Product Lead – Identity Access Management

About the role

ANZ is seeking a Product Lead to own and evolve the enterprise authentication capability within the Identity & Access Management (IAM) technology area of the Group Cyber Security domain. The role is accountable for strategy, roadmap and operational excellence of core identity lifecycle management, authentication services, privileged access management and identity‑driven secure access across the bank’s global network, cloud, data platforms and applications.

Key responsibilities

• Own the Authentication‑as‑a‑Service product vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Define and prioritize authentication capabilities across Entra ID, Ping and multi‑factor authentication.
• Balance security, usability, cost and delivery trade‑offs.
• Align authentication strategy with broader IAM and cyber security objectives.
• Provide leadership over enterprise authentication platforms (Entra ID, PingFederate, PingAccess, PingID).
• Ensure authentication services meet availability, performance and resilience requirements.
• Govern authentication patterns, standards and onboarding approaches.
• Drive adoption of passwordless and phishing‑resistant authentication.
• Partner with cyber, architecture, application, platform and delivery teams to onboard services.
• Act as the primary escalation point for authentication‑related risks and issues.
• Engage senior stakeholders to communicate roadmap, risks and outcomes.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading authentication or IAM products in a large enterprise.
• Strong understanding of security, resilience and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to influence and communicate with senior stakeholders across technology and business functions.

Required skills

• Entra ID
• PingFederate
• PingAccess
• PingID
• Multi‑factor authentication
• Passwordless authentication
• Phishing‑resistant authentication