Skillhouse Internal Career Opportunity
Head of IAM (Identity & Access Management) Platform
Position Title:
Head of IAM (Identity & Access Management) Platform
Employment Type:
Permanent
Working Hours:
English Level - Advanced (TOEIC 860), Japanese Level - High Intermediate (JLPT Level 2)
Salary
Description
One of the world’s largest Insurance Service providers is seeking a senior person, as the Head of Identity & Access Management (IAM) platform, within the infrastructure team.
The role owns the regional IAM platform’s roadmap and strategies, financial governance, risk management, and people leadership, ensuring services remain secure, compliant, highly available, aligning global standards, working closely with Global Security.
Responsibilities
- Own the overall IAM platform roadmap, governance, and operational excellence for the region, partnering with Global security
- Lead and manage the regional IAM platform team, including hiring, performance management, coaching, succession planning, and capability development
- Own the lifecycle, availability, resiliency, security, and continuous improvement of IAM infrastructure platforms
- Ensure secure and reliable IAM services for employees, customers, partners, applications, APIs, and infrastructure across the region, including the following products; Ping Identity (SSO, MFA, Passkey) // Venafi Certificate Management // Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) // Reverse Proxy platforms // API Gateway platforms
- Partners with Global Security, Architecture, Infrastructure, Application Development, Risk, Audit, and Compliance teams to establish and enforce IAM standards, policies, and controls
- Drive end-to-end automation of identity lifecycle processes, including joiner, mover, leaver, access provisioning, certification, revocation, and certificate management
- Ensure 24x7 operational support for critical IAM platforms, including incident management, problem management, vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery, and operational resilience
- Manage annual budgets, forecasts, actuals, vendor contracts, software licensing, and financial governance while driving cost optimization opportunities
- Act as the regional subject-matter expert and trusted advisor on Identity, Authentication, Authorization, PKI, and Access Governance
Required Skills:
- 12+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management, Cybersecurity, Security Engineering, Infrastructure Security, or related disciplines
- 5+ years of people leadership experience managing enterprise-scale IAM or security engineering teams
- Proven experience managing large-scale IAM platforms in highly regulated enterprise environments
- Strong understanding of Identity Governance, Access Certification, Segregation of Duties, Privileged Access Controls, and Identity Risk Management
- Experience driving IAM transformation, platform modernization, governance improvements, and automation initiatives
- Experience managing complex vendor ecosystems, budgets, contracts, and strategic technology investments
- Strong risk management, audit, compliance, and regulatory knowledge
- Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior business and technology leaders
Why should you apply:
- Senior Leadership Opportunity: Lead the regional IAM Platform team at the Japan office, with direct exposure to CTO/CIO and Global Security leadership
- Own IAM Strategy & Transformation: Take ownership of enterprise IAM platforms, modernization, automation, and long-term security initiatives
- Work with Advanced Security Technologies: Gain leadership exposure to Ping Identity, Venafi, SSO, MFA, PKI, Identity Governance, and enterprise access security
- Global Collaboration: Work closely with international Security, Infrastructure, Architecture, and Risk teams in a global insurance organization
- High-Impact Permanent Position: Play a critical role in strengthening enterprise security, operational resilience, and identity governance while building and developing your own team
Company Details:
A US based world’s leading insurance providers, offering a broad range of life, health, and retirement solutions to individuals, families, and businesses. The company is heavily invested in digital transformation, utilizing advanced technologies like cloud computing, data analytics, AI, and cybersecurity to enhance customer experience and streamline operations. As part of its values, it has a strong focus on creating a diverse environment, and in particular on the appointment of women in high-level position.
Working Hours: 9:00 - 18:00 (Mon-Fri)
Working Style: 3 days’ work in office, and 2 days’ work from home
Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays, Year-end and New Year Holidays, Paid Holidays
Services/Benefits: Transportation expenses up to 20,000 yen per month, plus Paid leave, plus social insurance (health insurance, welfare pension, and work-related accident insurance), Periodic health examination, and Employment insurance
