Vice President - Identity & Access Management - BFSI

Responsibilities:

Global IAM Strategy and Program Management:

- Develop and execute a comprehensive, global IAM strategy that supports security and business goals/objectives.

- Evolve the maturity and implement IAM policies, procedures, and standards to establish a consistent and secure access management framework.

- Continuously assess and enhance the IAM program to adapt to evolving threats, technologies, and business needs.

- Establish metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of the IAM program and report on its performance to Executive management.

Identity Governance and Administration:

- Oversee the design and implementation of identity lifecycle management processes, including user provisioning, de-provisioning, and access recertification.

- Define role-based access control (RBAC) models and implement efficient methods for role engineering and entitlement management.

- Collaborate with business units to ensure access requests and approvals are streamlined, and segregation of duties (SoD) conflicts are addressed.

- Implement robust identity governance frameworks to manage access privileges, user entitlements, and access reviews.

- Ensure compliance with regulatory and applicable cybersecurity frameworks (i.e. NIST
CSF, CIS CSC)

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field. A masters degree is preferred.

- Extensive experience (10+ years) in identity and access management, including the IAM program management and strategy development.

- Subject matter expertise in both on-premise and cloud IAM frameworks, solutions, and integrations

- Subject matter expertise with enterprise end-user password management and vault solutions

- Strong knowledge of IAM principles, frameworks, technologies, and industry best practices.

- Familiarity with regulatory requirements, such as GDPR, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), NYDFS, HIPAA, SOX, and PCI-DSS.

- Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing access control mechanisms, RBAC models, and authentication solutions.

- Proficiency in evaluating and deploying IAM tools, such as identity and access governance (IAG), privileged access management (PAM), and identity federation systems.

- Experience with enterprise-class automation focused on streamlining user-facing IAM processes and procedures (e.g. user attestations)

- Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to build and motivate high-performing teams.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

- Relevant certifications, such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or similar are highly desirable.