Lead, Product Owner - Active Directory

Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a "Bridgestone West" strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Category

Information Technology

Position Summary

The Modern Workplace Product Owner - Active Directory is accountable for the Active Directory platform as a critical enterprise infrastructure service within Bridgestone West. The role ensures that Active Directory services are secure, resilient, compliant, and aligned with business and security requirements. The position combines strategic service ownership, technical platform accountability, and governance of delegated operations in line with the approved Active Directory RACI model.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Own and effectively share with stakeholders and IT Leadership the end-to-end lifecycle of the Active Directory service, including vision, roadmap, standards, and continuous improvement.
• Act as single point of accountability for the Active Directory platform across the West region.
• Ensure alignment with business needs, security requirements, and Modern Workplace strategy.

Active Directory Platform & Architecture

• Forest and domain architecture
• Domain and forest functional levels
• FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) roles
• Active Directory schema
• Trust relationships
• Sites & Services, subnets, and replication topology
• Health monitoring, stability, and resilience

Security, Risk and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with security policies, Zero Trust principles, and IAM standards.
• Govern privileged access models and delegation.
• Act as interface with Security teams for audits and remediation.

Operations Governance

• Define responsibility boundaries across internal teams and Managed Service Providers.
• Govern incident, problem, and change management related to Active Directory.
• Ensure adherence to RACI, SLAs, and security requirements.

Backup, Recovery and Resilience

• Accountable for Active Directory backup and recovery strategy.
• Ensure recovery procedures are documented, tested, and aligned with infrastructure teams.

Hybrid Identity & Entra ID

• Act as service owner for AD-Entra ID integration.
• Ensure governance of synchronization and hybrid identity scenarios.

Role Boundaries

This role is accountable for governance and platform ownership but does not perform day-to-day operational tasks such as password resets, standard account administration, or server OS operations.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience in large-scale Active Directory environments.
• Experience in enterprise identity service ownership.
• Strong understanding of AD security and delegation models.
• Experience managing Managed Service Providers.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Active Directory or enterprise identity services.
• Experience with hybrid identity and Entra ID environments.
• Exposure to regulated or security-sensitive enterprises.
• Experience in operations of solutions for backup and disaster recovery of hybrid Active Directory infrastructure.

At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they feel safe bringing their chosen version of themselves to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

What we offer

At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to "Serve Society with Superior Quality", for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• An effective and inclusive team.

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider all individuals for employment based on their unique merit and without regard to age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.