Senior Engineering Manager – Just-In-Time (JIT) Privileged Access

SailPoint is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a core area of its Just-In-Time (JIT) Privileged Access platform. This role involves redefining access granting from always-on entitlements to context-aware, time-bound, policy-driven access. The manager will lead a high-performing team, drive the design and delivery of real-time authorization workflows, partner with various teams, and ensure operational excellence for highly reliable, low-latency, and secure systems. This high-visibility leadership role offers deep architectural influence and ownership of mission-critical systems.

Must Have

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team building JIT access capabilities
• Drive the design and delivery of real-time authorization and privilege elevation workflows
• Partner closely with Product, Security, Platform, and Cloud teams to shape roadmap and execution
• Own end-to-end delivery of systems that must be highly reliable, low-latency, and secure
• Influence platform architecture across policy evaluation, approvals, enforcement, and revocation
• Ensure strong operational excellence, including observability, resiliency, and incident readiness
• Foster a culture of ownership, technical rigor, and continuous improvement
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years leading engineering teams
• Strong experience with distributed systems, SaaS platforms, or cloud-native services
• Background in security, identity, access control, or authorization systems
• Experience building low-latency, event-driven, or real-time decisioning systems
• Proven ability to translate complex security requirements into scalable engineering solutions
• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills

Good to Have

• Experience with PAM, JIT access, or zero-trust architectures
• Familiarity with policy engines, RBAC/ABAC, or real-time authorization
• Experience integrating with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) or enterprise SaaS platforms
• Knowledge of auditability, compliance, and security controls

Perks & Benefits

• Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
• Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account
• Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
• Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy
• Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually
• Sick leave
• Parental support: Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors
• Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Potential eligibility for the SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission
• Potential eligibility for equity participation

About the Role

Static, standing privilege is one of the largest security risks in modern enterprises.

Our Just-In-Time (JIT) Privileged Access platform is redefining how access is granted—moving from always-on entitlements to context-aware, time-bound, policy-driven access that is issued only when needed and revoked automatically.

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a core area of the JIT platform. This role sits at the intersection of identity, authorization, security posture, and real-time decisioning, and will directly impact how enterprises reduce risk while enabling velocity.

This is a high-visibility leadership role with deep architectural influence and ownership of mission-critical systems.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team building JIT access capabilities
• Drive the design and delivery of real-time authorization and privilege elevation workflows
• Partner closely with Product, Security, Platform, and Cloud teams to shape roadmap and execution
• Own end-to-end delivery of systems that must be highly reliable, low-latency, and secure
• Influence platform architecture across policy evaluation, approvals, enforcement, and revocation
• Ensure strong operational excellence, including observability, resiliency, and incident readiness
• Foster a culture of ownership, technical rigor, and continuous improvement

What Makes This Role Special

• You’ll build systems that actively reduce enterprise blast radius
• Your work will be part of zero-trust and least-privilege enforcement at scale
• You’ll operate at the core of identity, authorization, and security automation
• You’ll help evolve JIT from a feature into a platform capability

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams
• Strong experience with distributed systems, SaaS platforms, or cloud-native services
• Background in security, identity, access control, or authorization systems
• Experience building low-latency, event-driven, or real-time decisioning systems
• Proven ability to translate complex security requirements into scalable engineering solutions
• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with PAM, JIT access, or zero-trust architectures
• Familiarity with policy engines, RBAC/ABAC, or real-time authorization
• Experience integrating with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) or enterprise SaaS platforms
• Knowledge of auditability, compliance, and security controls

Benefits and Compensation listed vary based on the location of your employment and the nature of your employment with SailPoint.

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission, along with potential eligibility for equity participation. SailPoint maintains broad salary ranges for its roles to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect SailPoint’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. We estimate the base salary, for US-based employees, will be in this range from (min-mid-max, USD):

$154,400 - $220,500 - $286,700

Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employee’s home location.

Benefits Overview

1. Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance

2. Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability

3. Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)

4. Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children

5. Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account

6. Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching

7. Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy

8. Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually

9. Sick leave

10. Parental support: Paid parental leave

11. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors

12. Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options

13. Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply to join our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.

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About Us

SailPoint is a leading provider of identity security for the modern enterprise. Enterprise security starts and ends with identities and their access, yet the ability to manage and secure identities today has moved well beyond human capacity. Using a foundation of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the SailPoint Identity Security Platform delivers the right level of access to the right identities and resources at the right time—matching the scale, velocity, and environmental needs of today’s cloud-oriented enterprise. Our intelligent, autonomous, and integrated solutions put identity security at the core of digital business operations, enabling even the most complex organizations across the globe to build a security foundation capable of defending against today’s most pressing threats.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

The employment policy of SailPoint is to provide equal opportunity to all persons, and it is SailPoint’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

It is SailPoint’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote qualified individuals in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, military and/or veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. SailPoint does not discriminate on the basis of national origin or citizenship status as provided under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

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• Filing a complaint;
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