Senior IAM Software Delivery Lead

Are you looking for a new opportunity to take your career to a higher orbit? To join an international group with a successful track record in Space Engineering? A job adapted to your career ambitions and in which you could have an impact for the years to come?

Our client is an international Institution very well-known for the variety of its meteorological and Earth-observation Space missions world-wide, and offers a unique work-environment.

To join our experienced and supportive team there, we are actively looking for a Senior IAM (Identity & Access Management) Software Delivery Lead to work at our client’s premises in Darmstadt, Germany.

About the client and location

The European Organisation for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is a political organisation comprising of 30 European member states. EUMETSAT operates satellites to monitor weather, climate, and the changing environment. They are responsible for helping to isolate potentially dangerous weather conditions that could affect air travel, farming and other key service industries.

Tasks and activities

The scope of work will include:

• Collecting business requirements for new Identity & Access Management evolution activities.
• Preparing IAM processes and designing new IAM solutions aligned with the business requirements and processes.
• Implementing IAM solutions, including UAT and NRT sessions.
• Security engineering activities within the scope of maintaining and operating a custom‑built IAM system.
• Integration, testing, and troubleshooting activities for applications and systems interfacing with the IAM solution.
• Managing end‑to‑end application onboarding to the IAM solution, coordinating with all relevant stakeholders.

Skills and experience

The following skills and experience are mandatory:

• Strong delivery leadership experience in enterprise IAM or adjacent security platforms, successfully driving outcomes and unblocking multiple teams under time pressure.
• Hands-on mindset, backed by experience in Python development and a strong grasp of the end‑to‑end software development lifecycle.
• Excellent technical expertise across Microsoft identity platforms, including Entra ID/Azure AD, SCIM provisioning, Conditional Access/MFA, AD attribute and OU design, and service account permissions.
• Integration experience with HR and line‑of‑business systems, especially SAP S/4HANA HR feeds, PII matching, and personal data processing policy alignment.
• Proven Agile delivery experience, including backlog ownership, risk and issue management, dependency mapping, stakeholder management, and metrics‑driven reporting across tools such as Jira, Confluence, and XRAY.
• Desire to work both autonomously and as part of a team, in an international multicultural environment.
• Solution oriented mindset, with a customer focused communication skill.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

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Why should you apply?

• You will have the opportunity to work within leading space organisations across Europe.
• We encourage everyone to think outside the box and to push the boundaries of traditional knowledge. This role is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking company and allows for a deeper understanding of the industry.
• To be part of a company that values integrity, inspiration, care and collaboration.
• Benefits include: competitive remuneration packages; unique career opportunities, including working in other countries; access to training and development programmes; flexible relocation support.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. We therefore welcome applications from all candidates, irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious beliefs, age, disability or other characteristics.

As part of our commitment to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process, we will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process.