Security Consultant

IAM Consultant - Amsterdam - Contract

Context: Secret Management Coordinator - Machine-to-Machine Authentication

Location: Amsterdam, Hybrid (2-3 days onsite per week in Amsterdam)

Contract: Initial contract until end of 2025 + extensions

Language Requirements: English - Fluent

Next Ventures is partnered with a Dutch Bank who is currently launching a new Secret Management Programme in response to regulatory requirements such as DORA. The programme involves rolling out a machine-to-machine authentication solution, ensuring credentials are managed securely.

As part of this rollout, they are seeking a proactive and technically-minded coordinator to lead the internal adoption of a self-service secret management tool.

Key Responsibilities:

• Programme Coordination: Act as the central point of contact to support the rollout of secret management tools across multiple development teams.
• Rollout Communication: Ensure that all development teams understand how to adopt the new tooling through clear, ongoing communication and collaboration.
• Integration Support: Assist teams in integrating with the machine-to-machine authentication platform, starting with the most critical accounts.
• Liaison with Vendor: Work alongside the vendor to schedule and coordinate training (training will be delivered by the vendor).
• Stakeholder Engagement: Connect with both technical teams and policy stakeholders to align efforts and ensure successful adoption.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement ways to drive adoption, improve tooling rollout, and expand the programme over time.

Ideal Candidate:

• Technical Experience: Solid understanding of secret management, machine-to-machine authentication, or similar identity/access management domains.
• Hands-On Background: Experience having implemented or worked on related projects - understanding what developers need to do to successfully adopt such solutions.
• Project Coordination Skills: Strong organisational and project management ability; able to coordinate parallel streams of work across multiple teams.
• Proactive & Self-Driven: Comfortable taking ownership and making progress independently within a lean structure.
• Strong Communicator: Able to clearly convey technical processes in a developer-friendly manner, and keep stakeholders informed.
• Collaborative Mindset: Works well across departments, including technical teams, policy leads, and third-party vendors.

Additional Information:

• There is significant growth potential within the programme - this is an opportunity to take ownership and shape a critical security capability from the ground up.
• The organisation values initiative, autonomy, and clarity of communication.

Interested in hearing more or applying? Reach out to Luke Finn on /