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About the Role

BCG is seeking a Senior Director level Enterprise Architect to modernize its Identity and Network architecture, ensuring secure access and connectivity globally. This role defines the architecture for identity, access, and network connectivity, focusing on secure, seamless digital experiences. The architect will be an expert in identity and access management and zero trust network architecture, with extensive experience designing scaled, secure identity and network platforms for a global company. This position involves bringing teams together to establish a shared, identity-first architecture direction and driving a modern, zero trust approach to transform BCG IT.

Responsibilities

Define the architecture of identity, access, and network connectivity.
Bring teams together to leverage the scale of BCG by defining a shared, identity-first architecture direction and guardrails.
Drive a modern, zero trust approach to identity and network.
Play a leading role in the transformation of BCG IT.
Manage the value, opportunities, inventory, roadmaps, rationalisation, and total cost of ownership for identity and network platforms.
Plan a global identity and network estate across requirements, technology, cost, value and rationalisation.
Lead and agree investment decisions at a portfolio and individual technology level.
Lead the development of architectures across identity and access management and zero trust network access.
Lead decisions through to a conclusion in a highly matrixed organisation with minimal or no supervision.
Prepare materials for, and present at, senior levels including C-Suite.
Energise people to set a vision and see the possibilities of modern identity and network technologies.
Find great answers to complex and ambiguous questions.
Connect and collaborate across teams to develop their architectures, especially to meet demanding non-functional requirements.
Seek diverse views, and with a growth mindset consider both conventional and unconventional answers.
Roll up sleeves and "do", pioneering the way forward and bring others along.
Produce high-quality Enterprise Architecture arguments and supporting materials.
Agree architecture arguments at different levels in the organisation.
Influence and collaborate with others, especially solution architects and technical leaders across the organisation.
Develop others through mentoring, coaching, and sharing knowledge.
Apply knowledge of modern identity and network paradigms to work.
Demonstrate expertise in zero trust architecture, identity governance and administration (IGA), privileged access management, SASE/SSE, and cloud-native directory and authentication services.
Optimise own role and deliver results.
Play a part in being efficient to help increase velocity and reduce risk across the architecture team and the teams worked with.

Requirements

10+ years’ experience leading and owning the enterprise architecture of identity and network estates at global scale.
Considerable experience designing scaled, secure identity and network platforms for a global company.
Deep, hands-on experience with at least one major identity platform (Entra ID, Okta or Ping).
Deep, hands-on experience with at least one SASE/SSE platform (e.g. Zscaler, Palo Alto Prisma).
Must be a brilliant storyteller.

Skills

Identity and access management
Zero trust network architecture
Microsoft Entra ID
Okta
Privileged access management
Identity governance and administration
SASE
SSE
ZTNA
SD-WAN
Zscaler
Palo Alto Prisma
Zero trust network access
Cloud-native identity platforms
Identity governance
Secure, context-aware connectivity
Cloud-native directory and authentication services

Location

London
Lisbon

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior Director
10+ years

About the Company

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities.
BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963.
Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities.
Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change.
BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose.
We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do.
We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development.
We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork.

Equal Opportunity

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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