Identity and Access Management Lead

At AJ Bell, our purpose is to make investing feel good by making it easier and more accessible. As Identity and Access Management Lead, you’ll help support that purpose by strengthening how identities and access are managed across our business.

Working closely with our Chief Information Security Officer, Senior Information Security Manager, GRC, and teams across Technology and the wider business, you’ll lead the governance and ongoing improvement of Identity and Access Management (IAM), covering identity lifecycle management, access certification, privileged access and emerging areas such as agentic AI and non-human identities.

• Develop, maintain and monitor IAM policies, standards and control requirements covering identity lifecycle management, access approvals, least privilege, segregation of duties and privileged access.
• Oversee joiner, mover and leaver controls and periodic access certification for human and non-human accounts, working with business and technology owners to define review scope, resolve exceptions and track timely access removal.
• Develop and maintain IAM metrics and reporting to assess control effectiveness, access review completion, identity lifecycle performance and remediation progress, highlighting material risks and coverage gaps.
• Provide day-to-day leadership for IAM activities, coordinating priorities and delivery across security, technology and business stakeholders, and preparing clear KPI, KRI an