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We’re committed to providing the best health coverage to over 1.8 million members and take an active role in promoting wellness. We believe in what we do-and place trust in our employees to deliver our vision.\nWorking at Alberta Blue Cross® means having a career where you’ll be recognized for your contributions. We value diversity, encourage our team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance and provide opportunities for career growth.\nOVERVIEW:\nWe have an exciting opportunity for a Manager, Identity & Access Management to join our dynamic IT team. Reporting to the Director, IT Risk & Compliance, this position leads the program that controls who can access our systems and data, and what they can do once inside. The Manager oversees day-to-day access governance, including role design, access requests, segregation of duties, and periodic access reviews, and leads the modernization of how access is granted, changed, and removed, including the selection and implementation of an Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform.\nThis is a highly visible leadership role that partners closely with business managers, application teams, Identity Solutions, the service desk, human resources, cybersecurity, internal audit, and external auditors.\nWHAT YOU WILL DO:\nOversee access governance operations, including security business role design, access requests, exceptions, and segregation of duties (SoD) risk assessment and mitigation.\nPlan and run the quarterly user access review program, track completion and removals, and report results to leadership and executive committees.\nSet the IAM modernization roadmap, and lead requirements, selection, and implementation of an IGA platform.\nAutomate joiner, mover, and leaver processes so access follows people’s employment status.\nExtend controls over privileged (administrator) accounts in partnership with Cybersecurity and Identity Solutions.\nMaintain access management standards and procedures, and define and report operating measures.\nProvide access control evidence for internal audits and the annual CSAE 3416 controls examination, and lead remediation of access-related findings.\nGuide business managers, application analysts, and project teams on least-privilege role design and access requirements for new systems.\nLead, coach, and develop the Identity & Access Management team.\nPOSITION SCOPE:\nOversee access governance across the organization’s applications, systems, and data.\nLead the Identity & Access Management team.\nOwn delivery of IGA platform selection and implementation within the approved budget, working with the vendor and implementation partner.\nCoordinate access processes with Identity Solutions, the Service Desk, Human Resources, and application teams.\nRepresent Identity & Access Management in IT’s multi-year transformation program.\nProvide updates to the Director, IT leadership, and executive committees on access review results, access risks, and modernization progress.\nKEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:\nAccountable for the design and operation of access governance, including roles, access reviews, and SoD controls.\nAccountable for delivering the IGA platform and automated access processes on scope, schedule, and budget.\nEnsure access is granted on a least-privilege basis and removed promptly when people change roles or leave.\nEnsure access review evidence is accurate, complete, and available to auditors.\nEnsure access exceptions and SoD risk acceptances follow governance processes and are properly documented.\nDevelop team members and ensure high performance across the team.\nKEY SUCCESS MEASURES:\nQuarterly access reviews completed on time, with identified removals actioned.\nIGA platform implemented on schedule and on budget, with priority applications connected.\nReduced time to remove access for departing staff, and less manual access work.\nSoD conflicts identified and either resolved, mitigated, or formally accepted.\nOn-time remediation of access-related audit findings, with no repeat findings in the annual controls examination.\nWHAT YOU WILL HAVE:\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, information systems, information security, or a related field.\n8+ years of progressive experience in identity and access management, access governance, information security, or IT audit.\n3+ years of leadership experience managing teams.\nA professional designation such as CISSP, CISA, or CRISC; an IGA platform or identity management certification is an asset.\nExperience running user access reviews and SoD assessments in an audited or regulated organization.\nExperience leading the selection or implementation of an IGA platform or a comparable enterprise system.\nDeep knowledge of role-based access control, least privilege, the identity lifecycle, privileged access management, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and directory services (Active Directory, Entra ID).\nWorking knowledge of access control requirements in NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT, and CSAE 3416 / SOC reports.\nKnowledge of Alberta privacy and information legislation for health and personal information.\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to explain access risk to non-technical leaders and offer practical alternatives.\nDemonstrated change leadership; guiding teams and business users through new processes and tools with clarity and empathy.\nStrong planning, organizing, and delegation skills, balancing daily access work, review cycles, and modernization projects.\nAbility to inspire and develop talent; build engaged teams through coaching, mentoring, and accountability.\nCOMPETENCY MATRIX:\nCompetency: Strategic Thinking\nDescription: Ability to translate access risk and business needs into a practical modernization roadmap.\nProficiency Level: Intermediate\nEvidence: Roadmap milestones delivered according to plan.\nCompetency: Leadership\nDescription: Builds a capable team and leads the adoption of automated access processes.\nProficiency Level: Advanced\nEvidence: Team outcomes and process adoption.\nCompetency: Analytical Skills\nDescription: Uses access data to identify excessive, conflicting, or unused access.\nProficiency Level: Advanced\nEvidence: Quality of access reviews and resolution of segregation-of-duties (SoD) conflicts.\nCompetency: Collaboration\nDescription: Balances business access needs with risk considerations across teams.\nProficiency Level: Advanced\nEvidence: Review completion rates and stakeholder feedback.\nBEHAVIORAL INDICATORS:\nStrategic thinking:\nPrioritizes the applications and processes where automation reduces the most risk and effort.\nAnticipates access impacts of new systems and organizational changes.\nLeadership:\nKeeps daily access work steady while leading the team through modernization.\nCoaches team members and builds depth for future growth.\nAnalytical skills:\nUses access data to challenge assumptions about who needs what.\nSummarizes access review results and risks clearly for executive decision making.\nCollaboration:\nWorks with business managers to find access solutions that keep work moving.\nResolves disagreements by focusing on outcomes, not positions.\nThis position will remain open until October 16, 2026.\nAlberta Blue Cross® is an inclusive employer committed to a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We empower and are advocates for our team members by welcoming, respecting and valuing their unique perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences.\nWe offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, high-energy team-focused environment. 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