Technical Project Manager, Identity & Access Management (IAM)

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.$120K — $201K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of project management experience, with 3 years in IAM or cybersecurity initiatives.
  • 2+ years of experience with IAM principles like SSO, MFA, RBAC, PAM, and identity lifecycle.
  • 2+ years of experience with IAM platforms such as SailPoint, Forgerock, CyberArk, or Azure AD.
  • 2+ years of managing release cycles in enterprise environments, coordinating across development, QA, and production teams.

Responsibilities

  • Manage multiple IAM projects, including identity lifecycle automation and access governance.
  • Lead project planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring alignment with business objectives and security standards.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to define requirements and manage risks for successful project outcomes.
  • Facilitate project governance, reporting, stakeholder communications, and documentation.
  • Serve as Scrum Master for Agile delivery teams, facilitating key Agile ceremonies.
  • Coach teams on Agile principles to optimize performance and delivery effectiveness.
  • Provide visibility into team progress through dashboards and performance metrics for informed decision-making.

Benefits

  • 401K matching
  • Health benefits
  • Employee stock options
  • Paid time off
  • Volunteer time off
Full Job Description

Job Overview:

We are seeking a Technical IAM Project Manager to lead and coordinate multiple Identity and Access Management (IAM) projects across the enterprise. This role will oversee project delivery, stakeholder engagement, and release management for IAM solutions that support security, compliance, and operational efficiency. This role must build trusted relationships with the team and with their stakeholders to ensure that the needs of all team members are met.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage multiple concurrent IAM projects, including identity lifecycle automation, access governance, privileged access management, and authentication enhancements.

  • Lead end-to-end project planning, execution, release management, and delivery, ensuring alignment with business objectives, security standards, timelines, and success criteria.

  • Partner with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to define requirements, manage risks, and drive successful outcomes.

  • Facilitate project governance, status reporting, stakeholder communications, change management, training, and implementation documentation.

  • Serve as Scrum Master for Agile delivery teams, facilitating ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, demonstrations, release planning, and team working agreements.

  • Coach teams on Agile principles, practices, and continuous improvement, using metrics and feedback to optimize team performance, engagement, and delivery effectiveness.

  • Remove impediments, resolve conflicts, influence stakeholders and leadership, and foster a collaborative environment that enables teams to achieve delivery commitments.

  • Provide visibility into team progress through dashboards, reporting, and performance metrics to support roadmap planning, transparency, and informed decision-making.

  • Guide teams in prioritization, sequencing, commitment management, and backlog readiness to ensure successful delivery of business value.

  • Act as a trusted advisor and Agile subject matter expert, mentoring team members, building cross-functional relationships, and driving organizational improvement initiatives.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of project management experience, with at least 3 years in IAM or cybersecurity-related initiatives.

  • 2+ years of IAM principles including SSO, MFA, RBAC, PAM, and identity lifecycle.

  • 2+ years with IAM platforms such as SailPoint, Forgerock, CyberArk, Azure AD, or similar.

  • 2+ years managing release cycles in enterprise environments, including coordination across dev, QA, and production teams.

Core Competencies:

  • Agile Leadership & Coaching

  • Agile Delivery & Product Execution

  • Facilitation, Communication & Stakeholder Management

  • Servant Leadership & Influencing

  • Customer-Centric Mindset

  • Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement

  • Compliance & Governance

  • Technical & Business Acumen

  • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferences:

  • Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, healthcare).

  • Technical background in IAM engineering or architecture is a plus.

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices related to IAM deployments.


Pay Range:

$120,716.00 - $201,262.00
 Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!
 

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