Director, IAM Authentication & Directory Services to create strategies and roadmaps for their portfolio of IAM products/services.

Our client in the insurance industry is looking for a Director, IAM Authentication & Directory Services to create strategies and roadmaps for their portfolio of IAM products/services.

Location: Downtown Toronto, London, Winnipeg (3 days onsite)

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the product/technology roadmaps, including solution architecture, design, and implementation of multiple Authentication and Directory services products such as Microsoft AD, Azure AD, ADFS, Azure SSO, Conditional Access, Microsoft Password Protection, Azure MFA, Google MFA, and Entrust
• Lead a cross-functional team to design, build and operate solutions to meet business requirements
• Maintain a deep understanding of authentication and directory service protocols and act as Subject Matter Expert to stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with multiple teams including vendors to deliver product/technology improvements and common reusable components
• Drive service/platform automation and engineering improvements that will accelerate delivery, increase quality, and reduce maintenance and change fail rates.
• Ensure service/platform instrumentation is in place for proactive monitoring, observability and responsive incident triage and resolution
• Implement and maintain platform automation and engineering best practices, standards, and guidelines
• Drive a high-performance culture for staff and promote positive culture change within the organization
• Manage risk and compliance in accordance with Canadian and Global standards. Ensure alignment/adherence to enterprise technology standards, vendor management standards, and risk standards.

Must Haves:

• 10+ years experience in IAM Authentication and Directory services domain with at least 3+ years in leadership role
• SSO/MFA, SAML, OAuth, WS-FED, OIDC, Kerberos, LDAP, NTLM, FIDO, etc.
• Experience with developing and implementing Key Risk Indicators (KRI) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for IAM service offerings.
• Experience working in financial services industry will be an asset
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP