Description
We are seeking an experienced IAM Lead Designer to join our team in Pune, India. As an Assistant Vice President – IAM Lead Designer, you will be responsible for end-to-end solution and detailed design ownership of the Accessio IAM platform (Day 2 enhancements) in a regulated banking environment.
You will shape, own, and govern high-quality IAM solution designs across SailPoint (IGA) and ForgeRock (Access Management), ensuring that all designs are secure by design, resilient, scalable, operable, and audit-ready. You will work closely with CIO organizations, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Risk, Audit stakeholders, delivery leadership, and strategic vendors to ensure alignment with enterprise standards, regulatory expectations, and long-term platform strategy.
Key responsibilities:
- Accountable for end-to-end solution and detailed design ownership for Accessio Day 2 enhancements
- Act as the Lead Designer and design sign-off authority for IAM initiatives
- Produce, own, and govern design artefacts, including Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), Technical Design Documents (TDDs), and integration designs
- Critically review and challenge vendor-provided designs and effort
- Design and govern integration patterns across SailPoint (IGA) and ForgeRock (AM / IDM)
- Partner with business analysts to refine requirements and ensure design traceability
- Identify, document, and manage design-level risks
- Ensure all designs adhere to identity lifecycle governance, RBAC principles, segregation of duties, and access control policies
- Provide design leadership for migration and transition initiatives from legacy IAM platforms to Accessio
- Maintain high-quality, audit-ready design documentation
- Work in partnership with Day 2 Project Management to ensure design deliverables meet defined quality gates, timelines, and governance milestones
- Continuously improve the design maturity of the Accessio platform
Technical Governance, Engineering Oversight & Operations:
- Provide senior design leadership and governance oversight for IAM Day 2 enhancements
- Review and approve FSDs and TDDs
- Guide engineering teams on design intent, configuration standards, extensibility models, and integration approaches
- Ensure all configurable components and extensions are designed for reuse, stability, maintainability, and performance
- Define and enforce design quality standards
- Support defect triage and root-cause analysis
- Promote reuse of approved design patterns, shared services, and common integration frameworks
- Provide Level 3 design ownership for production incidents
- Review design-relevant code artefacts and documentation
Benefits:
- Best-in-class leave policy
- Gender-neutral parental leaves
- 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit
- Sponsorship for industry-relevant certifications and education
- Employee Assistance Program
- Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance
- Accident and Term Life Insurance
- Complementary health screening for 35 yrs. and above
Requirements:
- 10-12 years of overall experience, with 6+ years of relevant professional experience in IAM, security architecture, or enterprise platforms
- At least 2 years of proven experience in a senior IAM Architect / Lead Designer role
- Demonstrated experience with SailPoint and/or ForgeRock
- Proven skills demonstrated through interviews, design reviews, references, or recognized certifications