Lead Specialist Identity Access Management (m/w/d) (Identity-/Access-Manager/in)

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What you will do with us

- Drive the conceptual direction and strategic evolution of our Identity & Access Management (IAM) landscape.
- Analyze requirements from business departments and IT, develop sustainable solution concepts, and advise stakeholders on functional and procedural topics.
- Optimize core IAM processes and ensure their efficient implementation across our enterprise applications.
- Design technical and functional solution concepts while taking existing architectures, interfaces, and adjacent IT disciplines into account.
- Play a central role in driving complex IAM initiatives forward, working in close collaboration with internal teams and external partners.
- Shape our ongoing IAM transformation by steering the retirement of our existing SAP Identity Management solution and co-designing the future target architecture.
- Bring your expertise into cross-functional discussions, set impulses for best practices, and support the team with complex challenges.

What you will bring with you

- A university degree with a focus on Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, or a comparable professional qualification forms your theoretical foundation.
- You have several years of hands-on experience in Identity & Access Management as well as requirements management for complex IT and business processes.
- A profound understanding of integrated business processes and their technical mapping in enterprise applications is part of your toolkit.
- Practical experience operating and ideally configuring modern IAM solutions, preferably Microsoft Entra ID, has already been demonstrated by you.
- Proven experience in analyzing, modeling, documenting, and optimizing processes belongs to your core skillset.
- A strong understanding of the alignment between business departments, IT, and overall business strategy brings your profile to a senior level.
- You bring experience in steering complex initiatives as well as collaborating with diverse stakeholders and external partners.
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills paired with a high degree of self-initiative and a solution-oriented mindset belong to your central strengths.
- Very good communication skills and the ability to persuasively represent and advocate functional topics characterize you.
- Fluency in English and German (both written and verbal) is essential to operate effectively in our environment.

Why join us?

- Your freedom: pro rata mobile working and flexible working hours
- Your team: open, familiar, appreciative culture including team events
- Your environment: dynamic, innovative and agile working environment
- Your role: high level of personal responsibility and freedom to implement your ideas
- Your development: regular trainings and seminars in our academy
- Your four-legged friend: dogs are welcome in our offices (campus)
- Your health: numerous offers for preventive care, fitness, Yoga@work, etc.
- Your benefits: employee discounts, company leasing bikes, company pension plan and much more