Project Manager - Sailpoint Identity Governance & Administration

Job purpose

The IGA Project Manager is responsible for planning and delivering an enterprise Identity Governance & Administration programme centred on SailPoint. The role will coordinate business, security, technology and third-party teams to implement reliable identity lifecycle controls, integrate authoritative and target systems, and transition the resulting capabilities into effective business-as-usual operation.

The postholder will manage the full project lifecycle, including mobilisation, scope, schedule, budget, resources, governance, risks, issues, dependencies, quality, testing, cutover, adoption and benefits realisation.

Key responsibilities

• Own and maintain the project charter, integrated delivery plan, milestones, budget, resource plan, governance calendar and executive reporting.
• Lead delivery of the SailPoint implementation, including source onboarding, connectors, workflows, roles, policies, access requests, certifications, reporting, testing, cutover and stabilisation.
• Coordinate the design and implementation of joiner, mover and leaver processes, ensuring timely provisioning, access changes and deprovisioning.
• Manage integrations with HR systems, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, cloud services, service-management platforms and enterprise applications.
• Coordinate SAP-related integration activity, including SAP SuccessFactors and/or SAP S/4HANA where relevant to the identity landscape.
• Manage scope, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, decisions and change requests, escalating promptly when delivery outcomes are threatened.
• Ensure project deliverables meet agreed architecture, cyber security, privacy, audit, control and non-functional requirements.
• Oversee data readiness, identity correlation, role modelling, application onboarding, reconciliation and remediation activities.
• Own the overall test and acceptance approach across system, integration, security, performance and user-acceptance testing.
• Lead cutover planning, communications, training, operational readiness, service acceptance, hyper-care and transition to business-as-usual support.
• Manage vendors, systems integrators and professional-services partners against agreed deliverables, acceptance criteria, commercial commitments and quality standards.

Person Specific

Essential experience

• Proven project-management experience delivering at least one substantial SailPoint implementation, upgrade or transformation. Experience with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is strongly preferred.
• Strong practical experience of identity lifecycle management, including joiners, movers, leavers, access requests, approvals, provisioning, deprovisioning, birth-right access and access certification.
• Experience leading a project through mobilisation, discovery, design, build, integration, testing, cutover, hyper-care and transition to operations.
• Experience delivering integrations across HR platforms, directories, cloud/SaaS services and enterprise applications using connectors, APIs or managed file feeds.
• Experience managing complex schedules, budgets, resources, suppliers, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, scope and quality in a large enterprise environment.
• Experience working with cyber security, enterprise architecture, privacy, internal control, audit, service management and business-process stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of IAM controls, least privilege, role-based access, segregation of duties, access reviews and audit evidence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, executive reporting, facilitation, negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.

Desirable experience

• Experience integrating SailPoint with SAP SuccessFactors and/or SAP S/4HANA, including identity attributes, worker events, business roles, provisioning boundaries and reconciliation.
• Knowledge of SAP identity, access and governance concepts, including coordination with SAP security teams and segregation-of-duties considerations.
• Experience delivering global or multi-region programmes involving multiple worker types, legal entities and regional data or operating requirements.
• Knowledge of ServiceNow, Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, PAM solutions, cloud platforms and enterprise application-onboarding patterns.
• Experience with identity data remediation, identity correlation, role mining, application rationalisation and phased onboarding at scale.
• Experience managing software vendors, professional-services partners and outcome-based statements of work.

Qualifications

• A recognised project or programme management qualification such as PRINCE2, PMP or MSP, or equivalent practical delivery experience.
• Agile delivery qualification or demonstrable experience applying Agile or hybrid delivery approaches.
• SailPoint accreditation and/or a recognised IAM or cyber security certification is advantageous.

Skills and competencies

• Strong leadership, organisation and delivery discipline.
• Ability to translate technical, security and control requirements into clear plans and decisions.
• Commercial awareness and effective supplier management.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and resolve competing priorities.
• Analytical, evidence-based approach to problem solving and reporting.
• Commitment to security, privacy, quality, auditability and operational readiness