Description
The Identity Fabric Program Manager will lead and be accountable for the end-to-end delivery of the Identity Fabric transformation, including vendor management and integration, migration from legacy systems, and implementation across a complex, hybrid IT landscape, within the regular business constraints of time, budget, and quality. The role requires coordination across security, architecture, procurement, and business stakeholders.
This is a high-visibility, high-accountability role, operating with significant autonomy and direct engagement with senior leadership. The successful candidate will influence strategic direction, ensure delivery predictability, and drive measurable business outcomes — especially improved security posture and successful partner execution.

Responsibilities
Program Leadership & End-to-End Delivery:
- Own and lead the full lifecycle of a large-scale IT program: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control, and closure.
- Drive delivery of the Identity Fabric transformation, including:
- Privileged Access Management (PAM):



Migrate from the on-prem PAM system to CyberArk SaaS. Implement Just-In-Time (JIT) access with zero standing privileges across infrastructure, cloud, SaaS, and non-server environments. Transition PAM service support to an in-house team.
- Identity Governance & Administration (IGA): Replace Nokia’s Identity Management System (NIMS, based on NetIQ) with a up-to-date IGA platform. Automate role-based lifecycle management, entitlement governance, access certification, and user provisioning to 200+ applications. Manage the internal team’s transition from supporting NIMS to supporting IGA platform.
- Access Management (AM): Extend Microsoft Entra ID as the enterprise-wide access layer — enforce password less, phishing-resistant authentication and risk-based adaptive access consistently across all M365 and connected workloads.
- Identity Verification (IV): Deploy IV capabilities for contractor onboarding and selec

📌 Identity Access Program Manager (India)
🏢 Nokia Global
📍 India