AVP, IAM Role Based Access Control Product Owner

Synchrony

About The Position

The AVP, IAM Role Based Access Control Product Owner will lead the oversight, management and strategy of Synchrony’s Business and IT role configurations on Synchrony’s current identity governance platform, SailPoint IdentityIQ. This role will lead a team of analysts and senior analysts to ensure all Business and IT role configurations in Synchrony’s identity governance platform are accurate, compliant, attested and updated in a timely manner. This role will be the product owner of Synchrony’s identity governance role based access control agile product team, advancing Synchrony’s identity governance & technology strategic roadmap to enable and protect Synchrony’s workforce and systems.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in Technology or Business Management and 8 years of IT experience
Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading identity governance processes and technologies in a regulated environment
At least 1 year experience as an identity and access management (IAM) process control owner
Minimum 5 years of role administration experience within SailPoint IdentityIQ

Nice To Haves

Experience as an agile product owner / product manager working within the SAFE agile framework within Jira
Experience in IAM processes, focused on managing SailPoint IdentityIQ user access reconciliations within a large enterprise organization
Strong service and process design skills; especially in identity and access management
Strong executive presence, communication, presentation skills
Strong collaboration skills with both technical and business contacts
Self-starting, independent worker, organized and detail orientated
Proven analytical mindset; Ability to identify patterns or correlations within data sets
Experience in IAM processes, focused on managing SailPoint IdentityIQ user access reconciliations within a large enterprise organization
Experience in owning, cultivating and managing strong, effective external relationships
Experience interfacing with external regulators and auditors as a process control owner
Experience implementing and managing IAM controls related to PCI, SOX, NIST 800-53, 800-63, 800-79-2, or 800-157 standards within the financial industry
Deep understanding of business workflows and related business processes, and business impacts to/from Identity Management platforms

Responsibilities

Agile product owner of Synchrony’s Role Based Access Control process and platform, leading strategy, design and implementation, including oversight of all process controls, leveraging Synchrony’s SAFE Agile framework
Lead a team of analysts and senior analysts to ensure all entitlement, role and workgroup information in Synchrony’s identity governance platform is accurate, compliant, attested and updated within SLA
Own Synchrony’s role based access control risks and controls, interfacing with regulators, auditors and 2nd line of defense partners
Provide deep technical and process expertise for user access administration, configuration, and best practices, including SailPoint IdentityIQ integrations with other systems
Management & maintenance of entitlement, role and workgroup data required to support the execution of platform capabilities
Collaborate with other Synchrony technology teams to provide escalated product support, resolving escalated production issues and requests in a timely manner
Author, review, own and communicate role based access control documentation, including processes, controls, job aids and sequence/flow diagrams
Identify, prioritize and remediate process and technical features in Synchrony’s role based access control service in a timely delivery manner
Collaborate across a wide audience of stakeholders regarding business objectives, priorities, and impact to role based access control proposed enhancements
Provide ongoing coaching and mentorship to continuously improve teammates knowledge, sustaining a continuous learning culture
Attract talent to the identity and access management (IAM) organization through promotion of our identity technology and governance services