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.