IAM Manager
Role Description & Technical Scope
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We're looking for an experienced Identity & Access Management (IAM) Manager to take ownership of the IAM strategy, roadmap and governance for a large, complex and geographically distributed organisation.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is a senior role with a strong focus on developing and maturing the organisation's identity environment, improving governance, increasing automation and ensuring identity services remain secure, scalable and effective.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">You'll lead a small specialist IAM team while working closely with Security, Infrastructure, Applications, HR and external technology partners. The role combines strategic ownership and technical credibility, so we're looking for someone who understands IAM technology but is equally comfortable setting direction, influencing stakeholders and driving change.</p>
<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">Key responsibilities</h5>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Own and develop the organisation's IAM strategy, architecture and roadmap</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Drive improvements across Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Strengthen Joiner, Mover and Leaver (JML) processes and identity lifecycle management</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Oversee privileged access, authentication, access reviews and RBAC</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Improve automation and reduce reliance on manual IAM processes</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Review the existing IAM technology and operating model and help shape the future approach</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Provide governance across employee, contractor, privileged, service and application identities</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Manage and develop a small IAM team</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Work with senior stakeholders and third-party suppliers to deliver IAM improvements across the organisationWhat we're looking for</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">You'll ideally have:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Strong experience within enterprise Identity & Access Management</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Experience owning or contributing significantly to an IAM strategy or transformation programme</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Good knowledge of IGA, identity lifecycle management, PAM/PIM, authentication and access governance</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Experience working with large, complex cloud, on-premise or hybrid identity environments</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">A track record of improving IAM through automation, standardisation and stronger governance</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence across multiple technology and business teams</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Previous leadership or team management experienceExperience with technologies such as Entra ID / Active Directory and enterprise IGA or PAM platforms would be beneficial, although we're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate broader IAM ownership rather than experience with one specific technology.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced IAM professional to take genuine ownership of an enterprise identity function and play a key role in shaping its future direction.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Interested? Apply today or get in touch for a confidential discussion</p>
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 08 Oct 2026
- Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
- Employment: Permanent
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Domain: IT
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