Product Owner

We're seeking a Cyber Product Owner- Legacy Authentication for our airline client who is accountable for the phased modernisation of the organisation's legacy authentication services. You will work closely with Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Cyber Delivery Assurance teams to ensure secure-by-design principles are applied while reducing reliance on outdated authentication mechanisms. The position requires strong product ownership, deep understanding of authentication and access control technologies, and the ability to translate business and technical requirements into a clear vision and roadmap for modern, secure identity services

Roles and Responsibilities:

To be successful in the role, the role holder will be expected to:

• Drive adoption of secure authentication standards and patterns across BA and IAG Tech, engaging with stakeholders to reduce reliance on outdated mechanisms and promote secure-by-design principles.
• Continuously assess the security and operational risks associated with legacy authentication, identify improvement opportunities, and prioritise remediation and migration work within the product backlog.
• Act as the voice of legacy authentication across delivery and security teams, clearly communicating risks, dependencies, and modernisation priorities to technical and business stakeholders.
• Prioritise and oversee authentication and access control requirements across applications and infrastructure, ensuring consistent implementation, reduced risk exposure, and alignment with modern authentication standards

• Apply strong analytical and structured thinking to evaluate options, shape requirements, and ensure attention to detail in decision-making.
• Communicate clearly and persuasively, translating complex authentication and technical concepts into language that all stakeholders can act on.
• Evaluate existing legacy authentication implementations, identifying risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities to align with the organisation's authentication modernisation roadmap.
• Recognise and balance competing priorities, guiding teams and stakeholders towards achieving strategic security and business outcomes.

Experience/Skill

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role within cybersecurity, identity management, or infrastructure modernisation.
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorisation technologies, including legacy protocols (e.g. NTLM, Kerberos, Basic Auth, LDAP) and modern standards (e.g. SAML, OAuth2.0, OpenID Connect).
• Experience leading the decommissioning or migration of legacy authentication systems to modern identity platforms.

Our client loves to reward their people for doing a great job.

• This is 12 months contract.
• A daily rate, in-scope IR35, of £700(PAYE) OR £850 (via a Hays Approved Umbrella Company).
• This role provides a hybrid working (2/3 days a week) access in Waterside, London