Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH)

Security Administration Team Manager

Krakow Full time

At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships.  We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.

Location: Kraków

Hybrid model: Hybrid model 3 days per week in the office / 2 days for a parent of a child up to 4 years old.

The Security Administration Team Manager is a key contributor within the Information Security Division. This role is responsible for the oversight, business process and procedural framework of the Application and User Access Certification Program supporting BBH’s Identity Access Management Program. This leader leads a team of Security Analysts and understands their role is to lead, work collaboratively and globally within their own remit, and more broadly within the Division and the Protect Pillar.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

People Management:

  • Influences, mentors and develops team members to deliver outcomes aligned with strategic goals.
  • Ensures team members understand and perform according to security policies and procedures.

Strategic Planning:

  • Maintains and achieves an integrated business plan for the Certification Program.
  • Balances strategic plans with short-term tactical actions and iterative improvements to align with long-term goals.
  • Embraces ownership and accountability of Product from design through delivery, inclusive of the platform/tools used to execute on delivery.
  • Collaborates closely with their peers to ensure a seamless consistent product execution and offering across the global organization.

Process Improvement:

  • Develops and maintains a culture of collaboration, results oriented, continuous process improvement. 
  • Leads process improvement initiatives and development of new workflows to improve control, efficiency, mitigate risk.
  • Ensures an organization focused on real-time execution, enhancing the overall product and meeting defined SLAs.
  • Ensures standard business processes are well defined and align with industry standards, best practices and client needs

Certification Program Specific Responsibilities: 

  • Ensures team and self, understand the business purpose of the applications/role being certified to.
  • Creates transparency for certifying parties, as needed, via collaboration with peers and application owners on the quality of the entitlement descriptions.
  • Ensures SLAs are adhered to and corrective actions to improve overall performance are implemented.
  • Makes recommendations on how to evolve the Certification Program.
  • Stores, evidences and maintains records in support of internal and external audits.
  • Educates the user/certifying community on the importance of the Certification Program and the need for timely, accurate and least privileged user access certification.
  • Understands and adheres to industry best practice in execution of the Certification Program.
  • Participates in special projects, inclusive of advancing SailPoint/platform tools to achieve enhanced Certification Flows.
  • Collaborates with peers and application owners in onboarding new applications to the Program.
  • Focuses on continuous education and understanding industry developments pertaining to access control and certification requirements.

Qualifications include:

  • BS/BA degree or equivalent job experience.

  • Strong people management and talent development experience.

  • Strong planning and process improvement background.

  • Ability to communicate effectively.

  • Highly motivated with ability to self-manage and work independently.

  • Creative and effective problem-solving skills.

  • Experience in related field (Identity & Access Control, Information Security, Operational Excellence).

  • Experience with Identity Access Management tools, Oracle databases, Service-now, Jira and Active Directory services.

  • Strong skills of data retrieval and analysis techniques.

  • Ability to handle multiple priorities, while meeting deadlines.

  • Sound judgement and escalation skills.

  • Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.

  • Strong interpersonal and people management skills.

What we offer:

  • To encourage cultural awareness and philanthropy, BBHers have 1 Culture Celebration Day and 1 Community Service Day in addition to their paid standard vacation allowance.
  • Private medical care.
  • Life Insurance.
  • Employee Assistance Program - offering independent and confidential counselling services for you and your family. You can get support for topics including family, marriage and relationships, finances, and legal issues.
  • Professional trainings and qualification support.
  • Wellbeing Program.
  • Online Social Fund benefit platform.
  • Social, sport and integration events.
  • Onboarding Program for new hires.

We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.

About BBH:

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.

We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development—so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advice—creating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another. 

We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, often—pushing the boundaries of innovation.  As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.

Go to BBH.com to learn more about our rewards and benefits, philanthropy, approach to sustainability or how we support you to thrive personally, physically and financially.