Lead, SAP Security & Compliance

Company Overview:

MP Materials (NYSE: MP) is rebuilding American industrial capability for a new era of autonomy, robotics, and electrification.

We are the only U.S. company with a fully integrated rare earth supply chain—from mining and refining to advanced metal and magnet manufacturing. Our products include both the critical materials used to make permanent magnets and the finished magnets themselves—enabling next-generation technologies in robotics, automation, aerospace, transportation, defense, and energy systems. These materials are the foundation of physical AI—the convergence of computation, movement, and control.

We hire ambitious, mission-driven people who want to tackle complex challenges and shape the future of strategic industries. Our culture is rooted in teamwork, resiliency, and integrity, with a deep commitment to operational excellence and national purpose. MP is rapidly evolving from a materials producer into a leading U.S. manufacturer—and our people are driving that transformation.

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced SAP Security & Compliance Lead to join MP Materials’ Enterprise Systems team and serve as the primary authority for SAP security architecture, access governance, and compliance controls across the company’s SAP landscape.

Operating within the SAP Center of Excellence (CoE), this role is responsible for designing and maintaining SAP authorization architecture, overseeing access governance processes, and ensuring SAP security controls support both efficient business operations and regulatory compliance. The position works closely with Internal Audit, cybersecurity, and SAP functional teams to maintain a strong SAP controls framework aligned with SOX requirements.

This role combines architectural authority for SAP security design with hands-on operational responsibility for access governance and lifecycle management processes, including segregation of duties management, access lifecycle administration, and audit support.

The SAP Security & Compliance Lead also provides guidance on SAP security architecture as the company expands its enterprise application landscape and may contribute to broader enterprise identity governance and cybersecurity initiatives where SAP systems are involved.

This role will be remote with occasional travel to MP Materials’ operating sites in Fort Worth, Texas, Las Vegas, and Mountain Pass, California.

Position Responsibilities:

SAP Security Architecture

• Design and maintain SAP authorization architecture including single roles, composite roles, derived roles, and role hierarchies.
• Design and maintain SAP Fiori security architecture, including catalogs, spaces/pages, and role assignments to support secure and scalable access to SAP applications.
• Ensure proper authorization design for SAP Fiori and related services, including OData services and ICF service activation required for secure application access.
• Establish security standards across SAP modules including FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, Plant Maintenance, and Project Systems.
• Ensure SAP security architecture supports MP Materials’ SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud (RISE) environment.
• Provide security guidance for SAP integrations, enhancements, and custom development.
• Provide strategic guidance on SAP security architecture as the company expands its enterprise application landscape.
• Define and maintain the long-term SAP security strategy and roadmap in alignment with enterprise security standards and evolving business requirements.

Segregation of Duties & Compliance Controls

• Own and maintain the SAP Segregation of Duties (SoD) framework in collaboration with Finance and Internal Audit.
• Identify and remediate access risks and control gaps.
• Support internal and external audit activities related to SAP access governance and security controls.
• Maintain documentation and evidence required to support SOX compliance.
• Partner with Internal Audit to continuously improve the SAP controls framework and ensure readiness for internal and external audit reviews.

Access Governance & Lifecycle Management

• Administer and continuously improve SAP GRC Access Control, including rule set maintenance, access risk analysis, and mitigation control management.
• Establish scalable processes for access requests, approvals, and periodic access certification.
• Manage privileged access governance and SAP GRC Emergency Access Management (EAM) processes.
• Improve automation and governance of SAP access lifecycle management processes
• Drive improvements in access governance processes, including role lifecycle management, access certification, and control monitoring.
• Oversee SAP access lifecycle management, including onboarding, role changes, and offboarding processes.

Security Collaboration

• Partner with infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to ensure SAP security aligns with enterprise security standards.
• Contribute to enterprise initiatives related to identity governance, authentication, and access management.
• Support integration of SAP environments with enterprise monitoring, logging, and authentication frameworks.
• Assist with security assessments and remediation activities.

SAP CoE Security Leadership

• Serve as the SAP security subject matter expert within the SAP Center of Excellence.
• Advise solution architects, developers, and business partners on secure SAP design practices.
• Ensure security considerations are incorporated into SAP implementations, upgrades, and integrations.
• Promote best practices for secure configuration and development within the SAP landscape.
• Act as the primary escalation point for SAP security and access control issues impacting business operations.

Basic Qualifications:

Desired Qualities:

MP Materials is Proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Underrepresented groups/Women/Disabled/Veterans are encouraged to apply. Candidates whose disabilities make them unable to meet the position’s requirements will still be considered qualified if they can perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation.

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