Senior Lead – Access Management

Northern Trust
Pune
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Stakeholder management","Delivery management","Mentoring"]

Lead enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) delivery across workforce and client-facing environments. Oversee authentication, authorization, identity governance, access lifecycle management, privileged access integrations, and access control services—ensuring stable, secure, and reliable operations. Partner with cybersecurity, engineering, architecture, infrastructure, application development, risk, and audit teams to drive modernization, control effectiveness, and audit/regulatory readiness, while also leading and developing the IAM engineering and operations teams.

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Northern Trust
Northern Trust
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Senior Lead – Access Management

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Job Summary

Lead enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) delivery across workforce and client-facing environments. Oversee authentication, authorization, identity governance, access lifecycle management, privileged access integrations, and access control services—ensuring stable, secure, and reliable operations. Partner with cybersecurity, engineering, architecture, infrastructure, application development, risk, and audit teams to drive modernization, control effectiveness, and audit/regulatory readiness, while also leading and developing the IAM engineering and operations teams.
Location: Pune
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead teams responsible for authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, access governance, and IAM services.
  • •Oversee day-to-day operations, support, maintenance, and continual improvement of IAM platforms to ensure availability, resiliency, performance, and operational maturity.
  • •Drive remediation of operational issues, technical debt, platform risks, and control deficiencies while monitoring service level objectives and operational metrics.
  • •Lead workforce and client identity engineering support across joiner/mover/leaver, provisioning/deprovisioning, certification, and entitlement governance.
  • •Ensure IAM compliance with enterprise standards and regulatory expectations, supporting audits and corrective action plans, and lead delivery of IAM modernization initiatives.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management, cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or related technology disciplines.
  • •3+ years of leadership experience managing engineering, delivery, governance, or operational teams.
  • •Experience with IAM technologies including Okta, Entra ID, Ping, CyberArk, Saviynt, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, MFA, federation, and access governance platforms.
  • •Experience leading technology initiatives in regulated financial services or similarly regulated environments.
  • •Familiarity with NIST, FFIEC, ISO 27001, SOC, NYDFS, and related regulatory frameworks.
Experience:Identity and access managementCybersecuritySecurity operationsRegulated financial services
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationStakeholder managementDelivery managementMentoring
Tech Stack:OktaEntra IDPingCyberArkSaviyntOAuthOpenID Connect (OIDC)SAMLMFAFederationAccess governanceRBACIdentity governance & administration (IGA)NISTFFIECISO 27001SOCNYDFS

Company Brief

Northern Trust
Global financial services firm providing wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking solutions to institutions, corporations, and affluent individuals, with a focus on custody, investment management, and technology-driven services.
Industry: Asset Management
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Chicago, United States
Founded: 1889
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