IAM Governance Specialist

Join us as an IAM Governance Specialist at Barclays, where you will play a key role in strengthening the governance, risk and control environment across Identity and Access Management. The role will include assessing the effectiveness of IAM controls, identifying and challenging control gaps, supporting risk assessments and remediation activities and providing clear governance and oversight across the IAM control environment.

You will help ensure that Identity and access management practices are robust, defensible, and aligned with Barclays' security and regulatory obligations.

To be successful as an IAM Governance Specialist, you should have:

• IAM Control & Regulatory Expertise - Deep understanding of IAM controls, industry standards, and regulatory requirements such as SOX, NIST, ISO 27001, FCA, FDIC, RBI, etc.
• Risk Assessment & Analytical Thinking - Ability to identify control gaps, assess risk impact, challenge assumptions, and drive defensible outcomes.
• Stakeholder Management & Influencing Skills - Ability to drive outcomes across Technology, Control Owners, Audit, Compliance, Operations, and Senior Leadership.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Data Analytics & Reporting - Ability to leverage metrics, dashboards, trend analysis, and detective monitoring to support governance decisions
• Project & Change Management - Ability to coordinate complex remediation programs, regulatory commitments, and process improvements.
• Written & Executive Communication - Ability to translate technical IAM issues into concise, executive-friendly language
• Knowledge of IAM Technologies - Working knowledge of industry IAM platforms such as SailPoint, Entra  (Azure AD), Cyber Ark, or similar technologies.
• Executive Reporting & Communication - Experience preparing governance packs, risk summaries, metrics, KRIs, and executive-level reporting for senior leadership and governance forums.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology capabilities, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

This role will be based in Knutsford.

To provide support to the Chief Risk Officer(S) in the implementation and ongoing effectiveness of the bank's risk management framework across various business units and functions.

• Implementation support of risk management policies, standards, procedures, and controls across the bank.
• Asessment and promotion of risk management awareness and risk controls and culture.
• Review, challenge and monitoring of the effectiveness of existing risk management practices and identifying areas for improvement.
• Identification of new and emerging risks, and assessing the likelihood and impact of identified risks, and recommending appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Management and operation of associated committees, forum and meetings.
• Maintenance of risk inventories and governance documentation.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for…