IAM & PAM Leader: Strategy, Governance & Automation

Majid Al Futtaim

Dubai

On-site

AED 350,000 - 550,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Majid Al Futtaim is seeking an Identity and Access Management Manager to lead the IAM/PAM strategy and its global implementation. The role covers identity lifecycle management, access governance, and privilege access activities across a large organization.

You will drive secure authentication, automate IAM processes, and ensure compliance with multiple standards. The position demands 8+ years in IAM, strong leadership, and collaboration with vendors, with hands-on experience across Dev to UAT

Qualifications

8+ years of experience with IAM solutions in large organizations.
5+ years of hands-on global IDAM platform management.
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent; CIAM/CISM/CISSP/ITIL preferred.
Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and enforce secure IAM/PAM policies, procedures, and controls aligned with least privilege and business requirements.
Manage end-to-end identity lifecycle including onboarding, provisioning, access changes, certifications, and offboarding.
Implement RBAC/ABAC, MFA, SSO, federation, access reviews, and strong authentication/authorization mechanisms.
Oversee credential vaulting and rotation, privileged session monitoring/recording, JIT access, and break-glass/emergency access procedures.
Monitor IAM/PAM environments, investigate anomalies and incidents, remediate vulnerabilities, and lead identity-related incident response activities.
Design and operate enterprise IAM/IGA/PAM solutions such as SailPoint, CyberArk, and Delinea, with automation using workflows, PowerShell, or Python.
Ensure alignment with NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, GDPR, SOC 2, and audit requirements; establish KPIs, metrics, logging, and reporting.
Lead IAM initiatives, vendors/MSPs, training, and stakeholder collaboration while continuously improving IAM capabilities, security, automation, and SLA performance.