IAM Program Manager
Role summary
Seeking an experienced IAM Program Manager for a long-term contract role. The ideal candidate will have 12-15+ years of program management experience, with a proven track record in leading large-scale Identity and Access Management (IAM) or security advisory programs. Responsibilities include providing overall program leadership and governance, owning end-to-end program planning, managing multiple workstreams and Project Managers, establishing governance forums, tracking risks and issues, and delivering executive-level reporting. Strong client management, executive communication, problem-solving, and collaborative leadership skills are essential. Experience with MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, and reporting tools is required.
Role: IAM Program Manager
Location: Charlotte, NC/ Chandler, AZ/ Irving, TX/Iselin, NJ
Duration: Long Term Contract
Relevant Experience Years
• 12–15+ years of program management experience
• Proven experience leading large-scale IAM or security advisory programs
• Experience managing parallel workstreams across multiple teams
Tools :
• MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps
• PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI
• Governance and reporting tools
Skills :
• Strong client management and executive communication
• Excellent presentation and program reporting
• Strong problem solving and dependency management
• Highly collaborative leadership style
• Governance, planning, and delivery oversight expertise
Responsibilities:
• Provide overall program leadership and governance across multiple IAM workstreams.
• Own end to end program planning, including scope alignment, milestones, dependencies, and delivery cadence.
• Ensure all IAM initiatives are executed in line with approved SOW, in scope / out of scope boundaries, and regulatory expectations.
• Oversee and coordinate multiple IAM Project Managers and workstreams.
• Establish and manage program level governance forums, steering committees, and stakeholder reviews.
• Track and manage program level risks, issues, dependencies, and inter workstream impacts.
• Ensure consistent execution of office hours based, consultative engagement models across IAM initiatives.
• Provide administrative and strategic oversight to IAM teams on cleanup, segregation, migration, and remediation progress.
• Review and validate that IAM guidance and outcomes align with enterprise IAM architecture, security policies, and compliance standards.
• Serve as the primary client facing leadership contact for IAM program delivery.
• Deliver executive level reporting, dashboards, and presentations covering progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Drive alignment between IAM Architects, SMEs, Project Managers, and client stakeholders.
• Support prioritization and sequencing decisions across IAM workstreams.
• Ensure lessons learned, best practices, and metrics are captured and reused across the program.
• Mentor and guide IAM Project Managers and delivery leads.
• Escalate critical risks or scope conflicts to executive sponsors as required.
• Maintain strong collaboration with security, compliance, audit, application, and platform teams.
• Ensure the program remains advisory and governance focused, without assuming hands on execution or change implementation ownership.
Thanks
Rakesh Pathak | Lead Recruiter
Phone: 609-360-2642
Rakesh.pathak@ampstek.com| www.ampstek.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakesh-kumar-pathak-00b039167/
