IAM Lead Designer, AVP

Job Description:

Job Title: IAM Lead Designer

Location: Pune, India

Corporate Title: AVP

Role Description

• Assistant Vice President –IAM Lead Designer, responsible forend‑to‑end solution and detailed design ownership of theAccessio IAM platform (Day 2 enhancements), operating within aregulated banking environment.

• The role is accountable for shaping, owning, and governinghigh‑quality IAM solution designs acrossSailPoint (IGA) andForgeRock (Access Management), ensuring that all designs aresecure by design, resilient, scalable, operable, and audit‑ready. As a senior design authority, the Lead Designerowns design outcomes, translates complex business and regulatory requirements intoclear, implementable technical designs, and ensures that delivery teams execute consistently against approved design intent. The role operates as akey contributor in senior design and governance forums (including SDA), working closely withCIO organizations, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Risk, Audit stakeholders, delivery leadership, and strategic vendors to ensure alignment withenterprise standards, regulatory expectations, and long‑term platform strategy.

• This position emphasizeshands‑on design leadership and delivery accountability, withselective architectural alignment responsibilities, and providesLevel 3 design ownership to support production stability, root‑cause resolution, and continuous platform improvement.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Accountable forend‑to‑end solution and detailed design ownership forAccessio Day 2 enhancements, ensuring solutions meetbusiness outcomes, security controls, regulatory obligations, and operational standards acrossForgeRock and SailPoint platforms.
• Act as theLead Designer and design sign‑off authority for IAM initiatives, ensuring functional, non‑functional, and control requirements are translated intorobust, reusable, and supportable designs.
• Produce, own, and governdesign artefacts, including:
  • Functional Specification Documents (FSDs)
  • Technical Design Documents (TDDs)
  • Integration, configuration, and interface designs
• Critically review and challengevendor‑provided designs & effortensuring solutions meetbank standards, avoid unnecessary complexity, and are fit for long‑term operation and audit scrutiny.
• Design and governintegration patterns across:
  • SailPoint (IGA) – identity lifecycle, access requests, certifications, RBAC
  • ForgeRock (AM / IDM) – authentication, authorization, federation, access enforcement
  • Directory services (AD / LDAP), cloud platforms, APIs, and enterprise applications
• Partner withbusiness analysts to refine requirements and ensuredesign traceability, and withengineering leads to ensure designs areimplementation‑ready and delivery‑feasible.
• Identify, document, and managedesign‑level risks (security, performance, scalability, resilience, operability), ensuring mitigations are embedded within approved designs.
• Ensure all designs adhere toidentity lifecycle governance,RBAC principles, segregation of duties, and access control policies, in collaboration with theRBAC Architect.
• Provide design leadership formigration and transition initiatives from legacy IAM platforms to Accessio, ensuring continuity of controls and minimal operational risk.
• Maintainhigh‑quality, audit‑ready design documentation, ensuring alignment withrisk, compliance, and regulatory control frameworks.
• Work in partnership withDay 2 Project Management to ensure design deliverables meetdefined quality gates, timelines, and governance milestones.
• Continuously improve thedesign maturity of the Accessio platform by driving reuse, simplification, and standardization across SailPoint and ForgeRock implementations.

Technical Governance, Engineering Oversight & Operations

• Providesenior design leadership and governance oversight for IAM Day 2 enhancements delivered by internal and vendor engineering teams.
• Review and approveFSDs and TDDs with a focus ondesign completeness, control effectiveness, clarity, and reuse.
• Guide engineering teams ondesign intent, configuration standards, extensibility models, and integration approaches, ensuring fidelity to approved designs.
• Ensure all configurable components and extensions aredesigned for reuse, stability, maintainability, and performance, avoiding point‑in‑time or tactical solutions.
• Define and enforcedesign quality standards that support effective testing, deployment, and release readiness.
• Supportdefect triage and root‑cause analysis, providing design‑level direction for systemic or recurring issues.
• Promotereuse of approved design patterns, shared services, and common integration frameworks across IAM initiatives.
• ProvideLevel 3 design ownership for production incidents, ensuring corrective actions addressroot design causes and strengthen platform resilience.
• Review design‑relevantcode artefacts and documentation at a governance level to ensure alignment with approved designs, security standards, and compliance expectations.

Note: Direct coding is expected only on an exception basis (e.g., proof‑of‑concepts, complex design validation, or critical issue diagnosis).

Your skills and experience

Required Skills & Experience

• 10–12 years of overall experience, with6+ years of relevant professional experience in IAM, security architecture, or enterprise platforms.
• At least2 years of proven experience in asenior IAM Architect / Lead Designer role with design ownership responsibilities.
• At least2 years of experience across IAM domains, including:
  • Identity Governance (IGA)
  • Access Management and Federation
  • RBAC and identity lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated experience withSailPoint and/or ForgeRock in an architectural or design authority capacity.
• Proven skills demonstrated throughinterviews, design reviews, references, or recognized certifications.

Nice to Have

• Experience working inbanking or financial services, particularly within regulated environments.
• Strong exposure toSailPointandForgeRockarchitectures.
• Experience with IAM toolsOIM, Active Directory
• Exposure toaudit‑driven IAM controls, access certifications, and regulatory environment.
• Experience working withglobal and distributed delivery teams.
• Strongstakeholder management, governance, and architectural decision‑making skills.

Why Join Us

• Strong focus onlearning, certifications, and career growth
• Inclusive benefits includinggender‑neutral parental and childcare support
• Comprehensivehealth, life, and insurance coverage
• Opportunity to work onstrategic, enterprise‑wide IAM platforms

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

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