work. Join the team and create the future of customer experience together.

Senior Director, Product Management – Access Control

Genesys is the hub where innovators come together to shape the future of customer experience. We believe in limitless possibilities through AI-enabled Experience Orchestration — helping organizations deliver personalized, connected experiences at global scale.

As a global leader in AI powered cloud CX, Genesys fosters a culture where imagination meets impact. Here, your ideas power the platform that connects millions of customers every day.

As Senior Director, Product Management – Access Control, you will define and lead the vision for the access control capabilities that make the Genesys Cloud platform secure, scalable, and intelligent.

Reporting to the VP of Product Management, you will own a portfolio spanning access control, user management and segmentation. Your mission is to deliver products that abstract complexity, enable confident administration, and build customer trust through resilient and compliant access models.

You will have a strong focus on change management and be passionate about delivering best in class experiences. The ideal candidate is an authentic communicator with a comprehensive ability to influence resources to expand thinking and facilitate strategic alignment.  

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and champion a unified product vision and roadmap for Platform Access Control — covering access control, user management and data segmentation
• Develop and execute a customer-centric strategy that drives platform adoption, scalability, and security.
• Establish measurable success metrics and KPIs to track platform performance, governance, and customer impact.
• Partner with across the organization to align access control and identity capabilities with Genesys’ global trust and privacy standards.

Execution & Delivery

• Lead cross-functional delivery using Agile and Design Thinking principles to turn vision into tangible platform outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills. Experience working as a part of cross functional project teams with proven experience delivering results across product, engineering, user experience, design and research teams
• Oversee telemetry, analytics, and engagement insights to continuously improve user experience and adoption.
• Ensure the platform foundations deliver extensibility and reliability for internal and external developers and administrators.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as an executive advocate for platform access control and identity strategy, aligning cross-product and business priorities.
• Manage regular communications at executive level on roll out & adoption across the platform
• Implement and drive governance across teams to ensure consistent adoption and use of platform foundation capabilities
• Build strong relationships with enterprise customers to understand needs and guide the evolution of platform capabilities.
• Present platform vision and progress at internal, customer, and industry events; represent Genesys as a thought leader in secure platform innovation.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and customer empathy across your teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of product management experience, with proven success leading SaaS or CCaaS platform initiatives.
• Demonstrated expertise & technical knowledge in access control, user lifecycle management and identity frameworks.
• Track record of building and executing product strategies that balance usability, compliance, and scalability.
• Strong experience managing ambiguity and influencing global, cross-functional teams beyond direct authority.
• Exceptional executive communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical strategies to both technical and business audiences.
• Big-picture thinker with the ability to dive into details to drive execution excellence.
• Experience working with large-scale customer platforms, ideally in contact center, CX, or workflow orchestration domains.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.

What Success Looks Like

• Unified access and identity framework adopted across all Genesys Cloud services.
• Reduced administrative complexity and faster onboarding for enterprise customers.
• A high-performing team motivated by innovation, impact, and customer-first outcomes.

Why Genesys

At Genesys, you’ll lead with purpose and innovation — driving the technology that powers the world’s most advanced customer experiences. You’ll join a culture built on collaboration, curiosity, and trust, where your leadership defines the foundation of our next decade of growth.

Compensation:

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a commission or performance-based bonus opportunities.  

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance. 

• Telehealth coverage

• Flexible work schedules and work from home opportunities

• Development and career growth opportunities

• Open Time Off in addition to 10 paid holidays

• 401(k) matching program

• Adoption Assistance

• Fertility treatments

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About Genesys:

Genesys® empowers more than 8,000 organizations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. With agentic AI at its core, Genesys Cloud™ is the AI-Powered Experience Orchestration platform that connects people, systems, data and AI across the enterprise. As a result, organizations can drive customer loyalty, growth and retention while increasing operational efficiency and teamwork across human and AI workforces. To learn more, visit www.genesys.com.

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