Program Lead

Identity & Trust Programme Lead

Overview Lead the organisation’s Identity & Trust transformation, owning the roadmap, budget, delivery, risks and outcomes. Initially focused on strengthening identity controls and remediation, the role will then drive the move towards a modern, resilient, Zero Trust-aligned identity environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Identity & Trust roadmap, budget, governance and delivery outcomes.
• Lead remediation across identity governance, privileged access and directory services (e.g. SailPoint, CyberArk, Active Directory, Entra ID).
• Improve access controls, joiner/mover/leaver processes, privileged account management and authentication security.
• Deliver key initiatives including MFA, Conditional Access, PAM, DLP and Zero Trust capabilities.
• Manage suppliers, delivery partners and a small team of Project Managers.
• Oversee risks, regulatory commitments, audit actions and executive reporting.

What Success Looks Like

• Stronger identity governance and access controls.
• Increased adoption of MFA, PAM and Zero Trust principles.
• Reduced security risks, orphaned accounts and privileged-access exceptions.
• Delivery of agreed remediation plans, budgets and regulatory commitments.
• Experience Required
• Proven leadership of large-scale cyber, identity or technology transformation programmes.
• Experience managing complex portfolios, budgets (£1m+) and senior stakeholders.
• Strong supplier and delivery partner management.
• Ability to translate technical risk into business outcomes and investment decisions.
• Experience operating in regulated or business-critical environments.

Desirable

• Identity Governance (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM) or directory modernisation programmes.
• Zero Trust, cloud identity, DLP or AI security initiatives.
• Telecommunications, critical infrastructure or similar enterprise environments.
• Regulatory or audit remediation delivery.

Working knowledge of:

• SailPoint
• CyberArk
• Active Directory
• Microsoft Entra ID
• MFA, Conditional Access, RBAC and PAM

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• Proven leadership of large-scale cyber, identity or technology transformation programmes.
• Experience managing complex portfolios, budgets (£1m+) and senior stakeholders.
• Strong supplier and delivery partner management.
• Ability to translate technical risk into business outcomes and investment decisions.
• Experience operating in regulated or business-critical environments.

Desirable

• Identity Governance (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM) or directory modernisation programmes.
• Zero Trust, cloud identity, DLP or AI security initiatives.
• Telecommunications, critical infrastructure or similar enterprise environments.
• Regulatory or audit remediation delivery.

Working knowledge of:

• SailPoint
• CyberArk
• Active Directory
• Microsoft Entra ID
• MFA, Conditional Access, RBAC and PAM