IAM Architecture Director: Secure Identity & Governance

Novartis AG; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 69,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance plans

Retirement plans

Wellbeing resources

Global recognition programs

Hybrid working options

Parental leave

Job summary

Novartis AG is seeking a Dir. DDIT ISC Functional Security Architect to lead enterprise IAM architecture, govern identity patterns, and align with security standards across functions.

The role collaborates with Enterprise Architects, IAM capability teams and business stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable identity solutions, including IGA, PAM, and agent-based identities for AI-enabled applications. You will drive maturity of IAM governance, participate in technology evaluations, and help shape

Qualifications

• Experience in Identity and Access Management architecture at enterprise level.
• Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization, federation and PAM.
• Knowledge of cloud-native identity, workload identities and APIs for non-human identities.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust and identity-centric security principles.
• Ability to translate security requirements into reusable IAM architecture patterns and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Review and govern IAM technology variants and architecture patterns.
• Drive IAM standards with EA, Security Architecture and IAM teams.
• Provide IAM guidance and design reviews for projects and programs.
• Evolve enterprise IAM capabilities, roadmaps and reference architectures.
• Promote reuse of enterprise IAM capabilities over app-specific solutions.
• Communicate IAM risks and architectural considerations to stakeholders.
• Contribute to evaluation of new IAM technologies and governance processes.

Skills

IAM architecture

Security architecture

Identity lifecycle mgmt

OAuth / OIDC / SAML

RBAC / ABAC

Tools

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

SAML 2.0

SCIM

Job description

Novartis AG is seeking a Dir. DDIT ISC Functional Security Architect to lead enterprise IAM architecture, govern identity patterns, and align with security standards across functions.

The role collaborates with Enterprise Architects, IAM capability teams and business stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable identity solutions, including IGA, PAM, and agent-based identities for AI-enabled applications. You will drive maturity of IAM governance, participate in technology evaluations, and help shape