Hybrid IAM Strategy Lead: Governance & PAM

CoreFactor Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CoreFactor Inc. in the GTA is seeking an Identity and Access Management Consultant on a contract basis to lead IAM strategy, governance, transformation and operations.

The role requires collaboration with Cybersecurity, IT, HR, and business stakeholders to deliver sustainable IAM capabilities. The consultant will guide identity governance, privileged access, authentication, directory services, and access controls across the organization, while managing vendors, budgets, and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
• Seven or more years of IAM, cybersecurity, or infrastructure security experience.
• At least three years leading IAM programs, services, projects, teams, or vendors.
• Experience implementing or operating enterprise IAM in Microsoft-oriented environments.
• Experience transitioning IAM solutions from implementation to operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the IAM strategy, roadmap, standards, operating model, and governance framework.
• Lead IAM transformation initiatives and transition new capabilities into operations.
• Oversee directory services, hybrid identity, authentication, and identity synchronization.
• Lead the selection and implementation of identity-governance and privileged-access solutions.
• Establish Joiner-Mover-Leaver, access-request, RBAC, and Access Review capabilities.
• Oversee privileged-account governance across servers, applications, cloud services, service accounts, and network devices.
• Establish standards for credential vaulting, password rotation, session monitoring, emergency access, and exceptions.
• Manage IAM vendors, budgets, contracts, projects, service performance, and delivery commitments.
• Develop policies, procedures, runbooks, service levels, and performance reporting.
• Support audits, risk assessments, incidents, and remediation of IAM control deficiencies.
• Lead internal resources, contractors, and external service providers.

Skills

Identity governance

Lifecycle management

Least privilege

RBAC

Access certification

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

Hybrid identity

Privileged administration

IGA platforms

PAM platforms

SailPoint

Saviynt

CyberArk

LDAP

Kerberos

SAML

OAuth

OIDC

APIs

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Job description

CoreFactor Inc. in the GTA is seeking an Identity and Access Management Consultant on a contract basis to lead IAM strategy, governance, transformation and operations.

The role requires collaboration with Cybersecurity, IT, HR, and business stakeholders to deliver sustainable IAM capabilities. The consultant will guide identity governance, privileged access, authentication, directory services, and access controls across the organization, while managing vendors, budgets, and service delivery.