Program Lead

Cyber Security training courses; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyber Security training courses is seeking an Identity & Trust Programme Lead to own the roadmap, budget, governance and delivery outcomes. The role focuses on strengthening identity controls and remediation, then leading the move to a modern, Zero Trust–aligned identity environment.

You will oversee senior stakeholders, manage remediation across identity governance, privileged access and directory services, and drive initiatives such as MFA, Conditional Access, PAM and DLP.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of large-scale cyber, identity or technology transformation programmes.
• Experience managing complex portfolios, budgets (£1m+) and senior stakeholders.
• Strong supplier and delivery partner management.
• Ability to translate technical risk into business outcomes and investment decisions.
• Experience operating in regulated or business-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the Identity & Trust roadmap, budget, governance and delivery outcomes.
• Lead remediation across identity governance, privileged access and directory services (e.g. SailPoint, CyberArk, Active Directory, Entra ID).
• Improve access controls, joiner/mover/leaver processes, privileged account management and authentication security.
• Deliver key initiatives including MFA, Conditional Access, PAM, DLP and Zero Trust capabilities.
• Manage suppliers, delivery partners and a small team of Project Managers.
• Oversee risks, regulatory commitments, audit actions and executive reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Programme management

Risk translation

Tools

SailPoint

CyberArk

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

PAM

Job description

Identity & Trust Programme Lead

Overview Lead the organisation's Identity & Trust transformation, owning the roadmap, budget, delivery, risks and outcomes. Initially focused on strengthening identity controls and remediation, the role will then drive the move towards a modern, resilient, Zero Trust-aligned identity environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Identity & Trust roadmap, budget, governance and delivery outcomes.
• Lead remediation across identity governance, privileged access and directory services (e.g. SailPoint, CyberArk, Active Directory, Entra ID).
• Improve access controls, joiner/mover/leaver processes, privileged account management and authentication security.
• Deliver key initiatives including MFA, Conditional Access, PAM, DLP and Zero Trust capabilities.
• Manage suppliers, delivery partners and a small team of Project Managers.
• Oversee risks, regulatory commitments, audit actions and executive reporting.

What Success Looks Like

• Stronger identity governance and access controls.
• Increased adoption of MFA, PAM and Zero Trust principles.
• Reduced security risks, orphaned accounts and privileged-access exceptions.
• Delivery of agreed remediation plans, budgets and regulatory commitments.

Experience Required

• Proven leadership of large-scale cyber, identity or technology transformation programmes.
• Experience managing complex portfolios, budgets (£1m+) and senior stakeholders.
• Strong supplier and delivery partner management.
• Ability to translate technical risk into business outcomes and investment decisions.
• Experience operating in regulated or business-critical environments.

Desirable

• Identity Governance (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM) or directory modernisation programmes.
• Zero Trust, cloud identity, DLP or AI security initiatives.
• Telecommunications, critical infrastructure or similar enterprise environments.
• Regulatory or audit remediation delivery.

Working knowledge of:

• SailPoint
• CyberArk
• Active Directory
• Microsoft Entra ID
• MFA, Conditional Access, RBAC and PAM