Alberta Blue Cross® is an Alberta based organization dedicated to delivering exceptional customer experience and community leadership. We’re committed to providing the best health coverage to over 1.8 million members and take an active role in promoting wellness. We value diversity, encourage our team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance and provide opportunities for career growth.

Alberta Blue

Cross® is an inclusive employer committed to a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We have an exciting opportunity for a Manager, Identity &

• Access Management to join our dynamic IT team. Reporting to the Director, IT Risk &

• Compliance, this position leads the program that controls who can access our systems and data, and what they can do once inside. The Manager oversees day-to-day access governance, including role design, access requests, segregation of duties, and periodic access reviews, and leads the modernization of how access is granted, changed, and removed, including the selection and implementation of an Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform. This is a highly visible leadership role that partners closely with business managers, application teams, Identity Solutions, the service desk, human resources, cybersecurity, internal audit, and external auditors. Oversee access governance operations, including security business role design, access requests, exceptions, and segregation of duties (SoD) risk assessment and mitigation. Set the IAM modernization roadmap, and lead requirements, selection, and implementation of an IGA platform. Extend controls over privileged (administrator) accounts in partnership with Cybersecurity and Identity Solutions. Maintain access management standards and procedures, and define and report operating measures.



Guide business managers, application analysts, and project teams on least-privilege role design and access requirements for current systems. Lead, coach, and develop the Identity &

• Access Management team. Oversee access governance across the organization’s applications, systems, and data. Lead the Identity &

• Access Management team. Own delivery of IGA platform selection and implementation within the approved budget, working with the vendor and implementation partner. Coordinate access processes with Identity Solutions, the Service Desk, Human Resources, and application teams.

Represent

Identity & Access Management in IT’s multi-year transformation program. Provide updates to the Director, IT leadership, and executive committees on access review results, access risks, and modernization progress. Accountable for the design and operation of access governance, including roles, access reviews, and SoD controls.

Ensure access exceptions and SoD risk acceptances follow governance processes and are properly documented. Develop team members and ensure high performance across the team. On-time remediation of access-related audit findings, with no repeat findings in the annual controls examination.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, information systems, information security, or a related field. ~8+ years of progressive experience in identity and access management, access governance,



information security, or IT audit. ~3+ years of leadership experience managing teams. ~ an IGA platform or identity management certification is an asset. ~ Experience leading the selection or implementation of an IGA platform or a comparable enterprise system. ~ Deep knowledge of role-based access control, least privilege, the identity lifecycle, privileged access management, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and directory services (Active Directory, Entra ID). ~ Working knowledge of access control requirements in NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT, and CSAE 3416 / SOC reports. ~ Knowledge of Alberta privacy and information legislation for health and personal information. ~ Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain access risk to non-technical leaders and offer practical alternatives. ~ Strong planning, organizing, and delegation skills, balancing daily access work, review cycles, and modernization projects. ~ build engaged teams through coaching, mentoring, and accountability. Ability to translate access risk and business needs into a practical modernization roadmap.

Description: Uses access data to identify excessive, conflicting, or unused access.

Evidence: Quality of access reviews and resolution of segregation-of-duties (SoD) conflicts. Balances business access needs with risk considerations across teams. Prioritizes the applications and processes where automation reduces the most risk and effort.

Uses access data to challenge assumptions about who needs what. Summarizes access review results and risks clearly for executive decision making. A criminal record check satisfactory to Alberta Blue Cross will be required as a condition of employment, following a conditional offer. #

📌 Manager, Identity & Access Management - Information Technology (Edmonton)
🏢 Alberta Blue Cross
📍 Edmonton