IAM Technical Lead

Reference: 091123_1788960586

IAM Technical Lead (Identity Transformation)

We're supporting a major financial services organisation undertaking a large-scale Identity & Access Management (IAM) transformation programme and are seeking an experienced IAM Technical Lead to drive architecture, design and delivery across a modern identity landscape.

This is a highly visible role focused on shaping next-generation identity capabilities across workforce, privileged, machine and emerging non-human identities within a complex enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own the technical solution and architecture for IAM workstreams
  • Produce and maintain High Level Designs (HLDs) and Low Level Designs (LLDs)
  • Lead technical decision-making and solution design activities
  • Drive Zero Trust and Identity-First architecture principles
  • Define security, scalability, resilience and operational requirements
  • Support design authorities, governance forums and architecture reviews
  • Work closely with architects, engineers, security teams and third-party suppliers
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to engineering teams
  • Identify and manage technical risks, assumptions and dependencies
  • Ensure solutions are production-ready and operationally supportable

Essential Experience

  • Strong Identity & Access Management (IAM) architecture experience
  • Enterprise-scale IAM transformation programmes
  • Technical leadership within complex environments
  • IAM governance, authentication and authorisation
  • Zero Trust Architecture
  • Identity Lifecycle Management
  • Privileged Access Management (PAM)
  • Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
  • HLDs, LLDs and architecture governance
  • Security-by-Design principles
  • Agile delivery environments
  • Stakeholder management across technical and business teams
  • Financial Services, Banking or other regulated environments

Desirable Experience

  • Human and Non-Human Identity
  • Workload Identity
  • Machine Identity
  • Agent Identity
  • Policy-as-Code
  • Secrets Management
  • Certificate Lifecycle Management
  • API Security
  • DevSecOps and Automation
  • Observability, Monitoring and Audit
  • CyberArk, SailPoint, Saviynt, Ping, ForgeRock or similar IAM technologies
  • Cloud Security Architecture (Azure / AWS)

Ideal Background

We are particularly interested in candidates from:

  • Banking
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Insurance
  • Enterprise Security Architecture
  • IAM Architecture
  • Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)
  • Privileged Access Management (PAM)

If you're an experienced IAM Architect or Technical Lead looking to play a key role in a major identity transformation programme, we'd love to hear from you.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

£400.00 - £650.00
Per day
GBP400 - GBP650 per day
Added 09/09/2026
Reference: 091123_1788960586

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