IAM Consultant/Project Lead

Project Stream Lead/IAM Consultant - Application Readiness

Location: Surrey (Hybrid, 2 days onsite)

Day Rate: Outside IR35 – £500 - £550

Contract: 6 months (extension high likelihood)

We're supporting a major enterprise programme following multiple acquisitions and organisational integration activities. The objective is to enable employees from different group companies to securely access applications using a common authentication approach through Microsoft Entra B2B.

We're looking for a Project Stream Lead/Consultant with proven experience delivering similar identity, authentication, or application onboarding programmes.

Relevant projects must be highlighted on CV for consideration. Entra ID, SSO, IAM, application migration, or M&A integration projects as this experience is key to the role.

Key Experience Required

Applicants should ideally have worked on projects involving:

  • Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
  • Entra B2B deployments or migrations
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) implementations
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM) programmes
  • Application onboarding or authentication modernisation
  • Large-scale M&A integration programmes
  • Enterprise cloud or infrastructure transformation

Responsibilities

  • Lead application readiness and onboarding activities.
  • Work with application owners to define migration plans and timelines.
  • Manage risks, dependencies, and delivery tracking.
  • Coordinate across business, technical, identity, and support teams.
  • Drive stakeholder engagement, governance, and reporting.
  • Ensure applications are onboarded within agreed delivery dates.

Required Skills

  • Strong project or programme delivery experience.
  • Good understanding of authentication, identity, and access management.
  • Experience managing complex stakeholder groups.
  • Excellent organisation, communication, and planning skills.
  • Familiarity with Agile delivery, change management, and ITIL environments.

If you've successfully delivered large-scale identity, authentication, application migration, or enterprise transformation programmes and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Details

Company
Acora - IT, Cyber & AI
Location
Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / Remote Options
Posted