IAM Project Manager

IAM Project Manager JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: IAM Project Manager Location: Boston, MA and Princeton, NJ (Hybrid) Employment Type: Contract POSITION OVERVIEW

The IAM Project Manager is accountable for the quality and delivery of the project scope assigned. This role schedules, reports, and drives tasks through implementation; creates schedules and timelines; and manages and tracks deliverables. The Project Manager will lead the IAM workstream supporting large-scale application migrations to AWS, Microsoft Azure, and strategic data centers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Review acceptance criteria with the client for each project phase and milestone

Build a project schedule with detailed tasks, activities, task dependencies, and resources identified

Conduct project updates and risk assessments and maintain a project RAID log

Provide regular project status report(s) to a mutually agreed upon set of project stakeholders at a mutually agreed upon frequency

Identify and classify project risks and develop a mitigation strategy

Oversee the IAM team delivering standard IAM patterns and implementation across authentication, authorization, secret management, identity governance, and privileged access management

Coordinate IAM integration outcomes for approved backlog items, including configuration, implementation, and documentation

Manage stakeholder communication and ensure optimized collaboration with dependent application teams

Ensure alignment with enterprise standards and operational models

Support migration readiness and cutover activities for IAM controls

Track and report on IAM workstream progress, risks, and issues

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

7+ years of experience in IT project management, preferably in enterprise migration programs

Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management concepts and technologies, including:

Privileged Access Management: CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault

Authentication/Identity Providers (IDP): ForgeRock, RSA

User Access & Entitlement Management: SailPoint, ESF (Enterprise Security Framework)

Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and backlog management

Proficiency in project management tools and techniques (scheduling, RAID logs, status reporting)

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Experience working in financial services or highly regulated industries preferred

PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification preferred

Experience with cloud migrations (AWS, Azure) preferred