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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