Vice President – Identity & Access Management

Job Description:

Job Title: Vice President – Identity & Access Management

The Purpose of Your Role:

The Team Leader – Identity & Access Management is a senior leadership role responsible for developing and executing a Workforce Access Management (WAM) priority. This position focuses on planning and overseeing deliverables from India. This role also focuses on building strategic capabilities / platform from India adding value to various phases of WAM.

The Value You Deliver:

You blend identity and proofing expertise with a passion for delivering results. As the team leader for IAM, you are accountable for delivering on strategic priorities. In an agile structure, you will partner with other Fidelity leaders to influence the broader strategic decisions, roadmaps and resource requirements, set and refine the mission, and bring together a team to execute on specific product features. You will ensure alignment on the “what” and “when” work is to be performed through ongoing planning and prioritization of a product backlog. You will enable squad members to work iteratively, innovate through testing and experimentation and learn from failures while celebrating success.

The Value You Deliver:

You are committed to developing your own expertise and knowledge to ensure you bring the latest thinking to your role.

· Build IAM experts in India

· Bring more accountable roles delivering capabilities on strategic platform

· Deeply involve with stakeholders and strategize meaningful work and priorities across teams / squads

· Represent India on the senior management table in IAM

The Skills that are Key to this role:

· Deep understanding of IAM fundamentals, including role-based access control, single sign-on, and identity federation.

· Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

· Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

IAM Experience:

· Experience leading large transformational programs in IAM ideally in large financial firms.

· Understanding of developing and driving IAM control adoption with influence

· Experience developing dashboarding and progress reporting that builds momentum

· Deep understanding of IAM controls and applying them across platforms and applications in an enterprise

Strategic Leadership:

· Develop and implement a forward-looking IAM strategy that aligns with organizational objectives and regulatory requirements.

· Lead the planning and execution of large-scale, multi-year IAM control adoption programs, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with strategic goals.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

· Collaborate with IT, cybersecurity, audit, compliance, legal, and other stakeholders to define access policies, user roles, and access control procedures.

· Advise clients in assessing security requirements and controls to ensure security and compliance controls are implemented as planned

Team Leadership:

· Manage and mentor a team of IAM professionals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.

· Build a high-performance environment and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates the team.

The Skills that are Good to Have for this role

· Ability to take ownership.

· Strong Inclination to understand the business area.

· Ability to take accountability for the deliverables.

· Excellent collaboration and Interpersonal skills

· Great attitude, being a team player and effective contributor.

· Focused on productivity.

· Willingness to learn based on job role needs.

The Expertise We’re Looking For:

· Years of work experience - 15+ years

· Minimum 10 years of experience in IAM or related field with at least 5 years in leadership role is Mandatory

· Engineering or Product Management Degree, or relevant experience.

· Proven experience in executing large-scale, multi-year IAM control adoption programs within the financial sector.

· Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing IAM strategies and frameworks.

· Experience designing, developing and maintaining dynamic products and solutions

· Financial services experience, preferred

· Agile experience

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Fidelity is rated as one of the most trusted brands in the US Financial industry and “Enterprise Cyber Security (ECS)” is one of the key contributors. Protecting customer’s assets is amongst the top priorities of Fidelity and ECS is entrusted with engaging into initiatives to protect Fidelity’s information against diverse cyber threats. It’s a dynamic organization with highly experienced and competent team with organization & operations aligned with NIST Cyber Security Framework. Team is focused on managing both classical as well evolving risk areas through an optimal combination of People, Process and Technology. Its operations span across the globe to have 24*7 protections to Fidelity’s assets.

· Location: Bangalore

· Shift timings: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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