Senior Specialist IAM (m/f/d) 80-100%

KNOW YOUR TALENTS.

Your future employer is a renowned Swiss financial service provider based in Zurich. Identity & Access Management is being newly established there: a central, growing team for security architecture and IAM is emerging from several distributed responsibilities. Around 200 applications depend on the IGA platform. An ongoing IAM transformation program is consolidating processes and introducing a new role model. You will be primarily responsible for the governance part in this team, with a reporting line to the team lead. The second line, with whom you will work closely, sets and reviews the specifications.

Would you like to be not only part of the whole as a

Senior Specialist IAM (m/f/d) 80-100%

with a focus on Access Governance, but also to actively influence and shape things? Then we look forward to getting to know you.

My Challenges

• Design access concepts and authorization models according to Need-to-know and Least Privilege, and anchor and further develop role models in the connected applications.

• Be responsible for the regular recertification and revalidation of authorizations, from preparation and execution to documentation and sustainable cleanup.

• Analyze critical authorization combinations and access risks, assess deviations, and implement effective measures together with the business units.

• Independently support internal and external IAM audits and set up controls, evidence, and documentation so that they withstand any audit.

• Help shape the IAM vision within the ongoing transformation program and subsequently further optimize processes in the operational line.

• Targeted use of AI in governance: evaluate authorization data, identify over-authorized accounts and SoD conflicts, derive roles from actual authorizations, use recommendations in recertification, and automatically generate audit evidence.

• Integrate technical identities such as service accounts and service principals, as well as AI agents, into governance: assign responsible owners and control, recertify, and demonstrably document approvals and data access according to Least Privilege.

• Precisely describe requirements and hand them over to engineering, which is responsible for technical implementation on the IGA platform.

• Advise projects and application teams on connecting new applications and identities, and clarify discrepancies between authorizations, role models, and technical implementation.

• Consciously focus on process work: approximately 30% governance, 50% implementation without own development work, 20% audit support.

My Competencies

• At least 3 to 4 years of experience in Identity & Access Management, with a clear focus on Access Governance and a high affinity for AI, including practical experience.

• In-depth understanding of authorization models, role management, and control mechanisms, plus practical experience in recertification, revalidation, Segregation of Duties, and risk-based access controls.

• Understanding of IAM processes in a regulated environment is central. Own experience in a regulated company is welcome, but not a prerequisite.

• Practical experience with an IGA platform such as One Identity, SailPoint, Omada, Okta, or Saviynt. A custom development counts equally if the understanding of governance is sufficient.

• Very good technical affinity and good knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID. Active Directory, PAM, and cloud authorizations are welcome, but not mandatory.

• AI at the implementation level: integrate AI functions into existing processes and work agentically, with clear approvals and human control. Affinity for AI is a prerequisite for this role.

• Good understanding of the requirements of audit and examiners.

• Assertiveness towards business units and conceptual strength in role and control models, plus resilient stakeholder management up to the management level.

• Higher education or equivalent experience. Certifications in IGA and IAM, CISSP, or CISM are an advantage.

• German at level B2 and very good English.

My Benefits

• Management position with functional leadership of the governance topic in a growing team.

• IAM is a top priority at the executive management level, the transformation program is underway, and the impact and scope for action are real and visible.

• AI has arrived: GitHub Copilot is in use, the next step is AI-supported governance processes.

• Further training is supported, both professionally and personally.

• Attractive employment conditions commensurate with the responsibility.

• Presence carries weight here: direct exchange with employees on-site supports collaboration, supplemented by mobile office.

• A "you" culture from the very first conversation and short decision-making paths.

• Start as soon as possible, ideally from January 2027.

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My Contact

Peter Kosel, Talent Community Manager, will gladly answer your questions at +41 78 649 49 01

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Your CV is sufficient for the initial contact.

Interviews will be conducted via video conference.

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