Group Head of Identity Security & Trust - Strategy, Cyber

Group Head of Identity Security & Trust - Strategy, Cyber, Zero Trust

£Market Rate per day - Inside IR35

London / Hybrid

6 months initially

My client is an instantly recognisable global organisation who require a Group Head of Identity Security & Trust with a wealth of experience shaping global Identity strategy within highly federated organisations.

The ideal process will see this be a Temp to Perm opportunity.

Key Requirements:

• Proven commercial experience working as the Group Head of Identity Security & Trust leading strategic Identity initiatives within large, highly federated organisations with multiple market units.
• Strong expertise in shaping global strategy, acting as the Group SME for Identity & Trust.
• The ability to develop and maintain IAM standards, frameworks, policies and reference architectures.
• Build identity roadmaps (internal, external, group) aligned to NIST CSF v2.0 maturity.
• The ability to create trust/data models, threat models, and metrics to measure identity assurance.
• Familiarity with conducting current-state assessments and define future-state TOM and capability improvements.
• Can provide specialist support to Market Units and contribute to enterprise security architecture.
• Expertise in relevant Identity technologies including but not limited to MS Entra, SailPoint, Forge Rock and Cyber Ark.
• The ability to identify vulnerabilities, assess risks, and articulate mitigations to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate with third parties effectively.

Nice to have:

• Immediate availability.
• An openness to go from Temp to Perm.
• Qualifications in CISSP / CIAM / CIGE.

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