Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineering Manager

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance, by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.

From our London HQ, we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together we’re building a world-class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas.

Security is foundational to this mission and must be delivered in a way that supports how our engineering teams build and operate complex systems at scale.

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The role

Identity and Access Management underpins G-Research's technology estate, providing secure, seamless access for engineers, researchers and corporate users. As the firm grows, we are evolving towards a unified identity and permissions model that strengthens security while simplifying access management.

We are looking for an IAM Engineering Manager to lead this transformation. You will own the strategy, engineering direction and operational excellence of our IAM platforms, leading a team responsible for authentication, authorisation, identity lifecycle, access governance and developer identity services.

Working closely with engineering, infrastructure, security, risk and audit teams, you will simplify architecture, modernise identity services and ensure identity controls are secure, scalable and consistently applied across the organisation.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will develop a high-performing team while remaining close to architecture and design, helping build a best-in-class identity platform for G-Research.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

Owning and delivering the firm's IAM strategy and roadmap

Driving a unified identity and permissions model, balancing security, usability and operational management

Defining standards for authentication, authorisation, privileged access and identity lifecycle management

Leading the design, operation and modernisation of scalable IAM platforms

Driving automation across identity lifecycle management and access governance

Ensuring IAM services are secure, reliable, auditable and operationally resilient

Leading mentoring and developing a high-performing IAM engineering team

Partnering with engineering, security, risk and audit teams to influence technical direction

Defining and tracking platform health and control maturity metrics

Building a best-in-class identity control plane with consistent, fine-grained access controls across the technology estate

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering platforms at scale

A strong background in IAM, security or platform engineering

Deep knowledge of authentication, authorisation, federation, MFA, RBAC or ABAC, PAM and directory services

Experience designing and operating enterprise identity platforms

Strong architectural judgement and experience driving transformation

Familiarity with SAML, OIDC, OAuth2, SCIM and identity governance

The ability to balance security, usability and operational resilience

A strong communicator who can influence technical and non-technical stakeholders

Ownership, pragmatism and a bias for simplicity, scalability and continuous improvement

Why join us?

Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided via Just Eat for Business and dedicated barista bar

35 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Informal dress code and excellent work-life balance

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Monthly company events

G-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment. We are an ideas-driven business and we place great value on diversity of experience and opinions.

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