Global Head of Identity and Access Management

About UsRothschild & Co is a leading global financial services group with seven generations of family control and a history of over 200 years at the centre of the world's financial markets.Our expertise, intellectual capital and global network enable us to provide a distinct perspective that makes a meaningful difference to our clients, communities and planet.We have 4,200 talented specialists on the ground in over 40 countries around the world, enabling us to deliver a unique global perspective across four market-leading business divisions – Global Advisory, Wealth Management, Asset Management and Five Arrows.As a family-controlled business built on relationships, we place a huge emphasis on our people and finding the right colleagues to take our business forward.Rothschild & Co is committed to an inclusive and supportive environment where diversity and different perspectives are valued. We are focused on the attraction and recruitment, development and retention and progression of high calibre talent to ensure we and our clients benefit from the value of difference.Rothschild & Co – IT DivisionThe Rothschild & Co IT Division is a single global function of approximately 160 professionals. Through key outsourcing partnerships, the division has progressively standardized the delivery of IT services to the group.The IT Division is comprised of two main functions - Infrastructure and Business Applications. The Infrastructure function delivers the transversal IT services that Business Applications are built upon as well as delivering core IT functions directly to users. Services delivered by the Infrastructure teams include datacenter and hosting, networks and communications, end user compute, service desk and onsite support and security. Additionally, these technical service towers are supported by services delivered by IT finance, project management office, vendor management and architecture functions.Role Overview This role has two main responsibilities.The oversight and management of IT matters and staff in the Americas region whoseactivities and responsibilities are distributed across existing IT service towers.The leadership and management of the Global Identity and Access Management servicetower.In the capacity of Americas Head of IT; you will lead and develop a high performing team that handles all IT matters across the region. You will collaborate with the global CIO, CTO and all group IT tower leads to ensure a consistent global approach. You will have regional responsibility for all aspects of IT services. This means that you need broad technical experience to ensure the necessary service interdependencies are met. This requires a good understanding of IT service management concepts and processes needed to run a mature enterprise IT function.In the capacity of Head of Identity and Access Management; you will be responsible for defining and establishing this new service tower and will provide the customer side management of the outsourcer’s team and oversee its function and performance. You will have excellent knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory and Azure Active Directory (Entra) products. You will be familiar with security concepts and technologies in the wider Identity and Access management space (Logical Access Controls, PAM, RBAC, Authentication solutions, PKI concepts, etc.) as well as have experience leading a team responsible for its design, operations and management in the same areas.In both capacities you will form part of the senior management team and will be expected to articulate the needs for your region and for the Identity and Access Management capability that you will lead. In addition, you will assist the CIO Office to produce local and global budgets. The role requires that you lead IT service providers to manage technical and non-technical escalations as well contractual considerations. Promoting the services provided by Group IT with the business will be a key success criteria for the successful candidate.You must be a strong leader and excellent communicator, comfortable discussing complex technical topics as well as conveying requirements for your team. You will prepare and deliver high quality and concise reports and summaries for IT management and the business.The ideal candidate for this role will have demonstrable experience in leading an IT function that is delivered by both internal teams and outsourced partnerships.ResponsibilitiesProvide leadership, support and management for all local IT teams.Provide the customer side management for the outsourcer running local services and Identityand Access Management.Contribute technical direction for both strategic and tactical activities.Work with service leads and group IT senior management to prepare both servicespecific and wider infrastructure roadmaps.Own the relationship with key America’s IT suppliers, participating in governance meetingsand managing escalations through to resolution.Work closely with our Group IT Vendor Management Office to ensure contractualobligations are met and performance metrics are tuned to drive the expected serviceperformance.Work closely with the outsourcer’s service delivery manager to ensure they provide the bestpossible service to the region.Develop and maintain relationships with senior business stakeholders.Act as the single point of contact in the region for the CIO and other senior businessstakeholders in the event of major incidents.Prepare and deliver presentations for technical or business senior management audiences.Review RCAs for your region and global tower to ensure their quality and accuracy and thatimprovements are driven to avoid reoccurrences.Participate in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning as required, focusing ontechnical improvements that could be added to technical roadmaps.Experience and SkillsAn existing senior IT manager role with responsibilities for Identity and Access Management.Excellent understanding of Identity and Access Management governance, concepts, processesand tools.Experience working in a high pressure environment with a demanding business.10+ years managing distributed enterprise infrastructure systems.Experience working in financial services, legal or consulting services preferred.Experience partnering with outsourced infrastructure suppliers.Proficient understanding of Applications Development, data base architecture and systemintegration.Demonstrable experience of strategic and tactical decision making to ensure the ongoing availability and resilience of infrastructure services.Excellent leadership skills to lead teams through difficult operational situations.Strong planning and organizing skills including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously.Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.Degree in computer science, engineering or related field preferred.Personal AttributesAbility to interact professionally with the full spectrum of stakeholders with the appropriatelevel of gravitas.Self-motivated, determined and focused to get the job done properly, using their owninitiative when a situation demands it.A process-oriented individual, with strong management skills, who has the flexibility to thrivein a fast-paced, dynamic organization with high levels of technical complexity.Detail oriented yet also pragmatic and able to balance conflicting and changing demandsAbility to learn quickly with a ‘can do’ attitude to turn challenges into opportunities.Excellent communication skills with a capacity to present, discuss, and explain complex issuescoherently and logically both in writing and verbally.Ability to work non-standard hours to support on call escalation issues when the situationdemands.Willingness to travel internationally and domestically on an occasional basisExpected base salary rates for this role in our New York Office will be between $200,000 and $300,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, salary offers are determined on an individualized basis and are based on a wide range of factors, including relevant skills, training, experience and education. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and our Rothschild & Co employee benefits package, successful candidates may be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.Rothschild North America is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Disabled/VeteransNotice of applicant rightsNotice of applicant rights (Supplement)If you are a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access this career website.SummaryLocation: New YorkType: Full time