Manager, IAM Access Management

Mastercard, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services company is seeking a Manager for IAM Access Management to oversee security functions and enhance identity management systems. The successful candidate will lead IAM operations, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and best practices while managing a dynamic team. Ideal candidates will have strong experience with IAM tools, effective communication skills, and a commitment to security. This role plays a vital part in safeguarding the integrity of access to sensitive information.

Qualifications

• Experience managing BAU IAM teams in regulated environments.
• Ability to articulate clearly to diverse stakeholders.
• Customer-focused with a passion for excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage IAM operations and team development.
• Monitor security breaches and respond promptly.
• Oversee vendors ensuring SLAs are met.

Skills

Managing BAU IAM teams

Experience in regulated environments

Hands-on experience with IGA and PAM tools

Ability to build strong relationships

Problem solving

Customer focus

Strong personal and professional ethics

Education

Qualified to Saviynt L200 or willingness to complete certification

Tools

Saviynt

CyberArk

EntraID

Active Directory

Job description

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Manager, IAM Access Management

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the function overseeing Security for Vocalink Limited, a company that enables the payments of 90% of salaries, 70% of utility bills, most ATM transactions and every cheque cleared in the UK.

The successful candidate will become part of a high functioning team, dedicated to delivering a robust, secure, and resilient service to 60+million citizens every day with transactional volume of 11 billion/year and total annual transactional value in excess of GBP6 Trillion.

The IAM (Identity and Access Management) Manager is part of a team playing a crucial role in designing, implementing, and overseeing the company's identity and access management solutions. The ideal candidate will help define, enhance, and implement Vocalink's information security processes, while ensuring consistent administration of information security assets and controls to effectively improve security posture.

Role

In this role, you will:

• Lead and manage IAM operations, fostering collaboration and ensuring delivery meets agreed standards while supporting team growth and development.
• Work closely with the IAM VP and Director to drive changes throughout the IAM team to improve Vocalink's identity security posture.
• Regularly review and refine IAM policies to ensure they align with industry best practices and regulatory standards.
• Monitor and respond to any security breaches or irregularities within the IAM systems.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Review the configuration of existing systems or solutions and identify security issues which require a change to its configuration, provide improvement recommendations and elevate any potential risks helping ensure security risks are pro-actively managed.
• Oversee vendors responsible for providing IAM tools and services and elevate any process deficiencies and remediation actions required to the IAM VP to help ensure providers meet contractually defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs) required to manage Vocalink risk.
• Liaise with Audit and Controls teams to facilitate testing and provision of audit evidence

Experience

• Experience in managing BAU IAM teams in regulated environments
• Relevant experience of working in a complex (preferably multi-national) stakeholder environment that includes complex customers and regulators.
• Hands-on experience with IGA and PAM tools like Saviynt, CyberArk, EntraID and Active Directory
• Ideally qualified to Saviynt L200, or be willing to complete certification
• Ability to articulate themselves clearly and concisely to a broad range of senior and junior stakeholders, acting as a bridge as well as guide for the implementation of new capabilities.
• Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across diverse teams.
• Problem solving - excellent analysis and deductive skills.
• Customer focus - passion for excellence.
• Ethics - strong personal and professional ethics.
• Highly motivated and conscientious individual.
• Embodies and demonstrates all the brand values required by Vocalink and Mastercard.
• Line manager and a team player - leads by example.
• Capable of reaching SC clearance, if required.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.