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Job Description: IAM Portfolio Program Leader

Role Overview

The IAM Portfolio Program Leader is responsible for driving execution, visibility, and control across the Identity & Access Management portfolio. This is a hands-on program leadership role that acts as the execution engine for IAM, ensuring work is structured, prioritized, tracked, and clearly reported to leadership. The role transforms IAM into a cohesive, program-driven portfolio with clear accountability, measurable progress, and audit-ready transparency.

Core Accountability

Own execution, make progress visible, and create a system leadership can trust.

Portfolio Execution Engine

• Serve as the central execution lead across all IAM initiatives.
• Translate strategy into defined programs, workstreams, and deliverables.
• Ensure all IAM work is sequenced, resourced, and tracked to completion.
• Eliminate unstructured work by enforcing clarity in scope, ownership, and outcomes.

Backlog, Intake & Prioritization Discipline

• Establish and manage a centralized IAM backlog and intake process.
• Apply risk-based and regulatory-driven prioritization models.
• Maintain a single source of truth for all IAM demand and delivery.
• Ensure all work items are clearly defined, scoped, and owned.

Program Governance & Operating Rhythm

• Establish weekly execution reviews and monthly portfolio governance forums.
• Drive risk, issue, and dependency management across programs.
• Implement structured reporting artifacts including program plans and status reports.

Visibility, Reporting & Storytelling

• Develop executive-level reporting on progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Build and maintain dashboards for delivery, backlog health, and onboarding progress.
• Translate technical execution into business-relevant insights for leadership.

Delivery Accountability & Issue Resolution

• Actively drive delivery across IAM teams and remove execution blockers.
• Hold teams accountable to commitments, timelines, and outcomes.

Audit-Ready Execution

• Ensure programs are designed with auditability and traceability in mind.
• Embed documentation, evidence collection, and control alignment into delivery.
• Partner with Risk and Audit to remediate findings through structured programs.

Application Onboarding & Lifecycle Programs

• Drive onboarding of applications into IAM capabilities such as SailPoint, SSO, and MFA.
• Prioritize onboarding based on risk and regulatory exposure.
• Ensure onboarding follows standardized, repeatable processes.

Cross-Portfolio Coordination

• Coordinate across IAM, Security, Infrastructure, and Business teams.
• Resolve cross-team conflicts and ensure alignment of priorities.

Hands-On Leadership

• Engage directly in program design, backlog shaping, and reporting.
• Provide guidance to product owners, program managers, and engineering leads.

Required Qualifications

- 10+ years in IAM, Cybersecurity, or IT delivery roles.

- 5+ years leading complex programs or portfolios.

- Experience building program structure and execution discipline in ambiguous environments.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in regulated financial services environments.

- Familiarity with SailPoint, Okta, or Entra ID.

Key Competencies

- Execution rigor and program discipline.

- Structured thinking and ability to bring clarity to complexity.

- Strong communication and executive reporting skills.

Success Profile

- IAM portfolio is fully visible, structured, and governed.

- Leadership has clear and consistent reporting on progress and risks.

- Programs are delivered predictably and are audit-ready.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

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