Senior IAM Manager

Range:

95,200.00 - 142,800.00 CAD

Job Description:

Senior IAM Manager

GAME ON – OLG needs you

We’ve said GAME ON, and we mean it – OLG is rapidly transforming its organization to better serve Ontarians by delivering great gaming experiences through our digital, retail lottery, and land-based gaming channels. Over the course of fiscal 2023-24, OLG delivered a record $2.4 billion in net profit to the Province of Ontario. OLG is now expanding our horizons even further, with a new strategic direction that builds on successes to date as a world class gaming entertainment leader with a globally admired omni-channel platform.

We are ready to take this game to the next level and need a passionate Senior IAM Manager to be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust identity governance and access management solutions to ensure secure, compliant, and efficient access to OLG systems and data. They play a strategic and technical leadership role in aligning IAM practices with organizational security policies, regulatory requirements (e.g., Data Ethics, Responsible AI Standards), and evolving business needs..

YOUR ROLE IN THE GAME

Reporting to the Director Cybersecurity Solutions , you will be empowered to:

 PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Offer authoritative advice on identity and access management, RBAC (Roles Based Access Controls) ensuring services align with and support evolving business needs and security protocols.
• Manage large-scale identity and access management initiatives and oversee the integration of identity and access management services with new technologies, enhancing security and operational efficiency.
• Lead operational planning for identity and access management.
• Prioritize and diagnose incidents applying agreed procedures and tools. Investigate causes of incidents and seeks resolution.
• Facilitate recovery, following resolution of incidents. Document, communicate outcomes, and close resolved incidents.
• Initiate and monitor actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems, processes and services to determine problem fixes, remedies, and preventive measures.
• Apply standard techniques and tools for developing user stories and eliciting user experience requirements.
• Contribute to the identification of risks that arise from potential technical solution architectures. Suggest alternate solutions or countermeasures to mitigate risks. Define secure systems configurations in compliance with intended architectures.

SECONDARY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Apply and maintain specific security controls as required by organizational policy and local risk assessments.
• Support investigation of suspected attacks and security breaches.
• Follow standard approaches for the technical assessment of information systems against information assurance policies and business objectives.
• Transform collected information into a data format that can be used for operational security activities.
• Follow standard approaches to perform basic vulnerability assessments for small information systems.
• Assist with penetration testing tasks under routine supervision.

 COACHING/MENTORSHIP ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Coach colleagues to develop their target skills and capabilities in line with team and personal goals.
• Allocate routine tasks or project work, in line with team objectives and individual capabilities. Monitor quality and performance against agreed criteria to make learning recommendations or to escalate concerns.
• Help individuals navigate areas of uncertainty, offering practical advice and connecting them with the appropriate resources.
• Support learning and development activities under routine supervision.

WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY

Work Experience:  Minimum seven (7) years’ experience in progressively advancing roles within Technology or related function | Minimum five (5) years’ progressive experience in the development and delivery of enterprise security strategies | Minimum five (5) years’ progressive experience in Identity and Access Management | Minimum of two (2) years’ progressive experience in programming. Standards & Frameworks: NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR. | Identity Threat Detection: Familiarity with UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics). | Identity Lifecycle Management: Experience managing identities for humans (customers and employees), machines, and service accounts. | Non-Human Identity Management: Handling identities for workloads, APIs, bots, IoT devices, and AI agents. | Service-to-Service Authentication: Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, mTLS, JWT, and workload identity federation. | Container & Microservices Security: Kubernetes RBAC, service mesh identity (e.g., Istio). | Identity for AI Models: Understanding how AI agents authenticate and authorize in enterprise environments. | IAM Roadmap Development: Ability to define strategy for human and non-human identities.

Education:  Undergraduate degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline | Identity and Access Management  | Information Security technologies, service management, administration, and Information Assurance & Protection  | Data Privacy compliance requirements  | Penetration Testing  | Computer, Network and Internet Security  | Problem Management  | Direct experience designing IAM technologies and services  | Knowledge of information technology environments, including information cybersecurity, encryption methods and privacy-based solutions  | Knowledge of tools, techniques, processes around information security architecture, technologies, security management, security administration, data privacy, computer forensics, digital forensics tools, penetration testing, business continuity planning, vulnerabilities assessment, firewall management, network and internet security and computer network defense  | Full understanding of RBAC (Roles Based Access Controls) and PAM (Privileged Access Management)  | Zero Trust identity and access management best practices  | API security and development   

Critical Skills: Identity & Access Management - Manages identity verification and access permissions within organizational systems and environments.

Negotiation and Influence: ability to negotiate and influence effectively while being open to perspectives and maintaining strong relationships  

Strategic Thinker: strong strategic and critical thinker with ability to delve into unique challenges and find creative solutions

Collaboration & Fun: inclusive and collaborative work style while creating fun and excitement in our work

Integrity and Trust: do what's right and operate with transparency and openness 

Licenses, Registrations, Certificates:  AGCO Category 2 Gaming Assistant Registration (Initiated at offer stage - employment is conditional upon obtaining and maintaining this license)
 

Preferred Certification: A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is highly desirable, demonstrating a strong foundation in designing, implementing, and managing enterprise-class cybersecurity programs.

PERKS OF JOINING OUR TEAM

• Part of a Bigger Picture: socially responsible company that gives back all its profits to the province and people of Ontario
• Flexible Work Environment: to help balance both work and life
• Freedom to Innovate: supports new and better ways to be successful
• Be your Authentic Self: environment that values diversity as a source of strength
• Learning Galore: 24-7 access to robust online learning programs 
• Public Service Pension Plan: participate in a major defined benefit pension plan sponsored by the Government of Ontario
• Variable Pay Program: performance-based incentives to share in our success (Permanent OLG Employees Only)

Learn about OLG – GAME ON!

OLG’s purpose is to contribute to a better Ontario by delivering great entertainment experiences for our customers. We are a multi-billion-dollar organization with a wide array of business lines including, lottery, land-based casinos, digital lottery and casino, horseracing, and charitable gaming. OLG is amidst a massive transformation focusing on being customer obsessed and bringing our digital business to a whole new level.

The key to our success is our people. Our culture will be grounded in true, positive partnerships that embrace trust, clarity, and openness in all that we do. We are supporting and empowering employees and teams across the organization through greater accountability, leadership development and growth opportunities. OLG is embracing more flexible work options and family friendly work practices including hybrid work.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion are essential elements of our culture and cornerstones of the Five Truths that OLGers Live by.  At OLG, our employees have the space to be themselves and use their perspectives and skills to benefit the people and the Province of Ontario.

While we are re-shaping and growing our business, we are unwavering when it comes to living our purpose, and ensuring our business delivers meaningful benefits for the people of Ontario. OLG’s net profits are reinvested back into the province, contributing to the quality of life for Ontarians.

To learn more about OLG go to our website at  www.olg.ca  

We look forward to hearing from you, interested applicants please apply online by December 21, 2025.

OLG is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Please contact Human Resources at careers@olg.ca if you require accommodation at any time throughout the hire process.

We thank you for your interest in this opportunity; however only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Personal information is collected by the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG) and/or its third party service provider(s) under the authority of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, 1999, SO 1999, c 12, Sch L and the Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41 (as amended) and will be used for the purpose of determining qualifications for employment with OLG and for recruitment modernization initiatives. The information will be managed in accordance with all applicable laws, OLG’s Protection of Privacy Policy (the Policy) and related policies and procedures. For any questions about this collection, please contact careers@olg.ca, 800-70 Foster Drive, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 6V2.