Project Manager (IAM)

Eurofins Food Testing Belgium NV; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurofins Scientific seeks an experienced IAM Project & Governance Manager to lead Identity and Access Management initiatives from planning through delivery. The role requires coordinating across IT Infrastructure, Security, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to ensure secure, compliant IAM services globally.

The ideal candidate will have 10–15 years in project coordination/management, strong agile/scrum and ITIL expertise, and hands-on IAM deployment knowledge, with a focus on governance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or comparable discipline.
• 10–15 years of experience in project coordination/management, Agile delivery, Scrum facilitation, and/or ITIL.
• Hands-on experience deploying, integrating, transitioning, or migrating IAM initiatives across full project lifecycles.
• Strong planning, execution, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, incl. senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of IAM concepts (ILM, PAM, RBAC/ABAC, EARM, SRA) and governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead IAM deployment, transition, transformation, and migration initiatives across IAM services.
• Coordinate with IT and business teams to plan, prioritize, and sequence initiatives.
• Own end-to-end delivery from initiation to closure using appropriate methodologies.
• Develop and maintain governance artifacts, risks, issues, and releases.
• Monitor performance metrics and drive continuous improvement in delivery and security.

Skills

Project coordination

Agile delivery

Scrum facilitation

ITIL

Stakeholder management

Change management

Governance

Reporting

Automation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Agile backlog tools

Job description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 62,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 62 countries and operating more than 900 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.515billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

Job Title:IAM Project & Governance Manager
Shift Timing: 12PM to 9PM
Reporting to:Senior Manager
Work Location:Bangalore, India

SUMMARY OF ROLE AND OBJECTIVES:

The Assistant Manager role is part of GSC Information Security - Identity and Access Management, responsible for leading IAM initiatives through effective project management, Agile delivery, governance, audit coordination, and change management. Drive stakeholder alignment, compliance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the IAM portfolio while ensuring predictable and secure delivery of IAM services.

ROLE & OBJECTIVES

The role ensures disciplined, transparent, and compliant delivery of IAM products, services, and strategic initiatives across global, cross-functional environments.

Project Coordination, Release and Change Management

• Lead IAM deployment, transition, transformation, and migration initiatives across IAM services, including Identity Lifecycle Management (ILM), Federated Authentication Management Solution (FAMS), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Eurofins Access Rights Management (EARM), and Secure Remote Access (SRA).
• Partner with IAM leadership to plan, estimate, prioritize, and sequence strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate with IT Infrastructure, IT Solutions, IT Security, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Delivery teams, and business stakeholders to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Own end-to-end project delivery across initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure, using the methodology and tools appropriate to each initiative.
• Develop and maintain project governance artifacts, including project plans, scope, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, risks, issues, releases, and deliverables.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, competing priorities, and cross-team dependencies, driving mitigation and resolution to closure.
• Establish and maintain effective stakeholder communication, status reporting, and decision-tracking mechanisms.
• Lead and coordinate Change Management activities to ensure changes are assessed, communicated, approved, implemented, and reviewed in accordance with governance requirements.
• Facilitate change advisory discussions, release planning sessions, and stakeholder reviews to support smooth delivery and operational stability.
• Monitor project, release, and change performance metrics, providing actionable insights and recommendations to improve delivery effectiveness.
• Drive and oversee Release Management processes, ensuring successful planning, scheduling, coordination, deployment, validation, and post-release review activities across IAM services.
• Coordinate release and deployment activities across multiple teams, ensuring readiness of environments, dependencies, documentation, approvals, and rollback plans.
• Establish and continuously improve IAM processes, standards, operational controls, and governance frameworks while promoting standardization, operational excellence, scalability, and service maturity across IAM services.

Audit, Compliance, and Risk

• Act as the primary coordination point for IAM-related internal and external audits, working with the Security Certifications crew on scope, timelines, and compliance requirements.
• Ensure IAM processes, controls, project deliverables, and documentation comply with applicable internal policies, security standards, regulatory requirements, and certification frameworks.
• Convert audit and compliance requirements into prioritized delivery initiatives in collaboration with Product Owners and relevant stakeholders.
• Track audit findings, observations, risks, remediation actions, and supporting evidence through validated closure.
• Monitor control effectiveness, process deviations, and remediation activities to ensure ongoing compliance and risk reduction.

Governance, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement

• Prepare management reports, KPIs, dashboards, and executive-level presentations to support governance, transparency, and decision-making.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with global teams implementing or consuming IAM services.
• Support governance forums, steering committees, and leadership reviews through accurate reporting, status tracking, and action management.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, lessons learned, process optimization, and adoption of best practices across IAM delivery and operations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Required:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable discipline.
• 10-15 years of experience in project coordination/management, Agile delivery, Scrum facilitation, and/or ITIL within complex enterprise or global environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing deployment, integration, transition, transformation, or migration initiatives across the full project lifecycle.
• Strong project planning, execution, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, including management of multiple priorities and senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on understanding of IT change/release-management processes, including CAB governance, implementation, emergency changes, and rollback planning.
• Basic understanding of audits, risks, compliance practices and frameworks or comparable standards.
• Ability to understand end-to-end dependencies, manage ambiguity, adapt to changing priorities, and take ownership through closure.
• Basic understanding of IAM principles, processes, and technologies, including identity lifecycle management, access governance, privileged access management, RBAC/ABAC models, and enterprise IAM solutions such as PAM, ILM, FAMS, EARM, SRA, or equivalent platforms.
• Proficiency with Agile project and work-management tools such as Microsoft Project and Agile backlog/reporting tools.
• Relevant certifications or trainings such as PMP or PRINCE2, CSM or PSM, ITIL Foundation or Intermediate.
• People-management or team-leadership experience.

Personal Profile:

• Self-motivated, organized, detail-oriented, and accountable, with a collaborative and improvement-focused mindset.
• Confident, engaging stakeholders at all levels across global and cross-functional teams.
• Committed to continuous learning and professional development in Information Security and IAM.

Why Join Us:

• Work with modern identity and access-management technologies in a global environment.
• Join a collaborative team focused on secure, compliant, and high-quality delivery.
• Build expertise and career opportunities within Information Security and IAM.