Hiring,
Greetings from Modern Agile Technologies.
Position: IAM Business Analyst / Product Analyst
Location: Remote (PST time zone)
Type: Contract
Possible travel to Japan (for which expenses will be paid).
We need someone in West Coast or with the ability to support West Coast working hours and participate in occasional late-night meetings when required for global coordination.
Japanese skills are a plus!
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst / Product Analyst with deep expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), particularly in large-scale enterprise transformations. This role will play a key part in defining, documenting, and driving the transition from legacy, home-grown IAM/IGA platforms to a modern platform such as Saviynt across a complex global organization with thousands of applications and diverse user populations.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience in IGA models, governance processes, compliance-driven access controls, business requirements gathering, workflow design, and transition planning, and will be able to translate business needs into actionable engineering and delivery tasks. This role requires close collaboration with product, architecture, engineering, operations, legal, compliance, audit, and testing teams to deliver scalable and compliant IAM capabilities.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), with significant exposure to Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).
- Proven experience working on enterprise IAM/IGA transformation initiatives, including migration from legacy platforms to modern IGA solutions.
- Strong experience with Saviynt, including familiarity with key IGA capabilities, workflows, and connectors.
- Deep understanding of:
- Access request processes
- Approval models
- Joiner/Mover/Leaver lifecycle management
- Access certifications and reviews
- Segregation of duties / governance controls
- Self-service IAM functions
- Experience capturing requirements across complex organizations with multiple user populations and policy variations.
- Strong knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements such as SOX and GDPR.
- Experience supporting audit processes and control documentation.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical tasks and project delivery work items.
- Experience working with distributed/global teams across multiple countries and time zones.
- Strong documentation, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Experience working in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
- Ability to support West Coast working hours and participate in occasional late-night meetings when required for global coordination.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in global IAM/IGA programs supporting multinational workforce populations.
- Familiarity with country-specific identity, privacy, and access governance requirements.
- Experience working with legal, compliance, audit, and security stakeholders in regulated environments.
- Background in defining test scenarios, acceptance criteria, and business validation plans.
- Experience optimizing use of standard platform capabilities before pursuing customizations.
- Exposure to AI-enabled productivity tools for analysis, documentation, and SDLC acceleration.
Key Skills
- IAM / IGA Business Analysis
- Saviynt Functional Knowledge
- Identity Governance Models
- Access Request & Approval Workflows
- Joiner / Mover / Leaver Processes
- Access Reviews & Certifications
- Compliance & Audit Readiness
- SOX / GDPR Controls
- Requirements Elicitation & Documentation
- Process Mapping & Workflow Design
- Gap Analysis & Transition Planning
- Agile / Waterfall SDLC
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
- Acceptance Criteria & UAT Support
- Global Workforce Identity Governance
Regards
Anji
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