IAM / IGA Operations & Release Manager – Banking / Financial Services
Added 10 Oct · still live
Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer issued few or no visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£58,200
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2131 (74% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £58,200, and Vanquish Tech is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2139 (Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified) or SOC 2132 (IT managers). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
Your salary route
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2131 IT project managers Most likely code | £40,700 | £46,600 | £52,400 | £58,200 |
2139 Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified Also possible | £36,600 | £41,800 | £47,100 | £52,300 |
2132 IT managers Also possible | £38,500 | £44,000 | £49,500 | £55,000 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Location: London – 4 days onsite, 1 day remote
Contract: 12 months
Sector: Banking / Financial Services
About The Role
On behalf of our client, a leading global banking and financial services organisation, we are looking for an experienced IAM / IGA Operations & Release Manager to join their cyber security team on a 12-month contract based in London.
The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating operational activities, managing releases and ensuring the smooth delivery of changes across the organisation's Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) environment.
We are looking for someone with a strong background in IT operations, release management or service delivery, combined with a good understanding of IAM / IGA technologies, ideally RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle (RSA IGL) or SailPoint.
This is not a hands-on engineering or platform configuration role. The successful candidate does not need to be a technical specialist but must understand the technology well enough to work effectively with engineers, application support teams, vendors and business stakeholders.
Strong organisational skills, communication and the ability to manage multiple priorities within a regulated banking environment are essential.
Key Responsibilities
Contract: 12 months
Sector: Banking / Financial Services
About The Role
On behalf of our client, a leading global banking and financial services organisation, we are looking for an experienced IAM / IGA Operations & Release Manager to join their cyber security team on a 12-month contract based in London.
The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating operational activities, managing releases and ensuring the smooth delivery of changes across the organisation's Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) environment.
We are looking for someone with a strong background in IT operations, release management or service delivery, combined with a good understanding of IAM / IGA technologies, ideally RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle (RSA IGL) or SailPoint.
This is not a hands-on engineering or platform configuration role. The successful candidate does not need to be a technical specialist but must understand the technology well enough to work effectively with engineers, application support teams, vendors and business stakeholders.
Strong organisational skills, communication and the ability to manage multiple priorities within a regulated banking environment are essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate day-to-day operational activities across the IAM / IGA environment.
- Plan, schedule and manage application and platform releases, ensuring changes are delivered smoothly into production.
- Work closely with IAM engineers, application support teams, infrastructure teams and external vendors.
- Coordinate release readiness activities, including testing, approvals, deployment planning and rollback arrangements.
- Manage change requests and ensure compliance with internal change management processes and Change Advisory Board (CAB) requirements.
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- Proven experience in IT Operations, Release Management, Change Management or IT Service Delivery.
- Experience coordinating application or infrastructure releases within complex enterprise environments.
- Good understanding of IAM / IGA concepts and processes, including user provisioning, access governance and identity lifecycle management.
- Familiarity with RSA IGL or SailPoint, or experience supporting similar IAM / IGA platforms.
- Strong understanding of ITIL processes, particularly change, incident, problem and release management.
- Experience coordinating technical teams, vendors and multiple stakeholders.
- Experience managing release schedules, change approvals, implementation plans and operational risks.
- Strong communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and ensure activities are completed on time.
- Comfortable working in a structured, process-driven environment.
- Previous experience within banking, financial services or another regulated industry.
We are looking for someone who is organised, proactive and confident managing operational activities and coordinating technical releases.
You should be comfortable working with engineers and technical specialists without needing to perform the technical work yourself. Your strength will be in planning, coordination, communication and ensuring that changes are delivered safely and successfully.
You will need to understand the impact of releases on business operations, manage risks and dependencies, and ensure that the right people are involved at the right time.
Importantly, this is not a hands-on IAM engineering, development or configuration role. We are looking for an experienced Operations & Release Manager with a good understanding of IAM / IGA technologies, rather than a technical platform specialist.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Vanquish Tech, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
IT project managers (SOC 2131) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~34k in sampleSOC 2131
- Middle half £42,744–73,268
- Median £57,824
- Going rate £58,200
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £40,700–52,400
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2131 going rate of £58,200. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.