Senior Manager Authentication

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About the Team

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Authentication Security team. This is a critical role for a hands-on leader who is passionate about both technology and people. You will be responsible for guiding the teams technical strategy and execution while also mentoring and developing the careers of a dedicated group of engineers. As both a technical lead and a people leader you will drive feature delivery prioritize critical features mentor engineers through their career growth and ensure secure scalable and reliable authentication services at Workday!

What Youll Do

• Drive strategic execution by leading and managing a team of software engineers to work on authentication and security systems.

• Provide technical direction in areas such as OAuth OIDC SAML MFA SSO WebAuthn and passkey-based authentication.

• Drive delivery of secure high-quality features through agile processes and engineering practices.

• Build cross-functional partnership by collaborating with product managers architects and other engineering teams to craft the roadmap and execution strategy.

• Showcase operational excellence by owning and evolving planning and tracking using tools such as Jira including backlog grooming sprint planning and reporting.

• Drive a culture of engineering excellence by fostering a high-performing team through coaching feedback and clear career development support.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• Leadership: 5 years leading engineering teams in a manager or tech lead capacity.

• Domain expertise: 8 years experience building and managing systems for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Single Sign-On (SSO) and general Identity and Access Management (IAM) with expert knowledge of identity protocols and standards including OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect (OIDC) and SAML.

• Agile proficiency: expert in running agile teams using Scrum including backlog grooming sprint planning and retrospectives.

• Technical breadth: Expertise with development planning and tracking tools particularly Jira.

• Education: Bachelors degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience

Other Qualifications:

• Experience in object oriented programming especially Scala is a plus

• Strong background in software security with deep hands-on expertise in the authentication domain.

• A passion for people management and a track record of coaching engineers to help them achieve their career goals.

• You have a strong focus on delivering high-quality software products continuous innovation with a focus on reliability

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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