Platform Owner: Identity Governance & Administration

Kingfisher; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher is seeking a Platform Owner for Identity Governance & Administration to provide technical leadership, roadmap ownership, and delivery for the IG&A services. You will guide the evolution of Microsoft Identity Manager, coordinate migrations, and ensure secure, resilient operations across identity lifecycle management.

The role involves shaping architecture, collaborating with design and architecture teams, and driving improvements while balancing delivery milestones and risk.

Qualifications

• Experience with Identity Governance & Administration platforms.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Identity Manager and related components.
• Experience shaping technical roadmaps and migrations.
• Strong scripting and automation skills.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical roadmap for Identity Governance & Administration services.
• Lead engineering delivery for the Identity Governance platform.
• Guide the continued development and operation of Microsoft Identity Manager.
• Support the future replacement of Microsoft Identity Manager with a migration plan.
• Provide technical leadership across identity lifecycle management and access governance.
• Improve the platform through automation, standardisation and security.
• Prioritise engineering work and manage stakeholders and partners.

Skills

Identity governance

Microsoft Identity Manager

Roadmap planning

PowerShell & automation

Stakeholder management

Tools

PowerShell

APIs

Job description

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.

At Kingfisher, we’re building secure, modern and scalable technology that helps colleagues work effectively and supports better experiences across our business. As Platform Owner, you’ll provide technical leadership and ownership of Kingfisher’s Identity Governance & Administration capability, taking accountability for contributing to the strategy and roadmap and leading the operation and delivery of Identity Governance & Administration services. You’ll guide the development and modernisation of Microsoft Identity Manager and support the transition to Kingfisher’s future Identity Governance platform.

This role could based out of our Kingfisher Head Office in Paddington or our B&Q Head Office just outside Southampton, with an expectation of 12 days a month in the office and travel between sites as required.

What’s the job?

• Shape the technical roadmap for Identity Governance & Administration services, working closely with Identity Design and Architecture.
• Lead engineering delivery for the Identity Governance platform, including complex technical escalations and the implementation of agreed architectural direction.
• Guide the continued development and operational health of Microsoft Identity Manager, including synchronisation services, workflows, rules extensions, provisioning and identity integrations.
• Support the future replacement of Microsoft Identity Manager by turning architectural direction and business requirements into practical migration plans and engineering deliverables.
• Provide technical leadership across identity lifecycle management, Joiners, Movers and Leavers, access governance, access reviews, role-based access control and entitlement management.
• Improve the platform through automation, simplification, standardisation and technical debt reduction, while maintaining its security, resilience, performance, availability and operational health.
• Prioritise engineering work and support colleagues, suppliers and managed service partners, balancing operational demand, technical risk, roadmap delivery and platform lifecycle needs.

What you’ll bring

• Hands-on experience of Identity Governance & Administration platforms and services, including identity lifecycle management, provisioning, deprovisioning, access governance, role-based access control and entitlement management.
• Practical experience with Microsoft Identity Manager, including synchronisation services, management agents, metaverse design, attribute flows, workflows, rules extensions and identity integrations.
• Experience shaping technical roadmaps and leading platform improvement, modernisation, migration or replacement work.
• Technical knowledge of PowerShell, APIs, workflows, connectors, automation and Microsoft Identity Manager-related development.
• Experience providing technical leadership across engineers, suppliers and managed service partners, supported by clear communication, thoughtful prioritisation and effective stakeholder management.

How We Work

We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration.

We value the perspectives new team members bring.

What We Offer

An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. We’re committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.

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