IAM Manager

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
MetLife is seeking a skilled IAM professional to design, implement, and optimize identity solutions that safeguard our global enterprise. This role combines technical expertise with strategic leadership to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant identity services.
Key Responsibilities :

• Execute MetLife's IAM strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with security and business objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating IAM concepts into business outcomes and influencing decision-making.
• Lead design and implementation of IAM technologies, ensuring integration with enterprise systems and adherence to best practices.
• Oversee team development, talent engagement, and performance management while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide expert guidance on IAM principles and mentor team members.
• Communicate status updates, metrics, and progress to senior management, ensuring transparency and alignment with organizational goals.
• Collaborate with Engineers, Architects, Operations teams, and security experts to deliver secure and scalable identity solutions.
• Engage in requirements gathering and participate in architecture and process design reviews to ensure IAM principles and business objectives are effectively integrated.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Security, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Identity and Access Management.
• Strong understanding of IAM principles: Least-privilege, Separation of Duties, and RBAC/ABAC.
• Ability to understand and apply both basic and advanced IAM technologies, including architecture-level knowledge of information security principles and best practices.
• Deep knowledge of SailPoint concepts and best practices.
• Ability to communicate security-related concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of enterprise security concepts and compliance frameworks (SOX, GDPR, NIST).
• Experience with Agile methodologies and project coordination.
• Familiarity with Cloud IAM solutions (Entra ID (Azure), AWS, GCP).
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or vendor-specific certifications (e.g., SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Engineer/Architect, CyberArk Defender/Trustee/Guardian, Microsoft Certifications)
• Ability to produce status reports, metrics, and analysis for executive stakeholders.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence and drive change across diverse teams.

At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we've long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.
The expected salary range for this position is $110,000 - $158,400. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liabilities.
$110,000 - $158,400