IAM Team Lead

About the company

At Aalto University, science and art meet technology and economics. We build a sustainable future by achieving breakthroughs in our key areas and at their intersections. At the same time, we inspire the change-makers of the future and create solutions to the world's great challenges. Our university community includes 16,000 students, 446 professors, and over 5,000 employees, representing a total of over 120 nationalities. Our campus is located in Espoo, Otaniemi. Diversity is part of us, and we work continuously to ensure the diversity and non-discrimination of our community. Therefore, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to join our community.

Aalto University IT services support researchers, teachers, other staff, and students by providing world-class services to facilitate everyday life and enable flexible and secure working, regardless of time and place. We are a community of 160 committed and skilled IT experts.

Your tasks

Do you want to be a trendsetter in the development of a top university's identity and access management?

IAM Team Lead to be responsible for the development of Aalto University's identity and access management as a whole and to lead it decisively towards future needs.

*Your Tasks Your Tasks** As IAM Team Lead, you are responsible for the long-term planning and the direction of identity and access management development. You form a complete picture of the current state and future needs, prepare development roadmaps, and guide their implementation. As a manager, you lead the university's IAM expert team and are responsible for vendor cooperation.

The role combines technical vision, strategic development, and collaboration. You will work closely with both technical experts and other stakeholders, ensuring that identity management solutions support the organization's needs, security, and smooth digital transactions.

Requirements

*What do we expect from you? What do we expect from you?** We are looking for a visionary identity and access management professional who understands both technical solutions and their significance to the broader organization. You know how to grasp complexities, identify areas for development, and turn goals into concrete actions. You have good collaboration skills.

We expect from you

• The ability to grasp long-term development direction: you have a track record of creating a long-term vision, identifying development needs, and guiding the development of the IAM whole.
• Leadership skills: you have accumulated leadership experience, for example, in supervisory work or project management.
• IAM technology expertise: technologies particularly relevant to us are One Identity, Microsoft Entra ID, and Shibboleth. Knowledge of the Haka federation is considered an advantage.
• Experience working in a complex organization: you know how to advance matters, influence different stakeholders, and lead projects in a large or otherwise complex operating environment.
• A suitable higher education degree, which is considered an advantage.

You will succeed in the role if you can build a shared vision between different stakeholders, communicate clearly about both technical and business needs, and drive matters forward decisively. You are solution-oriented and enthusiastic about development, you dare to challenge established practices, and you are ready to learn new things together with others.

You work fluently in English. Proficiency in the Finnish language is considered an advantage.

What we offer

*What do we offer you? What do we offer you?**

• An impactful role: you get to develop the university's identity and access management and promote solutions that support research, teaching, and societal development.
• A diverse IAM environment: the university's wide application environment, diverse user groups, and collaboration across organizational boundaries offer interesting challenges in managing identities and access rights.
• The opportunity to develop the whole long-term: the importance of IAM is recognized in the organization, and investment is made in its development in accordance with changing technology and security requirements.
• Space to grow and influence: you can deepen your expertise, develop your leadership skills, and build your job description according to your own strengths and interests. We support skill development through, for example, training, certifications, and peer learning.
• Flexible working methods: flexible working hours and location arrangements support the balancing of work and other life.

How to apply

*Interested? Interested? If you want to join our team, send your CV and cover letter with your salary expectation through our recruitment partner IKIGAI Assessments' recruitment system [from this link](https://ikigaiassessmentsoy-demo.teamtailor.com/jobs/8612786-aalto-university-iam-team-lead/cb2e4ce4-cc4c-4f65-a319-3c6db8f9e3e3).**

Please apply as soon as possible, but no later than Sunday, 15.11.2026.

For more information about the position, contact IKIGAI's Elina Suutarinen (+358 400 784 091, elina (at) ikigai-assessments.fi) as well as the hiring manager, Aalto University's Head of IT Operations Hannes Päivänsalo (hannes.paivansalo (at) aalto.fi, +358 50 303 1340) on Fri 6.11. at 12-14 and Fri 13.11. at 12-14.