Principal Engineering Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal Engineering Manager based in United States. This is a senior engineering and architecture leadership role responsible for the technical direction of an Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) practice. You’ll own end-to-end solution architecture across multiple identity engagements, from identity models and governance frameworks to integrations and migration strategies. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical oversight, giving you the opportunity to review and shape complex designs rather than simply manage teams. You’ll lead a distributed engineering organization, mentor technical talent, establish delivery standards, and ensure high-quality outcomes across concurrent client programs. You’ll work directly with IAM Directors, Enterprise Architects, and CISO organizations while influencing major identity and cybersecurity initiatives. The environment is fast-moving and entrepreneurial, with significant opportunities to contribute to presales, reusable engineering IP, vendor partnerships, and practice growth. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced IAM/IGA leader who wants to combine technical authority, client impact, and engineering leadership. Own end-to-end solution architecture for IGA engagements, including identity models, authoritative source strategies, account correlation, entitlement catalogs, and target governance operating models. Act as the technical design authority across a portfolio of engagements, reviewing and approving connector designs, lifecycle and provisioning workflows, RBAC/ABAC models, segregation-of-duties rules, and certification campaign architectures. Build and lead a distributed engineering bench, including staffing engineers across the US and Pune, technical mentoring, code and configuration quality reviews, and career development. Own migration strategies for legacy-to-modern IGA transformations, including coexistence planning, data migration, sequencing, and cutover execution. Design and oversee joiner-mover-leaver automation using HR authoritative sources such as Workday, SuccessFactors, and SAP HCM, including birthright access, contractor lifecycle, non-employee management, and emergency deprovisioning. Serve as a senior technical advisor to client IAM Directors, Enterprise Architects, and CISO organizations, leading architecture reviews and design authority sessions. Support business development and practice growth through solution shaping, effort estimation, technical SOW development, RFP/RFI responses, and proof-of-concept leadership. Establish delivery governance across engagements, managing technical risks, dependencies, technical debt, and go/no-go recommendations at key delivery gates. Develop and maintain reusable practice IP, including reference architectures, connectors, accelerators, estimation frameworks, and design pattern libraries. Maintain strong technical relationships with leading identity technology vendors and contribute to certification programs and strategic partner development. Drive innovation across the IGA practice by identifying opportunities to improve delivery methodologies, technical solutions, and client outcomes. Requirements 8+ years of experience in IAM/IGA , including at least 4 years leading engineering or architecture teams within a professional services, systems integration, or managed services environment. Deep hands-on experience with at least two major identity platforms, such as SailPoint IdentityIQ/Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt EIC, Okta Identity Governance, or Microsoft Entra ID Governance. Demonstrated expertise in full identity lifecycle design, including joiner-mover-leaver processes, birthright access, role-based provisioning, access requests and approvals, delegated administration, deprovisioning, and orphan-account management. Strong access governance expertise spanni