Sr Team Leader – IAM Products, Automation & Identity Platforms

Northern Trust Corp; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust Corp in Pune, India is seeking a Sr Team Leader for IAM Products, Automation & Identity Platforms to drive the multi-year IAM strategy and modernization roadmap. You will own IAM platforms, define vision and backlogs, and lead automation across identity lifecycle and security operations.

The role emphasizes partnership with cybersecurity leadership, regulatory alignment, and measurable improvements in operational efficiency and audit readiness.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in IAM, cybersecurity, product management or related tech disciplines.
• 3+ years leading strategic technology initiatives, product portfolios, or transformation programs.
• Experience with IAM platforms such as Saviynt, Okta, Entra ID, CyberArk, SailPoint, Ping.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain multi-year IAM product strategy and modernization roadmap.
• Own one or more IAM platforms; define vision, objectives, roadmaps, and backlogs.
• Lead automation across identity lifecycle, access governance, certification, auditing, PAM, and security operations.
• Establish KPIs, KCIs, and KRIs; drive operational excellence and audit readiness.
• Coordinate with engineering, risk, security, and operations for successful modernization initiatives.

Job description

## Sr Team Leader – IAM Products, Automation & Identity PlatformsApply: Pune, India: Full time: Posted Yesterday: End Date: October 31, 2026 (28 days left to apply): R159517**About Northern Trust** As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions. Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide. With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. **Primary Responsibilities****IAM Product Strategy & Roadmap*** Define and maintain the multi-year IAM product strategy and modernization roadmap.* Establish target-state capabilities for workforce IAM, client IAM, privileged access, authorization, machine identities, and identity intelligence.* Partner with cybersecurity leadership to align IAM capabilities with regulatory requirements, risk management objectives, and business priorities.* Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve IAM capabilities.* Create business cases, investment proposals, and strategic recommendations for IAM modernization initiatives.**Product Ownership & Capability Management*** Serve as the product owner for one or more strategic IAM platforms and services.* Define product vision, objectives, roadmaps, and prioritized backlogs.* Translate business, regulatory, security, and operational requirements into executable product capabilities.* Partner with engineering teams to ensure successful delivery of roadmap commitments.* Define adoption targets, value realization metrics, and product success criteria.**Automation & Engineering Enablement*** Lead the IAM automation strategy across identity lifecycle management, access governance, certification, auditing, privileged access, authorization, and security operations.* Identify opportunities to reduce manual processing through workflow automation, orchestration, self-service capabilities, and intelligent controls.* Drive adoption of automation platforms, governance workflows, and low-code/no-code orchestration capabilities.* Partner with engineering teams to streamline onboarding, access requests, certifications, JML processes, and control execution.* Develop automation strategies supporting workforce, client, machine, and AI-driven identities.* Leverage tools such as Tines, Copilot, and AI Agents to improve operational efficiency and user experience.* Create resilient, always-on automation capabilities to provide near 24x7 operational support and increase team productivity.**Identity Governance & Operational Excellence*** Establish measurable KPIs, KCIs, and KRIs for IAM products and services.* Drive continual improvement of operational processes and user experience.* Partner with operations teams to improve service reliability, scalability, and efficiency.* Develop reporting, dashboards, and executive reporting packages.* Ensure IAM capabilities maintain strong control effectiveness and audit readiness.**Strategic Programs & Transformation*** Lead automation of strategic modernization initiatives involving: + Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) + Privileged Access Management (PAM) + Authentication Modernization + Authorization Modernization + Role Based Access Control (RBAC) + Fine-Grained Authorization + Machine Identity Governance + Agent and AI Identity Governance + SaaS Security Integration + Identity Intelligence & Risk Analytics* Coordinate across engineering, architecture, risk, cybersecurity, operations, and business stakeholders to ensure successful execution.**Governance, Risk & Regulatory Alignment*** Ensure IAM products align with enterprise standards, policies, and regulatory expectations.* Support audits, examinations, and control reviews.* Partner with Risk, Audit, Architecture, and Security organizations to define and maintain control requirements.* Translate regulatory requirements into roadmap priorities and product capabilities.* Maintain accountability for delivery of risk-reducing capabilities and control improvements.**Areas of Accountability*** IAM Product Portfolio Management* IAM Strategy & Roadmaps* Identity Governance Platforms* Privileged Access Platforms* Authentication & Authorization Products* IAM Automation & Workflow Orchestration* RBAC & Access Governance* Identity Analytics & Reporting* Machine Identity Governance* AI & Agent Identity Governance* IAM Metrics, KPIs, KCIs & KRIs* Regulatory & Audit Readiness* Continuous Improvement Programs**Required Experience*** 7+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management, Cybersecurity, Product Management, Security Engineering, or related technology disciplines.* 3+ years leading strategic technology initiatives, product portfolios, or transformation programs.* Experience with IAM platforms such as Saviynt, Okta, Entra ID, CyberArk, SailPoint, Ping, or equivalent technologies.* Strong understanding of IAM disciplines including: + Authentication + Authorization + Identity Governance + Access Lifecycle Management + RBAC + OAuth/OIDC + SAML + MFA + PAM + Machine Identities* Experience with automation and workflow platforms.* Familiarity with regulatory frameworks including NIST, FFIEC, ISO 27001, NYDFS, and related financial services requirements.**Success Measures*** Successful delivery of IAM strategic roadmap objectives.* Increased automation and reduction of manual IAM processes.* Improved control effectiveness and regulatory readiness.* Reduced operational risk and technical debt.* Enhanced user and administrator experience.* Increased adoption of IAM automation solutions, AI agents, Copilot use cases, and workflow platforms such as Tines.* Increased operational resiliency through near 24x7 automated IAM capabilities.* Quantifiable improvements in IAM KPIs, KCIs, and KRIs.* Establishment of a scalable and sustainable identity control plane supporting workforce, client, machine, and AI identities.