Job Details
Salary: Competitive per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Flexible working with up to 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 25th October 2024
Virgin Atlantic is a purpose led long haul airline. Committed to protecting the planet, whilst bringing the social and economic benefits of connectivity and trade to the destinations and communities we serve. We’re on a mission to net zero by 2050, but no airline can tackle the decarbonisation challenge alone. At Virgin Atlantic, we’re committed to innovation, pioneering change through partnership, and being transparent in our progress.
In a nutshell
We have an outstanding opportunity for a driven professional to take the lead in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) function within the dynamic Information and Cyber Security team at Virgin Atlantic Ltd. As a Manager in this vital role, your responsibilities will include crafting a world-class IAM strategy, designing impeccable Identity solutions, and establishing the benchmark for best practice maturity. You will also coordinate the implementation of innovative processes and technologies, while effectively managing a large service provider team to ensure outstanding service delivery.
Day to day
- Develop IAM strategy across Virgin Atlantic and its service partners.
- Ensure privileged accounts are brokered, just-in-time access is granted, and usage is appropriately monitored.
- Bring consistency of control maturity and visibility across PIM (Privileged Identity Management) in cloud environments.
- Take end-to-end accountability for IAM service delivery and performance.
- Document and evolve the current delivery model, service catalogue, and NIST aligned maturity level.
- Craft the future state, set maturity targets with management, and develop improvement plans.
- Implement the people, process, and technology capabilities needed to achieve target maturity.
- Identify gaps in the above and articulate risk statements and treatment plans.
- Input into technical and business roadmaps to represent core Identity and Access Management needs.
About you
- CISSP / CISA / CISM certification through ISACA or an equivalent professional body.
- Proficient understanding of information security standard methodologies and compliance, including ISO27001/2, NIST, PCI/DSS, EUGDPR, and emerging cyber security standards.
- Proven understanding across a broad range of Identity and Access Management solutions, with experience leading and managing a team of technical Subject Matter Experts.
- Experience in implementing PAM (Privileged Access Management) and UAM (User Access Management) tooling and supporting business processes.
- Consistent record of driving technical change through innovation, process evolution, simplification, and capability exploitation.
- In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity threats, technologies, and standard methodologies.
- Understanding of service-led delivery and experience in managing vendors, suppliers, and operational performance.
Internal info
Hiring manager: John WhiteGlobal grade: D
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