IAM Team Lead: Identity Governance & Access

Legal & General; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus plan

Share schemes

Generous pension

Life assurance

Healthcare plan

25 days holiday + UK holidays + buy/s'

Electric car scheme

Discounts

Net-zero offices

Job summary

Legal & General is seeking an Identity & Access Management Team Lead to shape the strategy and lead a skilled team across IAM controls and governance. You will work with security, technology, risk and business units to ensure robust identity controls in evolving cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role requires strong practical IAM expertise, leadership capability and the ability to challenge access requirements constructively across senior stakeholders. Flexible working options may be available.

Qualifications

• Strong practical experience in Identity & Access Management or information security.
• Experience leading, coaching and building capability within a technical or service team.
• Broad understanding of identity across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID, SSO, MFA, RBAC, PAM and identity lifecycle management.
• Experience managing controls, audit activity, evidence and remediation.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and challenging access requirements constructively.
• An analytical approach with the ability to turn complex issues into practical priorities.
• Curiosity, learning agility and a genuine interest in improving services rather than maintaining the status quo.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and developing colleagues across the IAM and Access Control teams.
• Setting priorities and shaping the strategic direction of identity services.
• Overseeing access governance across JML, RBAC, PAM, recertification and service accounts.
• Coordinating IAM controls, attestations, audit evidence and remediation activity.
• Improving policies, standards, processes and service performance.
• Partnering with business leaders, application owners, technology teams and service providers.
• Analysing identity and access data to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Supporting new technology, integrations, automation and identity-related business change.

Skills

Identity & Access Management

Information security

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Audit & evidence

Cloud & on-prem identity

Active Directory

Entra ID

SSO

MFA

RBAC

PAM

Identity lifecycle management

Job description

Legal & General is seeking an Identity & Access Management Team Lead to shape the strategy and lead a skilled team across IAM controls and governance. You will work with security, technology, risk and business units to ensure robust identity controls in evolving cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role requires strong practical IAM expertise, leadership capability and the ability to challenge access requirements constructively across senior stakeholders. Flexible working options may be available.