Identity & Access Management Security Manager
Location: United Kingdom
Working model: To be agreed
Employment type: Full-time, permanent
About the Organisation
A growing organisation based in London is establishing a more mature identity and access management capability to support a broad ecosystem of internal systems, external partners and digital services. The focus is on robust governance, secure access and a consistent user experience.
The Role
The Identity & Access Management Security Manager will own the identity strategy and roadmap, build and lead a specialist team, and establish a scalable framework for identity governance and access control across enterprise and customer-facing environments.
Key Responsibilities
Define and deliver the organisation-wide identity and access management strategy and roadmap.
Build, lead and develop a high-performing IAM team.
Oversee solutions covering workforce IAM, customer identity and privileged access management.
Establish and maintain policies for multi-factor authentication, privileged access, least privilege and segregation of duties.
Manage identity lifecycle processes for employees, partners and customers.
Work with application owners to implement regular access reviews and access certifications.
Evaluate and manage identity platforms, tools and service providers.
Ensure identity controls align with relevant regulatory, risk and compliance requirements.
Partner with Security, IT, HR, Engineering and business leadership to embed identity best practices.
Candidate Profile
Significant experience in Identity & Access Management at senior or management level.
Deep understanding of IAM, PAM, MFA, federation and identity governance.
Experience delivering identity solutions across enterprise and customer-facing systems.
Familiarity with modern identity platforms and access governance tooling.
Strong knowledge of identity protocols such as SAML, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
Proven people leadership and stakeholder management skills.
Strategic mindset with the ability to translate a target state into a practical delivery roadmap.
Able to balance security, compliance, operational needs and user experience.
The Opportunity
A leadership opportunity with ownership of identity strategy, team development, platform choices and governance standards across a complex organisation.
Summary
Suited to an IAM leader who can combine strategic ownership and team leadership with sufficient technical depth to build a secure, scalable and well-governed identity capability.