Senior IAM Strategy & Governance Lead

Reed Technology; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed Technology is seeking an experienced Identity & Access Management (IAM) Manager to own the IAM strategy, roadmap and governance for a large, distributed organisation. This senior role focuses on maturing the identity environment, increasing automation and ensuring secure, scalable identity services.

You will lead a small IAM team, collaborate with Security, HR and external partners, and shape direction through stakeholder engagement and policy-led change.

Qualifications

• Experience managing enterprise IAM programs and roadmaps.
• Proven ability to drive IAM governance and transformations.
• Strong understanding of IGA, lifecycle management and RBAC.
• Experience with cloud and hybrid identity environments.
• Track record of automation and governance improvements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop the organisation's IAM strategy, architecture and roadmap
• Drive improvements across Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)
• Strengthen Joiner, Mover and Leaver (JML) processes and identity lifecycle management
• Oversee privileged access, authentication, access reviews and RBAC
• Improve automation and reduce reliance on manual IAM processes
• Review the existing IAM technology and operating model and help shape the future approach
• Provide governance across employee, contractor, privileged, service and application identities
• Manage and develop a small IAM team
• Work with senior stakeholders and third-party suppliers to deliver IAM improvements across the organisation

Skills

IAM

Strategy development

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Cloud and on-prem identities

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Entra ID

Active Directory

IGA/PAM platforms

Job description

Reed Technology is seeking an experienced Identity & Access Management (IAM) Manager to own the IAM strategy, roadmap and governance for a large, distributed organisation. This senior role focuses on maturing the identity environment, increasing automation and ensuring secure, scalable identity services.

You will lead a small IAM team, collaborate with Security, HR and external partners, and shape direction through stakeholder engagement and policy-led change.