£600 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Technical Project Manager role involves leading a critical migration of customer identity and authentication services to a modern CIAM platform for a UK digital financial services organization. The position requires proven experience in CIAM/IAM migration, particularly with Ping Identity or ForgeRock, and entails managing multiple teams to ensure minimal disruption during the transition. This is a high-visibility role with a focus on delivering significant transformation in a regulated environment. The position is hybrid and offers an outside IR35 engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
- End-to-end delivery of a full CIAM migration programme
- Consolidation of two legacy IAM stacks into one strategic platform
- Migration of authentication journeys, MFA, policies, and credentials
- Planning and executing phased cutovers with minimal customer impact
- Managing SI delivery, internal engineering, security, and compliance teams
- Clear, no-fluff reporting to senior stakeholders
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering CIAM / IAM migration programmes
- Deep familiarity with Ping Identity and/or ForgeRock environments
- Strong understanding of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML
- MFA and adaptive authentication
- Identity & credential migration strategies
- Experience within UK regulated financial services
- Confidence managing SI-led delivery models
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Technical Project Manager
Location: UK (Hybrid)
Duration: 6 Month rolling - High chance of extension
IR35: Outside
Start: ASAP
The Mission: A fast-growing UK digital financial services organisation is about to execute a major identity transformation. Two legacy authentication platforms. Millions of users. Regulated environment. Zero appetite for customer disruption. Your job? Lead the migration of customer identity and authentication services onto a modern CIAM platform powered by Ping Identity / ForgeRock — delivered with the support of a top-tier Systems Integrator. It’s time-critical. It’s high-visibility. And it needs someone who’s done this before.
What You’ll Be Owning :
- End-to-end delivery of a full CIAM migration programme
- Consolidation of two legacy IAM stacks into one strategic platform
- Migration of authentication journeys, MFA, policies, and credentials
- Planning and executing phased cutovers with minimal customer impact
- Managing SI delivery, internal engineering, security, and compliance teams
- Clear, no-fluff reporting to senior stakeholders
What You’ll Need :
- Proven experience delivering CIAM / IAM migration programmes
- Deep familiarity with Ping Identity and/or ForgeRock environments
- Strong understanding of: OAuth2, OIDC, SAML
- MFA and adaptive authentication
- Identity & credential migration strategies
- Experience within UK regulated financial services
- Confidence managing SI-led delivery models
Bonus Points For :
- CIAM deployments running on Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, or on-prem)
- Parallel-run and phased migration experience
- Exposure to digital banking, payments, or high-scale B2C platforms
Why This One’s Interesting :
- High-impact, visible programme
- Real transformation, not incremental change
- Modern identity stack
- Outside IR35 engagement
- Grown-up stakeholders who understand delivery
Reach out for a chat ASAP!