Manager, Security Engineering, Identity Access Management

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.

Snap Security teams protect the trust and safety of our global community by securing the systems and data that power Snapchat. We safeguard hundreds of millions of Snapchatters every day, ensuring that every product and service is built on a foundation of security and resilience. Our values guide everything we do - from how we anticipate and mitigate threats to how we collaborate across Snap. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

​We’re looking for a Security Engineering Manager to lead and grow our Identity & Access Management organization at Snap!

This role combines strong people leadership, execution, and technical judgment. You will build a high-performing and increasingly independent engineering team, establish clear priorities and operating mechanisms, and partner with IAM technical leaders to deliver secure, reliable, and usable identity and access capabilities across Snap.You do not need to be the deepest IAM architect in the room. You do need enough technical fluency to understand system risk, challenge assumptions, make sound prioritization decisions, and represent the team credibly with engineering and infrastructure partners.

What you’ll do:

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of security engineers; set expectations, provide feedback, manage performance, hire thoughtfully, and develop future technical leaders.
• Build a healthy, accountable, and increasingly independent team that delivers reliably without depending on individual heroes.
• Establish priorities, staffing plans, capacity tradeoffs, operating cadence, and measurable commitments for IAM.
• Partner with IAM strategy and technical leaders to translate technical direction into executable plans, clear ownership, safe rollouts, and durable operational mechanisms.
• Improve execution across IAM migration, reliability, authorization adoption, workload and machine identity, and internal-customer experience.
• Set a high bar for engineering quality, security, reliability, observability, incident response, and operational readiness.
• Build alignment with engineering and infrastructure teams, balancing least-privilege security with developer productivity and usability.
• Identify organizational, technical, staffing, and dependency risks early; drive resolution or escalate with clear tradeoffs.
• Maintain enough working fluency in authentication, authorization, cloud access, workload identity, privileged access, and access governance to make sound decisions and challenge risk.
• Help the team use AI tools responsibly while maintaining strong standards for correctness, security, and production quality.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of security engineers; set expectations, provide feedback, manage performance, hire thoughtfully, and develop future technical leaders.
• Build a healthy, accountable, and increasingly independent team that delivers reliably without depending on individual heroes.
• Establish priorities, staffing plans, capacity tradeoffs, operating cadence, and measurable commitments for IAM.
• Partner with IAM strategy and technical leaders to translate technical direction into executable plans, clear ownership, safe rollouts, and durable operational mechanisms.
• Improve execution across IAM migration, reliability, authorization adoption, workload and machine identity, and internal-customer experience.
• Set a high bar for engineering quality, security, reliability, observability, incident response, and operational readiness.
• Build alignment with engineering and infrastructure teams, balancing least-privilege security with developer productivity and usability.
• Identify organizational, technical, staffing, and dependency risks early; drive resolution or escalate with clear tradeoffs.
• Maintain enough working fluency in authentication, authorization, cloud access, workload identity, privileged access, and access governance to make sound decisions and challenge risk.
• Help the team use AI tools responsibly while maintaining strong standards for correctness, security, and production quality.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field
• 8+ years of post- bachelor’s security experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 7+ years of post-grad security experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 4 years of post-grad security experience 
• 1+ year(s) of experience as an Engineering Manager
• Experience leading security initiatives related to identity, access management, or cloud security.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building or scaling enterprise IAM platforms and cloud access governance solutions.
• Familiarity with modern identity standards and protocols such as OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and SCIM.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and security automation frameworks.
• Experience partnering with compliance, audit, or risk management organizations.
• Strong track record of driving technical strategy and organizational security maturity at scale.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

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