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

Location: Austin TX
Team: Identity Security Cloud Privileged Access
Reports to: VP of Engineering

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 grantedmoving 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 Youll 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

• Youll build systems that actively reduce enterprise blast radius

• Your work will be part of zero-trust and least-privilege enforcement at scale

• Youll operate at the core of identity authorization and security automation

• Youll help evolve JIT from a feature into a platform capability

What Were 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 SailPoints 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):

Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employees 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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