IAM Governance Lead — Risk-Based Access & SoD

TikTok Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Pte. Ltd. is seeking a dedicated IAM governance professional to strengthen identity and access security across our enterprise. The role focuses on defining governance strategies, control frameworks, and risk-based remediation across the identity lifecycle.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, privacy, compliance, and business teams to implement scalable governance and assurance capabilities, including handling non-human identities and service accounts as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of IAM concepts and practices, including identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization, access control, and access governance.
• Solid understanding of IAM governance principles and controls, including least privilege, role and entitlement governance, segregation of duties (SoD), access reviews, and access lifecycle controls.
• Experience developing, implementing, or assessing IAM policies, standards, governance processes, or control frameworks in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify identity and access risks, assess control gaps, and drive risk-based remediation.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders to drive governance initiatives and control improvements.

Responsibilities

• Define and continuously enhance enterprise IAM governance strategies and control frameworks, including least privilege, role and entitlement governance, segregation of duties (SoD), and risk-based access controls, to strengthen the organization's overall identity and access security posture.
• Establish and evolve governance policies, standards, processes, and control requirements across the identity and access lifecycle, including identity onboarding, access request and provisioning, modification, periodic review, revocation, and auditability.
• Drive IAM governance initiatives across relevant stakeholders, establishing clear control ownership and accountability, identifying governance and control gaps, and partnering with technology, security, privacy, compliance, and business teams to drive remediation and sustainable improvements.
• Leverage identity, access, and authorization data to identify excessive privileges, dormant access, toxic combinations, policy violations, and other access risks; assess their impact and drive risk-based remediation with relevant stakeholders.
• Define and operate IAM governance measurement and monitoring frameworks, including governance metrics, key risk indicators, control effectiveness measures, and compliance baselines, to provide visibility into IAM risk and drive continuous improvement.
• Support the evolution of IAM governance across human and non-human identities, including service, system, and emerging agentic identities, helping establish appropriate governance principles and controls as the organization's identity landscape evolves.

Skills

IAM concepts

Identity governance

Access controls

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional

Education

BSc or higher in CS

Tools

SailPoint

Okta

Entra ID

Job description

TikTok Pte. Ltd. is seeking a dedicated IAM governance professional to strengthen identity and access security across our enterprise. The role focuses on defining governance strategies, control frameworks, and risk-based remediation across the identity lifecycle.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, privacy, compliance, and business teams to implement scalable governance and assurance capabilities, including handling non-human identities and service accounts as needed.