Identity Management Specialist

Macclesfield, England, United Kingdom

2/7/2025

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company*, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services. As a proud, modern mutual we’re able to take a longer-term view. We can focus on delivering positive, enduring change on behalf of our members and customers and their families, helping to protect the standard of living for this and future generations.

• Based on total 2022 premium income. ICMIF Global 500, 2024
  
  

Job Title: Identity & Access Management Specialist

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Alderley Edge

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: tbc

We’re expanding our security and resilience team within the CISO office. Over the last few years, we’ve been on a continuous improvement journey and are looking to expand the team. These new roles will allow us to fully enact our threat-led security program, drive further improvements across cyber and support our organisational goal of building a secure and resilient mutual. With a security team over 50 already, these new roles will enhance our capabilities as the threat landscape continues to evolve.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Identity and Access Management Specialist to join our Identity & Access Management (IAM) team at Royal London (RL). As an IAM Specialist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our organisation's digital assets by managing user access and privileges.

In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and improve the IAM of RL systems. You will participate in the development and implementation of IAM security policies and procedures, as well as conducting regular security assessments and audits on IAM controls. Additionally, you will be responsible for troubleshooting and resolving identity and access-related issues.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IAM, possesses excellent problem-solving skills, is tenacious and enjoys a challenge. A proactive and self-driven individual, with a keen attention to detail and capable of managing their own workload. We are looking for someone who is able to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and can work well in a fast-paced and team-oriented environment.

Role Outcomes

• Expertise in IAM across RL’s technology portfolio: including Active Directory, AWS, Databases & Mainframes
• Apply best practice security concepts across the portfolio to maintain the appropriateness of systems access (least privilege, separation of duties, separation of access, RBAC, etc)
• Understand and recommend the suitability of access to security groups, systems and assess security tooling output
• Strong understanding of the Joiners, Movers, Leaver (JML) process and access recertification process across the business
• Expertise in SailPoint Identity Now administration and function to support and enhance the JML and recertification processes
• A point of escalation for the IAM Team; providing support and guidance on technologies and best IAM security practices.
• Investigate and resolve access-related incidents and issues
• Strong data analytical skills, understanding the completeness of data and the ability to draw insightful conclusions
• Confident in creating metrics to provide management with understanding for the IAM control effectiveness
• Confident in speaking to external auditors and demonstrating IAM controls
  
  

About You

• Combined IT and security work experience with a broad range of exposure to Identity and Access Management functions
• Demonstrated successful implementation of security control frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, COBIT, ITIL, NIST
• Certification in Information Security relevant areas or equivalent business experience in a matrix Organisation
• High level of personal integrity with the ability to professionally handle highly sensitive and confidential situations
• Enjoys analysing large data sets using advanced Excel and PowerBI
• Ability to easily defuse critical situations and manage escalations appropriately
• Has knowledge of information security principles and practices
• Enthusiastic and demonstrates the ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information
• Excellent track record communicating, managing complex projects and influencing others, in a diversified and international matrix organisation. Adept at proposing, implementing, and managing change while prepared to question the “Status Quo”
  
  

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.   

 

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. 

 

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits  

 

Inclusion, diversity and belonging 

 

We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.