IAM Consultant

Role Title: IAM Consultant – (Entra ID SSO/App migration) Location: Surrey (Hybrid – 2 days per week in office) Day Rate: Outside IR35 – Up to £550/Day Overview * Coordinate and drive the readiness of bp applications for authentication using bp group * employee accounts (Microsoft Entra B2B). The role works closely with application owners, * stakeholders, identity teams and the SSO BAU team to define onboarding plans, manage * communications and change activities, track readiness, and support the successful onboarding of * applications within agreed timelines. * The role also supports the migration of on-premises applications to Microsoft Entra ID, including * application assessment, migration planning, progress tracking, and stakeholder status reporting. Required Experience * Proven experience in Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID SSO onboarding, application integration, and Microsoft Entra B2B authentication, including SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect implementations. * Strong background in planning and executing SSO migration projects, ensuring minimal business disruption and adherence to security standards. * Experience managing the full project lifecycle, including discovery, design, onboarding, migration, testing, deployment, and post-implementation support. * Demonstrated ability to develop and execute migration strategies, project plans, risk assessments, and rollout communications. * Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence business owners, application teams, security teams, and senior leadership. * Strong communication and coordination skills, including conducting workshops, managing project updates, documenting requirements, and driving alignment across multiple teams. * Experience managing dependencies, risks, issues, and escalations while ensuring successful delivery of identity and access management initiatives. * Ability to work in complex enterprise environments and support large-scale application onboarding and migration programmes. Key Responsibilities: * Coordinate and drive the readiness of bp applications for authentication using Microsoft Entra B2B. * Engage with application owners, business stakeholders, identity teams and the SSO BAU team to assess application readiness, understand requirements, and support onboarding activities. * Define, maintain and track application onboarding plans, milestones and delivery timelines. * Assess on-premises applications for migration to Microsoft Entra ID and support onboarding and migration planning activities. * Coordinate onboarding and migration activities to ensure applications are delivered within agreed timelines. * Track and report on application onboarding and migration progress, including status, milestones, risks, issues and dependencies. * Identify, manage and escalate risks, issues and blockers that may impact delivery timelines or onboarding readiness. * Manage cross-functional dependencies and coordinate activities across application, business, identity and support teams. * Support communications and change management activities to ensure stakeholder awareness and engagement throughout the onboarding and migration process. * Facilitate readiness reviews, workshops and stakeholder meetings to drive alignment and delivery progress. * Provide regular status updates, progress reports and delivery communications to stakeholders. * Work closely with the SSO BAU team to support the successful enablement and onboarding of applications. * Ensure onboarding and migration activities align with agreed security requirements, standards and delivery objectives