Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: September 30, 2026
Work Set Up: Hybrid
Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Head of IAM Infrastructure to provide strategic leadership, design, delivery, and operational oversight of enterprise Identity and Access Management platforms. This role is responsible for ensuring scalable, secure, and resilient IAM capabilities across the organisation, covering authentication, authorisation, privileged access management, directory services, lifecycle automation, federation, and identity governance. The position plays a critical role in driving IAM transformation initiatives, strengthening security posture, and aligning identity services with regulatory and organisational requirements.
What you will do:
- Define and own the enterprise IAM architecture roadmap to ensure scalability, resilience, and alignment with security and regulatory requirements.
- Lead engineering teams responsible for Active Directory, Azure AD and Entra ID, Okta, SailPoint, CyberArk, and related IAM technologies.
- Oversee delivery of IAM transformation programmes including consolidation of identity stores, MFA and SSO rollout, Zero Trust adoption, and PAM maturity uplift.
- Define IAM standards, policies, and architecture patterns covering identity lifecycle management, joiner mover leaver automation, role based access control, and least privilege enforcement.
- Manage operational KPIs related to IAM platform stability, performance, incident reduction, and operational resilience testing.
- Drive continuous service improvement through automation, API integration, and reduction of manual provisioning processes.
- Collaborate with Cyber Security, Cloud Engineering, Application Teams, and Audit and Compliance stakeholders to ensure IAM controls meet regulatory expectations such as SOX, GDPR, and ISO27001.
- Ensure governance, security, and operational practices support reliable and secure identity services across hybrid enterprise environments.