Onsite IAM Lead Architect​/Product Manager Union , NJ

Location:

Union Beach, NJ (Hybrid role)

Contract

The IAM Product Manager / Lead Architect will own end-to-end Identity and Access Management support and delivery for the customer environment, with primary focus on Microsoft Entra  role is a blend of managerial, product ownership, architecture, engineering, and operational support responsibilities.

The selected resource must be capable of independently managing IAM initiatives and operations across Microsoft Entra , SailPoint, and Delinea without requiring day-to-day guidance from the customer. The position requires strong technical depth, stakeholder communication, vendor coordination, and delivery governance.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive IAM product strategy and vision that consistently delivers value to customers and improves user satisfaction.
• Assist senior management with planning and scoping of IT and security initiatives related to Identity and Access Management.
• Establish, monitor, and report key success metrics including cost, feature functionality, risk posture, reliability, adoption, and operational performance.
• Ensure accurate capacity reporting to support demand projections, optimize resource utilization, and enable timely delivery of IAM initiatives.
• Provide timely progress reporting to stakeholders, including achievements, delivery risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.

• Design, implement, and manage Microsoft Entra  including SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, Identity Protection, B2B, B2C, custom domains, and application integrations.
• Develop, implement, and manage integrations with Entra Single Sign-On, SCIM provisioning, Conditional Access rules, authentication policies, and sign-in policies.
• Develop password, sign-on, and MFA policies, rules, and procedures for users and applications based on business and security requirements.
• Create authentication and multifactor policies based on network zones, routing rules, risk posture, and business use cases.
• Understand and provide solutions for Active Directory and legacy authentication protections including LDAP, Kerberos, NTLM, and hybrid identity requirements.

• Conduct and attend technical discussion sessions with application vendors, development teams, and application owners to identify suitable IAM security solutions.
• Work with standard security protocols including OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, LDAP, and SCIM for application onboarding and integrations.
• Contribute to requirement gathering, solution design, design documentation, and implementation planning for Identity, Access, and PAM solutions.
• Create and maintain design documents, SOPs, runbooks, knowledge articles, operational handover documents, and support procedures.