Director - Identity & Access Management
Posted on: 25/03/2026
Job Description
Description :
What the company does :
- Builds AI-driven digital banking platforms for global financial institutions
- Enables personalized, real-time customer experiences across channels
- Focuses on secure, scalable, cloud-native infrastructure
- Integrates identity, fraud prevention, and compliance capabilities into core systems
- Drives innovation in next-generation financial technology ecosystems
About the Role :
Working closely with product, security, and engineering teams, you will define the roadmap for secure and seamless user interactions while ensuring compliance with financial industry standards. The role demands a balance of deep technical expertise and people leadership, where you will guide distributed engineering teams, influence platform decisions, and champion innovations such as zero-trust security and passwordless authentication.
You will also play a critical role in building scalable, resilient systems while fostering a culture of engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation across global teams.
Skills & Experience required :
- Proven experience (10+ years) in software engineering leadership, preferably within financial services or regulated environments
- Strong expertise in Identity & Access Management (IAM), authentication, authorization, and fraud systems
- Hands-on knowledge of modern authentication protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and MFA
- Solid programming background, with experience in Java-based ecosystems
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms (preferably GCP) and secure application architecture
- Experience designing and scaling highly available distributed systems
- Ability to drive architecture decisions and platform strategy in collaboration with senior stakeholders
- Exposure to zero-trust security models and modern identity protection practices
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing cross-functional, global engineering teams
- Track record of building high-performing teams, mentoring engineers, and driving engineering best practices
Preferred Experience :
- Familiarity with IAM platforms such as Auth0, Okta, Keycloak, or Ping Identity
- Experience with fraud detection and anomaly detection systems (transactional or behavioral)
- Knowledge of KYC/KYB solutions and regulatory compliance frameworks
- Experience in monitoring, alerting, and security threat detection systems
- Exposure to modular and extensible platform architectures
- Strong inclination toward building frictionless, secure user experiences
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