Product Owner (Senior) - Identity & Access Management

BEC Financial Technologies; København; Hybrid; DKK 850,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development budget

Healthy lunches

Active staff associations

Flexible starting time

Health insurance

Referral bonus

Job summary

BEC Financial Technologies is seeking an experienced Product Owner to lead the Identity & Access Management platform, covering Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, PAM, Identity Governance and lifecycle management.

You will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for identity services while aligning with security, architecture, and business objectives. You will collaborate with Security Management, Architecture, engineering teams, and senior stakeholders across Denmark and Poland.

Qualifications

• Experience in product ownership or architecture for IAM/security platforms.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, PAM, Identity Governance, and lifecycle management.
• Ability to translate business needs into a clear product roadmap.
• Proficient in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Own the Identity & Access Management product strategy, vision, and roadmap.
• Establish and maintain a prioritized backlog aligned with security objectives.
• Drive modernization of identity governance and lifecycle processes.
• Lead alignment across security, architecture, operations, and business functions.
• Develop customer-focused relationships to ensure IAM meets customer needs and delivers value.
• Define product KPIs, outcomes, and success criteria.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements (NIS2, ISO 27001).
• Drive future identity platform consolidation activities.
• Foster a product mindset focused on business value and operational excellence.
• Collaborate across teams and improve ways of working.

Skills

Product owner

Leadership

Agile

Identity security

Stakeholder management

Strategic vision

Business value translation

English proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

PAM

Identity Governance

Identity Lifecycle Mgmt

Zero Trust

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Product Owner to take ownership of our Identity & Access Management platform, encompassing Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Privileged Access Management, Identity Governance, and Identity Lifecycle Management.

This product is a critical strategic capability supporting all business units and serves as a foundational component of our Zero Trust security architecture. The role combines product leadership, stakeholder management, and deep understanding of modern identity platforms and security practices. As Product Owner, you will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for identity services while ensuring alignment with security, compliance, architecture, and business objectives. You will work closely with Security Management, Architecture, engineering teams, and senior stakeholders across the organisation.

In your day-to-day work, you will collaborate closely across Poland and Denmark. We are open to candidates who would like to work either from our Warsaw office or from Roskilde, as for us, competencies and the right mindset matter more than location.

If you join us , you will report directly to Henrik Ellesø.

Primary task and responsibilities include:

• Own the Identity & Access Management product strategy, vision, and roadmap


• Establish and maintain a prioritised product backlog aligned with business and security objectives


• Drive continuous improvement and modernization of identity governance and lifecycle management processes


• Lead stakeholder alignment across security, architecture, operations, and business functions.


• Develop and maintain a strong customer-focused network and trusted relationships to ensure IAM and Access Management solutions meet customer needs and deliver business value


• Define product KPIs, outcome measurements, and success criteria


• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements including NIS2 and ISO 27001


• Drive future identity platform consolidation activities


• Foster a product mindset, focusing on business value, customer outcomes, risk reduction, and operational excellence


• Actively contribute to cross-functional collaboration and drive continuous improvement in alignment with the company's ways of working

To succeed in the role, you:

• Lead through influence rather than authority and have experience in a similar Product role or as an Architect


• Bring experience from a area focused on Microsoft Entra ID, Identity Governance, Privileged Access Management, Identity Lifecycle Management, Zero Trust principles, and security compliance frameworks


• Bring strong Product Owner and leadership competencies:


• Provide strategic direction and translate business objectives into a clear product vision and roadmap


• Build trust and influence stakeholders across business and technology domains to create alignment and drive decisions


• Lead transformation efforts and foster adoption of new ways of working


• Make data-informed prioritization and investment decisions in complex and changing environments


• Communicate effectively across all organizational levels, creating clarity, collaboration, and commitment


• Translate technical concepts into business value and measurable outcomes.


• Have a strong understanding of Agile & Ways of Working. The successful candidate will have a solid foundation in Agile product management and modern product operating models.


• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken, for working in teams in Denmark and Poland.

Be your best self with BEC’s benefits!

We offer a diverse range of benefits for our employees. Here are just a few of them.

• Professional development budget


• Healthy, varied lunch and fruit in the canteen


• Active staff associations: yoga, cycling, salsa dancing etc.


• Flexible starting time


• Health insurance


• Referral bonus

BEC is in the process of being acquired by our largest customer and co-owner, Nykredit, which is Denmark's largest mortgage provider and third-largest bank. We will become part of a new and larger organization called Nykredit Financial Technologies. In the transition phase, we are recruiting for roles that we expect to be highly needed in our future organization.