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# Principal Identity and Access Manager

- **Company:** Co-op
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Salary:** £95,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Identity and Access Management, Zero Trust Network Access
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://hcnq.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX/job/1071110/apply/email?mode=location

## About the Role

* Significant experience designing, implementing and leading identity and access management capabilities within a large, complex organisation
 * Strong expertise in IAM technologies, identity governance, privileged access management and modern Zero Trust security approaches
 * A track record of solving complex identity, access and security challenges, balancing risk with business needs
 * Experience leading and developing highly skilled technical teams while influencing senior stakeholders across an organisation
 * The ability to translate technical concepts into clear, practical solutions and build strong relationships across technology, security and business teams

## Description

As part of this, we're looking for a Principal Identity and Access Manager to join us. You'll shape and lead our identity and access management (IAM) capability, making sure people have the right access to the right systems at the right time, while protecting our business from evolving security threats.

Why this role matters

Identity and access management plays a critical role in protecting Co-op's systems, data and services. In this role, you'll shape how access is managed across the organisation while coaching and mentoring IAM professionals to build capability for the future. Through your leadership, you'll help manage risk, support innovation and enable secure business delivery.

What you'll do

 * Lead and develop Co-op's identity and access management capability, setting the direction for how we manage and secure access across the organisation
 * Develop and embed IAM standards, frameworks and best practices that balance security, risk and business needs
 * Lead teams responsible for identity and access engineering and access control operations, helping them deliver secure, resilient services
 * Drive the adoption of modern identity security approaches, including Zero Trust principles, conditional access controls and strong authentication methods
 * Partner with architecture, engineering and security teams to design secure identity solutions for new technologies, products and services
 * Provide oversight and assurance of identity and access controls, supporting audit, compliance and risk management activities
 * Tackle complex identity and access challenges, finding practical solutions that enable secure business outcomes across a large and diverse organisation
 * Coach, mentor and develop colleagues, helping build a high-performing IAM community and future talent pipeline


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