Security Solutions Lead Consultant – Identity and Access Management (IAM)

About the role

The Lead Consultant, IAM is an experienced individual contributor positioned between the Senior Consultant and Senior Manager/Principal. They own key delivery workstreams, serve as the primary client interface on IAM engagements, and drive delivery excellence across WWT's Identity and Access Management practice. They are the domain subject matter expert who provides technical credibility to both delivery and pursuit efforts.

Essential Functions

• Engagement Delivery & Team Development - Lead key IAM workstreams with accountability for delivery quality, timelines, and business outcomes, while elevating practice capabilities and growing talent.
• Program Leadership & Quality Assurance - Lead key portions of IAM engagements end-to-end: coordinate resources, manage risks, and ensure consistent execution across assessment, design, and implementation workstreams.
• Oversee multiple workstreams while actively developing junior and senior consultants through coaching, structured feedback, and hands-on technical guidance.
• Drive practice maturity through reusable delivery assets, assessment frameworks, methodology enhancements, and IAM thought leadership content.

Qualifications

• Required: 8-12 years of experience in cybersecurity with a sustained focus on Identity and Access Management; must include 5+ years in a senior consulting or technical leadership role with hands-on IAM platform implementation and client advisory experience.
• Deep technical expertise across IAM domains, including: IGA, PAM, Access Management, cloud identity, etc.
• Practical understanding of the identity-security interplay across adjacent domains: application security, identity threat detection and response, endpoint and device trust, and privileged attack paths including credential compromise and lateral movement.
• Consulting delivery competencies, including: structured discovery and assessment, gap analysis and maturity evaluation, executive communication, workshop facilitation, roadmap and program planning, deliverable excellence, stakeholder and engagement management.
• Preferred: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field; advanced certifications; familiarity with regulatory and compliance drivers for identity programs.

Key Competencies

• Trusted IAM client advisor.
• Delivery excellence and workstream ownership.
• Technical SME depth across IGA, PAM, Access Management, and cloud identity.
• Pursuit and solutioning acumen.

Benefits

A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $127,00 to $160,000 annually. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs.