Access Governance Delivery Lead – Enterprise Identity & Access Management

Ford Motor Company

Access Governance Platform Delivery Lead supporting enterprise-wide identity modernization and access governance efforts. Collaborating with key stakeholders and technical teams in a dynamic environment.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeRemote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $86,600 - $166,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudCyber SecurityPMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support platform ownership and roadmap execution across Identity & Access Assurance initiatives and workstreams.
Translate platform priorities into delivery plans, milestones, epics, stories, tasks, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
Maintain delivery plans, execution dashboards, RAID logs, dependency trackers, operational reports, and roadmap views.
Track delivery commitments, blockers, risks, decisions, and cross-team dependencies across engineering, operations, governance, security, and onboarding stakeholders.
Help ensure platform work remains aligned with roadmap objectives, business priorities, operational readiness expectations, and delivery timelines.
Support onboarding coordination for applications and services integrating with the enterprise IAM platform.
Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and roadmap planning sessions.
Partner closely with engineers, architects, technical leads, product owners, and service owners to maintain backlog readiness and execution clarity.
Create, define, and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, delivery tasks, dependencies, and supporting artifacts.
Ensure backlog items are clear, actionable, prioritized, appropriately scoped, and aligned to team capacity and platform objectives.
Maintain visibility into sprint commitments, carryover work, risks, blockers, and upcoming deliverables.
Drive continuous improvement in Agile maturity, story quality, sprint readiness, delivery predictability, execution consistency, and operational excellence.
Coordinate communication and alignment between the IAA platform and partner teams across IAM, security, cloud operations, AI operations, enterprise architecture, application teams, and strategic suppliers.
Facilitate technical working sessions to clarify scope, resolve ambiguity, align dependencies, and support timely decision-making.
Document and follow up on decisions, action items, owners, due dates, risks, and next steps.
Prepare status updates, delivery summaries, leadership updates, operational reporting, and stakeholder communications.
Translate complex technical initiatives into clear delivery plans, actionable work items, and understandable status updates.
Coordinate onboarding activities for applications, services, and partner teams adopting enterprise IAM and access governance capabilities.
Maintain onboarding plans, readiness checklists, implementation timelines, dependency trackers, and adoption progress reporting.
Partner with engineering, operations, security, architecture, and application teams to ensure onboarding activities are planned, communicated, and executed effectively.
Track onboarding risks, blockers, readiness gaps, and operational handoff needs.
Support repeatable onboarding practices through templates, documentation, intake workflows, and stakeholder guidance.
Support initiatives related to access governance, entitlement management, access assurance, privileged access, automation, and platform modernization.
Partner with engineering and operations teams to improve documentation quality, operational processes, delivery structure, onboarding readiness, and service maturity.
Support operational readiness activities, including runbooks, process flows, support handoffs, transition plans, readiness reviews, and communication materials.
Assist with issue tracking, escalation coordination, service delivery activities, and continuous improvement efforts.
Support collaboration with strategic suppliers, consulting partners, and enterprise stakeholders involved in IAM modernization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Business Technology, or a related field, or a combination of education and experience.
5+ years of experience supporting technical program delivery, technical project coordination, Agile execution, platform operations, or enterprise technology initiatives.
Experience working closely with technical engineering teams within cloud, security, infrastructure, identity, or enterprise platform environments.
Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, dependencies, workstreams, and delivery commitments simultaneously.
Experience facilitating Agile/Scrum ceremonies and supporting backlog management processes.
Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within complex, fast-moving, and highly collaborative technical environments.
Strong problem-solving, follow-through, coordination, and execution management capabilities.
Self-starter mindset with the ability to take initiative, navigate ambiguity, and drive work toward completion.
Even better, you may have...
Experience supporting enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM), identity governance, access assurance, privileged access, or security platform initiatives.
Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID, entitlement management, access governance, authentication and authorization concepts, or enterprise security controls.
Experience supporting enterprise modernization or large-scale platform transformation initiatives.
Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Confluence, SharePoint, dashboards, roadmap tracking tools, and delivery reporting frameworks.
Experience coordinating initiatives involving engineering teams, operations teams, suppliers, consulting partners, application teams, and enterprise stakeholders.
Understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, DevOps practices, operational readiness processes, or enterprise service delivery models.
Experience working with globally distributed teams and enterprise-scale programs.
Professional certifications such as Scrum Master, PMP, SAFe, Security+, or cloud/security-related certifications are a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Agile executiontechnical program deliveryproject coordinationbacklog managementplatform operationsenterprise technology initiativesidentity governanceaccess assuranceprivileged accesscloud operations

Soft Skills

organizational skillscommunication skillsproblem-solvingcoordinationexecution managementself-starter mindsetability to manage multiple prioritiesinterpersonal skillsability to engage stakeholdersnavigating ambiguity

Certifications

Scrum MasterPMPSAFeSecurity+cloud-related certificationssecurity-related certifications