Identity & Access Management/ IAM Operations Manager

Harrington Starr; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an IAM Operations Manager to lead their Identity & Access Management function. This pivotal role involves designing IAM frameworks, overseeing user access management, and ensuring compliance with security regulations. You will be instrumental in streamlining access controls and improving the organization's security posture. This position offers a chance to work in a fast-paced, heavily regulated environment, collaborating across teams to enhance security measures. If you have a strong background in IAM and a passion for security, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in IAM management or SME role is essential.
• Strong understanding of security compliance standards like ISO27001 and SOX.

Responsibilities

• Design IAM frameworks aligning with industry best practices.
• Oversee user access management and ensure security compliance.

Skills

IAM management

Security compliance

Problem solving

User access management

Incident response

Tools

SailPoint

OKTA

Azure AD

Job description

Identity & Access Management/ IAM Operations Manager

Harrington Starr are seeking an IAM Operations Manager for a leading global financial services organisation based in London. This newly created role will be responsible for leading and growing the IAM ops function (3 people) and will be responsible for streamlining access controls and improving the organisation’s security posture from an IAM perspective.

The role offers the chance to work in a fast moving, heavily regulated environment.

Key responsibilities on a daily basis will include:

• Designing all IAM frameworks aligning to industry best practices
• User access management – overseeing user provision
• Security compliance to regulatory requirements – ISO27001, GDPR, SOX
• Role based access control assessment (RBAC) oversight
• Reporting and documentation – user access policies and audit logs
• Cross team collaboration – technology, security and group risk
• Incident Response: Ability to quickly and effectively respond to access-related security incidents, including breaches, unauthorized access, or policy violations
• Training and user awareness

In order to be suitable you will need the following background:

• Experience in a similar IAM management/ SME role
• Understanding of IAM tooling (SailPoint, OKTA, Azure AD), MFA and RBAC. We are not seeking candidates with an SME focus on one tool, but SME experience within IAM and PAM concepts
• Strong understanding of security compliance – ISO27001, SOX (highly desirable), NIST
• Experience of managing IAM projects from design to implementation to monitoring
• Demonstrable experience of managing stakeholders at all levels
• Problem solving skills including management of security incidents with an IAM focus

Role is based in London (city) with three days required in the office.

Please send your CV for immediate review.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology