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Senior Director, Identity & Access Management

Staines-upon-Thames, England, gb🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-25

Core

Owns IAM strategy and leads AuthN/AuthZ platforms securing Nexus, Kairos, IFS.ai, and Cloud Services for customers and developers.

Role type

Senior Director, Engineering Leadership (IAM)

Builds

Secure authentication and authorization platforms, SDKs, and templates for the IFS ecosystem.

Domain

Enterprise SaaS, Cloud Security, Identity & Access Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems engineering, Engineering leadership through managers, IAM domain expertise, SaaS/cloud platform operations, Security architecture, Platform engineering for internal customers, Compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR), Global distributed team leadership

Preferred skills

Major cloud provider experience (Azure/AWS/GCP), Zero Trust architecture, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect/SAML/SCIM, Modern authorization technologies (policy engines, ABAC/ReBAC), Identity governance solutions, Security certifications (CISSP/CISM)

Technologies

OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM, RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC, ACL, Azure, AWS, GCP

Responsibilities

Set strategic direction for IAM across the platform ecosystem, Own platform architecture governance for AuthN and AuthZ, Lead a two-tier organization through two direct-report engineering managers, Coach and develop engineering managers, Own hiring, performance management, and career development, Manage IAM organization budget and vendor relationships, Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices

Seniority

Senior Director, hands-on IC with management layer

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