Lead, Identity & Access Mgmt. - Technical Program Manager
Prudential Financial · Newark, NJ · 1 wk ago
Information Technology$115k–$189k/yrFull-time
About the role
The IAM Implementation Lead within IAM Enablement partners with IAM leadership across security and technology to shape solution design for the Identity and Access Management Program. This role bridges conceptual intent and delivery execution across Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and other toolchains.
Responsibilities
- Support the Workforce IAM Director and senior leaders by augmenting solution design for controls.
- Translate program strategy into adoptable patterns and delivery plans.
- Consult on newly envisioned operational approaches across SailPoint, Ping, CyberArk, and HashiCorp— including integration patterns and control instrumentation.
- Lead and coordinate cross-team execution for IAM initiatives (requirements, design, build, testing, rollout), ensuring outcomes align to scope, quality, and timelines.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance to onboarding teams on schemas/entitlement models, implementation sequencing, and "known good" patterns.
- Partner with technology, platform, and operations teams to resolve complex delivery issues (process, tooling, data, or integration challenges).
- Improve implementation consistency by contributing to reference architectures, onboarding/playbooks, risk/control checklists, and validation approaches.
- Track delivery health and report progress, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.
- Perform highly complex daily project and operational work, with ownership of the solution/process, per the direction of more senior team members.
- Provide guidance to more junior team members.
- Support implementation and maintenance of IAM controls and processes.
- Proactively collaborate with Business and Technology teams to resolve IAM issues and improve overall security posture.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields.
- Strong program management capability (planning, dependency management, risk tracking, stakeholder alignment).
- Demonstrated experience delivering IAM solutions in complex environments; ability to explain designs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Working technical fluency: schema/attribute modeling, entitlement structures, and practical implementation pathways across IAM toolchains.
- Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills; comfortable operating across multiple teams and priorities.
- Ability to coach others with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives to the benefit of the organization.
- Experience with agile development methodologies.
- Knowledge of business concepts and information security tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business.
- Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges.
- Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to adapt with evolving business decisions and technical improvements or limitations.
Preferred Qualifications
- NIST and ISO 27000 Standards expertise.
- Advanced experience with Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).
- Advanced experience with Privileged Access Management (PAM).
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
Skills & Expertise
- Strong analytical skills.
- Keen interest in information security controls.
Benefits
- Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
- 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
- Company-funded pension plan.
- Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
- Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
- Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period).
- Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.