IAM Team Lead: Identity & Access Management Strategist

Legal & General

England

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 95,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Bonus plan
Pension
Life assurance
Healthcare plan
Holiday entitlement
Family leave
Electric car scheme
Employee discounts
Net-zero offices

Job summary

Legal & General is seeking an Identity & Access Management Team Lead to combine practical IAM knowledge with strong people leadership. The role leads an established team, shaping the strategy for identity services and improving access governance across cloud and on‑premise environments.

The candidate will work with security, technology and the wider business to ensure controls stay effective as technology evolves. Strong stakeholder engagement is required.

Qualifications

  • Experience in Identity & Access Management or information security.
  • Proven leadership of technical or service teams.
  • Broad understanding of identity across cloud and on-prem environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead IAM and Access Control teams with coaching and development.
  • Shape strategic direction of identity services and governance.
  • Oversee access governance: JML, RBAC, PAM, recertification, service accounts.
  • Coordinate IAM controls, attestations and remediation activity.
  • Improve policies, standards, processes and service performance.
  • Partner with business leaders and technology teams to drive changes.

Skills

IAM
Leadership
Cloud & On-Prem
Active Directory
Entra ID
SSO
MFA
RBAC
PAM
Identity Lifecycle
Audit & Compliance

Tools

Entra ID / Azure AD
SSO tooling

Job description

Legal & General is seeking an Identity & Access Management Team Lead to combine practical IAM knowledge with strong people leadership. The role leads an established team, shaping the strategy for identity services and improving access governance across cloud and on‑premise environments.

The candidate will work with security, technology and the wider business to ensure controls stay effective as technology evolves. Strong stakeholder engagement is required.

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