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Engineering Senior Manager, Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)

Buffalo, NY, US💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-02

Core

Strategic leadership of the enterprise Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) platform, ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient authentication and authorization services for customer-facing digital channels.

Role type

Senior Engineering Manager (CIAM)

Builds

Enterprise CIAM platform supporting authentication, authorization, and identity management across diverse digital channels.

Domain

Financial Services / Cybersecurity / Identity Management

Required skills

Strategic planning, team leadership, budget management, CIAM architecture, fraud risk management, Agile practices, stakeholder management, operational excellence, vendor management, risk governance.

Preferred skills

Master's degree, 12+ years technology management experience.

Technologies

OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0, JWT, JWS, JWE, FAPI, Identity Federation.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop high-performing engineering teams for CIAM platform engineering and operations; Establish engineering standards and continuous improvement programs; Partner with Product, Security, and Business stakeholders to prioritize strategic initiatives; Own the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management of the enterprise CIAM platform; Ensure platform availability, resiliency, performance, and security requirements are met; Manage cost center budgets and financial operations for the department.