Senior Identity, Access Governance and Policy Lead (VP/SVP)

Job Description:

Job Title:  Senior Identity, Access Governance and Policy Lead (VP/SVP)

Corporate Title:  Vice President / Senior Vice President

Location:  Dublin

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location:
Our Central Park office in Leopardstown, boasts modern facilities based in Dublin’s premium business park. With an onsite gym and staff restaurant, all your daily needs are conveniently catered for. Travel options include the LUAS network and the Central Park shuttle service between Dublin City Centre and Central Park. We also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package, which means getting to work has never been so easy.

Role Description:

Join our dynamic Global Information Security team in safeguarding Bank of America’s information systems, confidential data, and customer information.   As the Senior Identity, Access Governance and Policy Lead, you will play a pivotal role in the modernization and development of the Bank’s identity and access management services, specifically the permissions and services catalogue, with co-development of the overall strategy in partnership with stakeholders, management of the operational business playbooks, monitoring & reporting of controls adherence, and supporting regulatory, audit & compliance queries.

In this role, strong technical and business acumen will be utilized to support secure, risk-based practices for all lines of business within Bank of America ensuring Identity and Access Management, a critical security discipline, enables the right identities to access resources at the right times and in the right context.  IAM addresses the mission-critical need for appropriate resource access across diverse technology environments while meeting rigorous compliance requirements.  Be part of our inclusive workplace where everyone’s contributions matter!

Responsibilities:

As an individual contributor, you will:

• Oversee identity lifecycle and access governance activities including developing, maintaining, and facilitating the adoption of policy, standards, processes, and procedures.

• Development, evolution and management of policies, standards, processes and playbooks to meet business, security, regulatory, legal and compliance requirements, objectives and goals.

• Build business requirements to drive innovation with internal and public cloud integration of identity and access management practices.

• Evaluate and implement solutions to strengthen access controls through automation, data enrichment and enhanced mechanisms, ensuring company protection.

• Support programs and initiatives to modernize overall practices, processes and related technologies.

• Collaborate across organisations units and management levels, utilising technical and business acumen to support secure practices within broadly defined practices and policies across all businesses.

What we are looking for:

• Individuals that are results & business focused and successful at interfacing across multiple organisation units, at various management levels.

• Knowledge/experience/exposure with information security topics, including the design, development, testing, implementation and governance of information security practices and solutions.

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of access management, risk identification and mitigation, as well as project management skills.

• Proven experience of practitioner experience with Identity and Access Management / Identity & Access Governance / Information Security Technologies.

• Proficient grasp of Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts including identity and account lifecycle, account reconciliation and correlation, request access, automated access, role-based-access, hierarchical role model, role mining, birth-right provisioning, access certifications, segregation of duties, and entitlement risk assignment.

• Motivated, adaptive learner with a deep understanding of a wide range of technology applications, platforms, and tools.

• Ability to identify, analyse and address problems to resolve issues leveraging approaches that minimizes negative impact and risk to the business operations

• Design and implement IAM processes to enhance security, ensure compliance and automate governance across applications and infrastructure.

• Perform access governance activities including developing, maintaining, and facilitating the adoption of policy, standards, processes, and procedures.

• Development and management of policies, standards, processes and playbooks to meet business, security, regulatory, legal and compliance requirements, objectives and goals.

• Build business requirements to drive innovation with internal and public cloud integration of identity and access management practices.

• Evaluate and implement solutions to strengthen access controls through automation, data enrichment and enhanced mechanisms, ensuring company protection.

• Support programs and initiatives to modernize overall practices, processes and related technologies.

• Collaborate across organisations units and management levels, utilising technical and business acumen to support secure practices within broadly defined practices and policies across all businesses.

What we are looking for:

• Deep experience advising strategies related to authentication, privileged access management, and IAM enforcement in public clouds are essential for this role.

• Individuals that are results orientated, business focused and successful at interfacing across multiple organisation units, at various management levels.

• Knowledge/experience/exposure with information security topics, including the design, development, testing, implementation and governance of information security practices and solutions.

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of access management, risk identification and mitigation, as well as project management skills.

• Demonstrated practitioner experience with Identity and Access Management / Identity & Access Governance / Information Security Technologies.

• Deep understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts including identity and account lifecycle, account reconciliation and correlation, request access, automated access, role-based-access, hierarchical role model, role mining, birth-right provisioning, access certifications, segregation of duties, and entitlement risk assignment.

• Motivated, adaptive learner with a deep understanding of a wide range of technology applications, platforms, and tools.

• Ability to identify, analyse and address problems to resolve issues leveraging approaches that minimizes negative impact and risk to the business operations

• Analytical / problem solving / conceptual thinking skills.

• Microsoft Office Proficient (Excel, Word, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Etc.)

• Skills with influencing partners, senior management, peers and subordinates through an inclusive style that recognizes their abilities and knowledge.

• Knowledge and / or experience with Active Directory Domain Admin (Active Directory design & architecture, Group Policy, Windows Server, Security, Active Directory troubleshooting) in production environment

Benefits of working at Bank of America

Ireland

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons

• 20 days of back-up childcare and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum 

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters

• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice and the bank will match your contribution

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.