SailPoint Release Lead Opportunity

Job Information

• Location: Belgium
• Target Start Date: 3rd March 2025
• Duration: 1+ year
• Watch Duty: No
• Shifts: No
• Travel Required: Yes, 4 days a month on-site in Belgium
• Weekend Work: No
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Job Description

The Identity and Access Management (IDAM) Tribe, part of the Cyber Information Security Office (CISO) Division, is responsible for implementing, operating, and managing all accesses within the IT infrastructure. The mission is to ensure appropriate access to resources while meeting compliance requirements. Services include user lifecycle management, privileged access management, infrastructure management, and security advisory services.

The Programme is focused on delivering critical improvements to IDAM services, organized through approximately 15 Epics in Clusters covering LAM, PAM, Migration, and Data. The Release Lead will manage implementations and interim states to achieve planned outcomes, ensuring alignment across all contributing Epics and impacted Tribes/Squads. For the LAM Cluster, this involves approximately 8 Epics and 5 or more implementations.

Objectives and Responsibilities

• Produce Cluster Release Plan to achieve committed improvements and benefits.
• Secure stakeholder approval for each Release Scope and Change Impact Assessment.
• Lead the Release Plan, organizing cross-Epic and cross-Tribe resources to deliver on schedule.
• Manage technical Release scope, coordinating with Cluster Test Lead and GTS Change & Release Management.
• Develop a Release-based view of LAM implementations and Benefits delivery, engaging Business and IT stakeholders.
• Secure Sponsor approval for the overall Release Plan, and each Release Scope and Change Impact Assessment.
• Develop integrated Release Plans, identifying and agreeing deliverable dependencies across Epics, resolving gaps and discrepancies.
• Identify and manage Release Decisions, Risks, Issues, and Changes through the Epic, Cluster, and Programme governance processes.
• Support the Cluster Test Lead to define the solution build and test approach, aligning with the Cluster Solution Architect and EDOs.
• Support the Cluster Test Lead in development of the Cluster Test and Release (implementations) Strategy.
• Agree with Change & Release Management the Cluster implementation schedule and resolve conflicts with other critical implementations.
• Support the Cluster Change Lead in development of the Release Change Impact Assessment and resulting organization readiness plans and activities.
• Use in-house methodology for the creation of clear and concise documentation to identify Release options and agreement of the Release Plan.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 8 years of project delivery experience leading similar Release and Implementation planning in Services.
• Understanding of Identity Management including access (de)provisioning, role-based access control, joiner/mover/leaver (JML) activities, ServiceNow integrations, and knowledge of access control models and policies.
• Experience onboarding applications in an IAM tool.
• Experience managing end-to-end several projects in parallel with sizes varying from 300 to 3,000 man-days.
• Strong leadership skills with adaptability to different contexts and stakeholders.
• Expertise in developing the Release approach across transversal Projects or Epics, covering Planning, Estimating, Change Control, Risks & Issues, and Resources management.
• Previous experience in outsourced projects management is a plus.
• Strong negotiation and conflict management skills with the ability to influence different levels of management.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills (listening, writing, and presenting) at all levels.
• Affinity with technical domains and experience delivering solutions across different systems architecture, including Windows, Linux, and Mainframe.
• Flexibility to adapt and continuously improve delivery approach.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• PMI or Prince2
• SAFE, Scrum
• Understanding of current IAM regulations and standards.
• Understanding of Mainframe and RACF.