Group Head of Identity Security & Trust - Strategy, Cyber
| Posting date: | 25 February 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, London, ec2v6dn |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4772594_1772038496 |
Summary
Group Head of Identity Security & Trust - Strategy, Cyber, Zero Trust
£Market Rate per day - Inside IR35
London / Hybrid
6 months initially
My client is an instantly recognisable global organisation who require a Group Head of Identity Security & Trust with a wealth of experience shaping global Identity strategy within highly federated organisations.
The ideal process will see this be a Temp to Perm opportunity.
Key Requirements:
- Proven commercial experience working as the Group Head of Identity Security & Trust leading strategic Identity initiatives within large, highly federated organisations with multiple market units.
- Strong expertise in shaping global strategy, acting as the Group SME for Identity & Trust.
- The ability to develop and maintain IAM standards, frameworks, policies and reference architectures.
- Build identity roadmaps (internal, external, group) aligned to NIST CSF v2.0 maturity.
- The ability to create trust/data models, threat models, and metrics to measure identity assurance.
- Familiarity with conducting current‑state assessments and define future‑state TOM and capability improvements.
- Can provide specialist support to Market Units and contribute to enterprise security architecture.
- Expertise in relevant Identity technologies including but not limited to MS Entra, SailPoint, ForgeRock and CyberArk.
- The ability to identify vulnerabilities, assess risks, and articulate mitigations to senior stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate with third parties effectively.
Nice to have:
- Immediate availability.
- An openness to go from Temp to Perm.
- Qualifications in CISSP / CIAM / CIGE.
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