Engineering Manager – Identity & Access Management (Security Engineering)

 

About Skyscanner

Everyone loves travelling, but planning is not without its challenges ✈️ That's why we've spent 20 years building tools that turn travel-planning chaos into a breeze. Today, around 100 million travellers count on us every month to skip the whole “47 browser tabs open” phase and find flights, cars, and hotels quickly and easily 💻

Joining Skyscanner means becoming part of a global brand that's striving to become the planet's go-to travel hack accessible for all 🌍

Our vision? To be the world's number one travel ally. (Ambitious? 💪 Yes, but, hey, that's what got us here).

About the role

(Hybrid)

This is a role for someone who likes their impact both behind the scenes and at the heart of everything. As Engineering Manager for our Identity & Security space, you’ll lead the team responsible for how Skyscanner’s people securely access the tools they need to build, collaborate and innovate.

You’ll balance technical leadership with people leadership — setting clear direction, removing obstacles, and creating an environment where engineers can do their best work. If the idea of shaping secure, scalable identity systems that quietly power a global travel platform excites you, you’re in the right place.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading with purpose: You’ll build, mentor and support a high-performing engineering team, helping individuals grow while delivering as one.

• Owning identity foundations: You’ll guide the evolution of our Identity & Access Management platforms, including directory services, SSO and identity lifecycle management.

• Driving major initiatives: You’ll lead the delivery of large-scale programmes (like our Okta identity transformation) from idea to impact.

• Simplifying the complex: You’ll champion pragmatic, elegant solutions in a domain that can easily become… not that.

• Shaping secure delivery: You’ll help your team embed secure software engineering practices across the full product lifecycle.

• Collaborating across Skyscanner: You’ll partner with teams across security, product and the wider business to influence how access works at scale.

• Building for the future: You’ll define and deliver roadmaps in an evolving, ambiguous space — with clarity, calm and confidence.

About you

• Experienced Engineering Manager: You’ve led engineering teams before and know how to balance people, delivery and technical direction.

• IAM savvy: You bring a strong understanding of Identity & Access Management and awareness of emerging challenges around machine and agent identity.

• Technically credible: You’re comfortable leading in technically sophisticated environments and earning trust through insight.

• People-first leader: You care deeply about building inclusive, motivated teams that enjoy doing great work together.

• Calm in complexity: You prefer simplicity, clarity and progress over unnecessary process or over-engineering.

• Collaborative by default: You work well across disciplines and know how to influence without forcing the issue.

• Mission-driven: You’re genuinely excited about helping Skyscanner become the world’s number one travel ally 🌍

What it’s like here

We are the real deal — no corporate gloss, no empty promises. Just a team of genuinely curious, caring humans ❤️ building things that help travellers explore the world a little easier 🧭
👉 The real deal

Skyscanner is made up of brilliant humans from every corner of the world. We believe travel makes the world better — and that the same is true of our diverse teams. We're proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and products that are accessible to all ✨
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Sound like your kind of adventure? 🚀 Apply now and help us shape the future of travel.

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If you’d like more information on any of our policies — including hybrid working or parental leave (we typically offer a minimum of 24 weeks birth parent/maternity leave globally) — our recruitment team will be happy to help.