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AVP, IAM Role Based Access Control Product Owner

AVP, IAM Role Based Access Control Product Owner

SynchronyWorkFromHome, Gauteng, South Africa
2 days ago
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Job Description :

Role Title : AVP, IAM Role Based Access Control Product Owner (Level 11)

Company Overview

Synchrony (NYSE : SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

  • We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by Ambition Box Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid‑Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top‑Rated Financial Services Companies.
  • We offer Flexibility and Choice for all employees and provide best‑in‑class employee benefits and programs that cater to work‑life integration and overall well‑being.
  • We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent to take up leadership roles. Organizational Overview : As part of the Recovery Operations Program team at Synchrony, you will support enablement of strategies to enhance the Recovery Operations knowledge. This role will report directly to the VP, Recovery Operations, India.

Organizational Overview

This role will be part of Synchrony Identity and Access Management Technology and Governance team which ties to Synchrony Information Security team.

Role Summary / Purpose

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.

Key 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
  • Required Skills / Knowledge

  • 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
  • Desired Skills / Knowledge

  • 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 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
  • Eligibility Criteria

  • 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
  • Work Timings

    3 : 00 am to 12 : 00 PM Est

    For Internal Candidates

  • Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role before applying
  • Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday. Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
  • Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal / Final Formal, PIP). Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are only eligible.
  • L9 Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are only eligible.
  • L9+ employees can apply for this opportunity
  • Level / Grade : Level 11

    Job Family Group : Information Technology

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