Women are increasingly visible in identity teams, but visibility doesn’t always translate to influence. This panel brings together senior practitioners who have shaped identity strategy across product, policy, standards, and enterprise programs.

Panelists will discuss how major decisions actually get made in identity programs: who sets priorities, how tradeoffs are negotiated, and what it takes to move from implementation roles into strategic leadership. The conversation will focus on real decision points, including budgets, risk tolerance, governance models, and cross-functional alignment, and how experienced leaders navigate them in complex organizations.

Topics may include:

• Translating technical constraints into executive decisions
• Governing identity across security, privacy, compliance, and UX
• What it really takes to influence direction in large identity programs