Sr Mgr Identity & Access Governance IA

Frontier Airlines

Denver (CO)

On-site

USD 123,462 - 163,873

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Frontier Airlines is seeking a Senior Manager of Identity & Access Governance (IAG) to oversee critical identity management functions within the Cybersecurity team. This role involves leading a team responsible for authentication, authorization, and profile management processes.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in IAM, including leading project deliveries, implementing best practices, and fostering stakeholder relationships. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required along with significant leadership skills.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM).
5+ years of operational experience with Active Directory and IAM solutions.
Experience with configuring and implementing IAM tools.
3+ years of people management experience.

Responsibilities

Oversee Identity Access Governance within the Cybersecurity team.
Drive the maturity of the IAG program.
Manage access provisioning and governance.
Implement security policies and controls.
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure compliance.

Skills

Identity Governance and Administration

Access Management

Authentication protocols

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related technical field

Tools

Active Directory

SailPoint

Saviynt

Job description

Work Perks

Flight benefits for you and your family to fly on Frontier Airlines.
Buddy passes for your friends so they can experience what makes us so great.
Discounts throughout the travel industry on hotels, car rentals, cruises and vacation packages.
Discounts on cell phone plans, movie tickets, restaurants, luggage and over 2,000 other vendors.
Enjoy a ‘Dress for your Day’ business casual environment.
Flexible work schedules that support work/life balance.
Total Rewards program including a competitive base salary, short term incentives, long‑term incentives, paid holidays, 401(k) plan, vacation/sick time and medical/dental/vision insurance that begins the 1st of the month following your hire date.
We play our part to make a difference. The HOPE League, Frontier Airlines’ non‑profit organization, is dedicated to providing employees financial assistance during catastrophic hardship.

What Will You Be Doing?

The Senior Manager of Identity & Access Governance (IAG) at Frontier Airlines oversees the critical function of Identity Access Governance within the Cybersecurity team. In this role, the manager leads a team of resources responsible for the oversight and support of processes related to authentication, authorization, profile management, and recertification processes.

The manager will drive the maturity of the IAG program by implementing best practices and increasing adoption through onboarding technology platforms and refining processes. The manager will serve as the primary point of contact for access provisioning, governance, and administrative needs across the organization.

The IAG Sr Manager will promote a centralized access management architecture as well as present automation of provisioning and governance for current and newly integrated applications. Mandates must ensure that partners, contractors and employees have the right access to the right systems at the right times for the right reasons.

The role will actively maintain internal and external relationships with stakeholders to support identity‑related cybersecurity initiatives.

Essential Functions

Provide organizational and technical leadership on identity and access management function.
Design, deliver, and execute on Identity and Access Governance (IAG) vision and roadmap.
Implement IAG program management, governance, and lead technical teams to ensure alignment with strategy and vision.
Support development and implementation of security policies, procedures, and documented security controls.
Manage user access reviews for key systems and applications (standard and privileged users).
Manage role review and segregation of duties control functions.
Integrate and manage automated IGA solution that supports privileged and non‑privileged user access re‑certification campaigns.
Manage a combination of onshore/offshore team members, ensuring identity‑related tasks are completed timely and effectively.
Collaborate with Internal and External Audit functions to assure identity program and controls are operating effectively to meet compliance requirements.
Assure appropriate SDLC and change‑related controls are followed when implementing IGA solutions or identity enhancements.
Support onboarding of access‑related controls and recurring testing on regulated applications (e.g., SOX, TSA, PCI).
Establish and enforce control implementation of password and account lockout policies for user and consumer systems/applications.
Support requirements and implementation of a commercial‑facing consumer single sign‑on (multi‑factor) capability.
Partner with key stakeholders to develop requirements to design and implement compelling Identity and Access Management (IAM)/Identity Governance & Access (IGA) solutions aligning to corporate strategic goals.
Conduct discovery workshops and interview business owners for gap analysis and propose best practices and future state.
Collaborate with business, cybersecurity, systems/network engineering, security administrators, and application owners to prioritize, develop, and deliver identity & access standards, best practices, architecture, and systems to ensure access controls across the enterprise.
Manage end‑to‑end delivery of projects with hands‑on involvement in development and configuration of IAM/IGA solutions.
Manage the design and implementation for an enterprise IAM/IGA solution, factoring feeds/interfaces for HR systems, contractor management systems, Active Directory, IT Service Management tools, and downstream applications.
Oversee Privileged Identity Access (PIM) and Privilege Access Management (PAM) efforts.
Ensure IAM solutions are meeting security and business objectives and outcomes by establishing metrics that lead to improvement enhancements.
Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the industry.
Monitor progress, manage risk, and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
Support M&A activities, ensuring that appropriate access control due diligence reviews are performed, risks identified, and mitigation plans are enacted with the appropriate teams.
Acts as a role model and positive coach/mentor to develop team members in accordance with Frontier behaviors and principles.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related technical field.
5+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM).
5+ years of operational experience with ongoing maintenance of Active Directory, Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, and/or User Account Management platforms.
4+ years of experience configuring and implementing packaged or custom IAM solutions, such as Saviynt, SailPoint, ForgeRock, or equivalent tool.
5+ years of experience with control performance on Identity & Access Governance activities: including role‑based access control (RBAC) reviews, access request and certification, and password/account lockout reviews.
3+ years of experience with direct people management.
5+ years of experience in a highly regulated industry.
Experience with the airline industry a plus.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

Proficient in developing and maintaining policies, standards, and guidance artifacts.
Expert knowledge in core IAM Domains: Identity Governance and Administration, Privileged Access Management, Authentication, Authorization, Identity Lifecycle Management.
Hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and deploying IAM/IGA solutions in an enterprise environment. Platforms such as Azure AD, Okta, SailPoint, Saviynt, ForgeRock.
Subject matter expertise for Identity & Access Governance including role‑based access control (RBAC), access request and certification.
Demonstrates extensive understanding of IAM concepts such as directory services, SSO, federation, MFA, provisioning, access certification, roles, and segregation of duties (SOD).
Demonstratable knowledge of legacy and modern authentication protocol differences (such as RADIUS, SAML, OpenID, Oauth, and LDAP).
Exceptional consultative and interpersonal skills that have resulted in business relationships of impeccable trust, confidence, and results.
Exhibit leadership skills required to manage resources as well as projects deliverables.
Knowledge of industry trends and current and emerging risks.
Self‑directed professional with strong work ethics and excellent organizational skills.
Strong leadership and negotiation skills with business and technical group.