Identity & Access Management Team Lead

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. 

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. 

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.  

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.  

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day. 

Identity sits at the heart of how we protect our customers, colleagues and technology. We are looking for an Identity & Access Management Team Lead who can combine practical IAM knowledge with strong people leadership, sound judgement and the confidence to challenge constructively.

This is not a purely operational or theoretical role. You will help shape the direction of our identity services, lead an established team and improve how access is governed across a complex mix of cloud and on-premise technology. You will work across security, technology, risk and the wider business to ensure our controls remain effective as the organisation and technology landscape evolve.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading, coaching and developing colleagues across the IAM and Access Control teams
• Setting priorities and shaping the strategic direction of identity services
• Overseeing access governance across JML, RBAC, PAM, recertification and service accounts
• Coordinating IAM controls, attestations, audit evidence and remediation activity
• Improving policies, standards, processes and service performance
• Partnering with business leaders, application owners, technology teams and service providers
• Analysing identity and access data to identify risks and improvement opportunities
• Supporting new technology, integrations, automation and identity-related business change

Who we’re looking for:

• Strong practical experience in Identity & Access Management or information security
• Experience leading, coaching and building capability within a technical or service team
• Broad understanding of identity across cloud and on-premise environments
• Knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID, SSO, MFA, RBAC, PAM and identity lifecycle management
• Experience managing controls, audit activity, evidence and remediation
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and challenging access requirements constructively
• An analytical approach with the ability to turn complex issues into practical priorities
• Curiosity, learning agility and a genuine interest in improving services rather than maintaining the status quo

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.