Identity & Access Management/ IAM Operations Manager

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an IAM Operations Manager to lead and grow their IAM operations team in London. This pivotal role involves streamlining access controls and enhancing the organization's security posture. You will design IAM frameworks, manage user access, ensure compliance with regulations like ISO27001 and GDPR, and respond to security incidents effectively. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, heavily regulated environment where your contributions will be vital to the organization's security efforts. If you have a strong background in IAM and are ready to take on new challenges, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar IAM management/ SME role.
• Strong understanding of security compliance – ISO27001, SOX, NIST.

Responsibilities

• Designing IAM frameworks aligning to industry best practices.
• Overseeing user access management and security compliance.

Skills

IAM Management

User Access Management

Security Compliance (ISO27001, GDPR, SOX)

RBAC Oversight

Incident Response

Problem Solving

Tools

SailPoint

OKTA

Azure AD

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Client:

Harrington Starr

Location:

london, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

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 if 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