Head of Identity Access Governance
il y a 21 jours
City of London
Head of Identity & Access Governance (IAG)\nLocation: London - Hybrid - 3 days on site\nDepartment: BISO Office\nReports to: BISO\nType: Full‑Time,Permanent\nSPONSORSHIP UNAVAILABLE\n \nRole Summary:\n \nThe Head of Identity& Access Governance is a senior strategic leader responsible for definingand executing the global Identity Security and Zero Trust roadmap across acomplex international organisation. This role leads enterprise-wide governanceof digital identities, access models, controls, and technologies, ensuringsecure-by-design access for employees, partners, and systems across multipleregions.\nThe ideal candidatecombines deep expertise in Identity Governance, Zero Trust architectures,Active Directory / Entra ID, and identity transformation with strongleadership, stakeholder influence, and operating-model experience.\n \nKey Responsibilities\n1. Strategic Leadership & Roadmap Ownership\n\nDevelop and own the global Identity & Access Governance strategy, aligned to business objectives and the enterprise cyber roadmap.\nLead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the organisation's Zero Trust security model, including identity as the new perimeter.\nDefine the multi‑year roadmap covering identity governance, PAM, role engineering, directory services, automation, and identity analytics.2. Identity Governance Oversight\n\nSet enterprise-wide policies, standards, and controls governing user access, privileged access, and system entitlements.\nEnsure consistent governance across all regions and business units, including federated environments and third‑party access.\nOversee Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) lifecycle automation and risk‑based access models.3. Technology Leadership (AD, Entra ID & IAMPlatforms)\n\nOwn the strategy and governance model for Active Directory (AD), Entra ID (Azure AD), and domain services across the enterprise.\nLead or advise on major technical initiatives such as consolidations, domain modernisation, AD hardening, conditional access, and authentication standards.\nOversee selection, architecture, and operation of IAG and PAM tools - OKTA4. Zero Trust & Access Transformation\n\nChampion a holistic Zero Trust vision covering identity, device, network, application, and data security.\nDefine principles such as least privilege, continuous validation, segmentation, and risk‑adaptive access.\nDrive adoption across business functions, technology teams, and geographic regions.5. Governance, Compliance & Risk Management\n\nEnsure identity processes comply with global standards and regulations (ISO 27001, NIST, SOX, GDPR, industry‑specific controls).\nLead IAG risk assessments, audit readiness, control testing, and remediation activities.\nProvide executive reporting on identity risk posture, programme maturity, and KPIs.6. People Leadership & Operating Model\n\nLead and grow a global Identity Governance team responsible for strategy, governance, engineering, and operations.\nBuild effective partnership models with IT Operations, Cloud Engineering, Security Architecture, HR, and Global Business Units.\nEstablish a federated identity operating model with clear accountability and measurement.7. Innovation & Continuous Improvement\n\nEvaluate emerging technologies\nDrive automation to streamline access provisioning, certifications, and privileged access processes.\nPromote a culture of secure digital identity and user‑centric access experience.\nSkills, Experience & Qualifications\nEssential\n\n10+ years' experience in Identity & Access Management, with at least 5 years in strategic or leadership roles.\nProven experience managing identity services across global, multi-region, multi-forest environments.\nDeep understanding of Active Directory, Entra ID, authentication protocols, and directory security.\nDemonstrable ownership of Zero Trust strategy implementation at enterprise scale.\nStrong background in IAG technologies.\nExperience with Privileged Access Management (CyberArk, BeyondTrust, etc.).\nExcellent stakeholder management and communication skills across senior business and technical audiences.Key Competencies\n\nStrategic vision with the ability to execute at scale.\nStrong leadership and cross‑functional influence.\nTechnical authority in identity and directory services.\nRisk‑driven decision-making.\nExcellent communication and executive presentation skills.\nAbility to operate within a complex, global matrix organisation.Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)