Identity Governance Operations Lead

Guardian; New York (NY); On-site; USD 119,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian seeks a hands-on Team Lead for Identity Governance Operations in New York. You will lead the IGA team, drive identity lifecycle governance, access reviews, SoD, RBAC, provisioning controls, and operational reporting, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.

You will collaborate with IAM peers and business partners, manage performance and workload, and steer automation and continuous improvement while upholding regulatory and audit requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IAM, IGA, cybersecurity, or related technology/security functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, information technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• People leadership experience, including performance management, prioritization, and development of employees, contractors, or vendor resources.
• Strong experience with identity lifecycle management, access certifications, RBAC, SoD, provisioning/deprovisioning, and access governance.
• Experience with IAM/IGA technologies such as SailPoint, CyberArk, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, or similar platforms.
• Experience with operational controls, audit readiness, regulatory requirements, and risk-based access governance. Experience managing service level agreements
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Action-oriented - ability to collaborate and work across teams to address needs
• Accountable and self-starter

Responsibilities

• Lead develops the IGA team, including performance management, workload prioritization, career development, cross-training, and accountability for results.
• Manage employees and outsourced resources, ensuring delivery against established KPIs, KRIs, controls, and operational expectations.
• Oversee core IGA processes including Joiner/Mover/Leaver, access entitlement reviews, SoD, RBAC, entitlement governance, provisioning/deprovisioning controls, and monitoring of unauthorized/native access changes.
• Provide IGA/IAM enterprise controls, audit evidence, regulatory requirements, documentation, and remediation activities.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, process simplification, and improved user experience.
• Proactively identify risks, control gaps, and suggest opportunities to address them.
• Partner and support business and technology teams to establish governance requirements for non-human identities, service identities, AI agents, and emerging AI capabilities.
• Support vendor evaluations, RFP/RFI activities, proof-of-concepts, and strategic IGA initiatives.

Skills

IAM/IGA governance

People leadership

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/InfoSec/IT

Tools

SailPoint

CyberArk

Microsoft Entra ID

Okta

Job description

Guardian seeks a hands-on Team Lead for Identity Governance Operations in New York. You will lead the IGA team, drive identity lifecycle governance, access reviews, SoD, RBAC, provisioning controls, and operational reporting, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.

You will collaborate with IAM peers and business partners, manage performance and workload, and steer automation and continuous improvement while upholding regulatory and audit requirements.