Technical Lead (IAM Specialist)

A global financial services organisation is delivering a large-scale Identity & Access Management (IAM) transformation and is looking for an experienced Technical Lead to help shape and deliver next-generation identity services. This is an opportunity to lead the technical direction of a major enterprise programme, driving secure, scalable IAM solutions across a complex global environment.

• Lead the technical design and architecture for enterprise IAM solutions.
• Define and maintain High & Low Level Designs (HLDs/LLDs).
• Drive technical decision-making, solution governance, and technology selection.
• Ensure alignment with security, enterprise architecture, and regulatory standards.
• Champion Zero Trust and Identity-First security principles.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and design assurance across engineering teams.
• Support delivery planning, technical risk management, and cross-team integration.
• Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, and production-ready.

• Proven experience leading enterprise IAM programmes within Financial Services.
• Strong background in Identity & Access Management, Authentication, and Authorisation.
• Experience designing secure, scalable architectures in complex enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust, Identity Lifecycle Management, Secrets Management, and API Security.
• Experience with DevSecOps, Secure SDLC, cloud-native security, and automation.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and business teams.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Bonus: Experience with Workload Identity, Policy-as-Code, Certificate Lifecycle Management, Event-Driven Identity Integration, and Observability. YOUR IMPACT