IDAM Technical Lead - NextGen

Vallum Associates; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallum Associates is seeking an experienced IAM Delivery Lead to drive Identity and Access Management transformations across global functions. You will lead multiple workstreams, coordinate with business and technology stakeholders, and ensure delivery against the programme plan.

You will apply strong project management, hands-on IAM knowledge, and DevOps understanding (Jenkins, CI/CD, cloud and on-premise) to unblock blockers, report on risks, and promote continuous improvement within a large

Qualifications

• Experience leading IAM projects across large, global programmes.
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Solid technical understanding of IAM controls and DevOps tools (CI/CD, Jenkins, cloud).
• Ability to learn quickly and navigate regulatory/audit requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead IAM workstreams and coordinate delivery across global functions.
• Maintain PM reporting and ensure JIRA & Confluence are up to date.
• Identify blockers and support the team to unblock progress.
• Drive continuous improvement across the programme.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and vendors to align priorities.
• Produce weekly status, risk and issue reports.

Skills

Project management

IAM knowledge

DevOps/CI-CD/Cloud

Stakeholder engagement

Team player

Regulatory & audit

Learning agility

Job description

The client is undergoing a transformation of its Identity and Access Management practices including the delivery of a set of net new tools to overhaul how IAM is carried out in the industry. We are seeking an experienced IAM Delivery Lead – who has a good understanding of Identity Management and a successful track record of working in complex and global organisations at fast pace. The role will report to the Programme Manager and be part of a dynamic and highly skilled team.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage several of the Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) Workstreams supporting the adoption of IAM across Global Business and Global Functions
• Work with the team using standard PM reporting practices ensuring JIRA & Confluence is kept up to date
• Support team in understanding and unblocking problems preventing progress
• Work with team to identify areas for continuous improvement across the programme
• Lead assigned internal stakeholders and vendors to deliver on the agreed scope
• Engage with business and technology stakeholders to agree priorities
• Proactively follow up with project resources and ensuring workstream delivers to the agreed schedule
• Highlight any concerns with progress to the programme manager to ensure delivery stays on track
• Effectively handing changes to plan, resourcing and new requirements
• Provide weekly reporting of status, risks and issues across the workstream

Key Experience required

• Strong project management skills
• Good technical understanding of DevOps, Jenkins, CI/CD Pipelines, Cloud and on‑premise infrastructure platforms
• Previous hands‑on experience of delivering IAM projects
• Good technical understanding of IAM and controls capabilities and requirements
• Strong stakeholder engagement and excellent communication skills involving senior stakeholders
• Positive, pro‑active team player working as part of a large programme / global team
• Good understanding of regulatory and audit requirement
• An inquisitive nature with a rapid aptitude for learning