IAM Architect: Lead Secure Identity & Access Design

Accenture; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced identity and access architect to shape target-state identity architecture for clients, guiding roadmap and trade-offs. You will translate business needs into credible identity solutions, lead design across programmes, and steer delivery teams.

The role requires deep IAM expertise, strong architectural understanding, and hybrid work in Sweden. You will collaborate with security leaders to design scalable, secure identity systems including AI-enabled governance.

Qualifications

• Depth in identity and access management with ownership of design decisions.
• Ability to translate business needs into an identity solution they can commit to.
• Strong grasp of software architecture and integration patterns.
• Breadth across cloud, enterprise integration, and directory services.
• Around 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Fluent Swedish and English.
• Based in Stockholm, Göteborg or Malmö with a hybrid pattern.

Responsibilities

• Own the target-state identity architecture for a client and the roadmap that gets them there, sequencing the work and defending the trade-offs.
• Advise senior client stakeholders, translating what the business needs into an identity solution they can commit to and that will stand up over time.
• Lead the design across a programme and guide the people delivering it.
• Identify the patterns and integration challenges that will shape whether the programme succeeds in practice, and help the team navigate them.
• Help shape new work, bringing design credibility into proposals as well as delivery.

Skills

IAM depth

Stakeholder leadership

Software architecture

Cloud integration

Identity platforms

Job description

Accenture is seeking an experienced identity and access architect to shape target-state identity architecture for clients, guiding roadmap and trade-offs. You will translate business needs into credible identity solutions, lead design across programmes, and steer delivery teams.

The role requires deep IAM expertise, strong architectural understanding, and hybrid work in Sweden. You will collaborate with security leaders to design scalable, secure identity systems including AI-enabled governance.