Position Overview
At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a Software Engineering Manager, Senior within PNC's Workforce Identity Engineering organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA or Cleveland, OH.
This position is not available in all geographic areas.
The Privileged Access Engineering Manager leads a team responsible for delivering enterprise privileged access management (PAM) capabilities that protect critical systems while enabling secure administrative and application access. This role is accountable for building and shaping a high performing engineering team, setting technical direction within the PAM domain, and ensuring reliable, risk aligned delivery of privileged access services. While familiarity with CyberArk or PAM platforms is valuable, success in this role depends primarily on strong technical leadership, people management, and the ability to mature a growing engineering capability.
Needed Experience:
Proven experience leading and developing technical teams in complex enterprise environments.
Strong technical foundation enabling effective leadership of engineers working on security, identity, or other mission critical platforms.
Demonstrated ability to build or reshape teams, set direction, and improve delivery maturity.
Experience managing operationally critical systems, including balancing delivery, reliability, and risk.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)
Experience with Privileged Access Management concepts or platforms (e.g., CyberArk, PAM tooling).
Familiarity with identity, access management, or security control domains.
Experience operating in regulated or high risk environments.
Background in scaling or modernizing platform based engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Team & People Leadership
Build, lead, and develop a PAM engineering team, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management.
Establish a strong team culture focused on accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
Develop engineers through mentoring, clear expectations, and growth opportunities aligned to both individual and organizational needs.
Create clarity of roles and responsibilities as the team scales or evolves.
Technical & Delivery Leadership
Own delivery and operational health of privileged access services, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security of PAM platforms.
Guide technical direction within the Privileged Access domain, balancing near term delivery with longer term platform and capability improvements.
Partner with senior engineers to review designs, prioritize technical work, and address systemic risks or recurring issues.
Ensure appropriate operational coverage, incident readiness, and post incident learning.
Strategy, Stakeholder & Risk Alignment
Translate enterprise identity, security, and risk requirements into actionable engineering priorities for the team.
Partner closely with product, risk, audit, and technology stakeholders to align PAM capabilities with business and regulatory needs.
Communicate clearly and effectively with leadership on roadmap, risks, dependencies, and delivery progress.
Represent the Privileged Access engineering function in cross team planning and decision making forums.
PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.
PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
Job Description
Manage a group of software engineers/managers across multiple product lines.
Oversee the talent management of engineering talent, including recruiting, mentoring, and enabling a culture of learning with a focus on engineering craftsmanship.
Foster technological innovation, ensuring adoption of current trends, capabilities, and practices emerging in the market. Encourage sound technology choices are made and drive innovative technology architecture and solution design.
Identify issues, share best practices, and drive continuous improvement.
PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:
Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Qualifications
Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.
Preferred Skills
Application Development, Business Management, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, Pam for Securities, Process Improvements, Release Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) Design
Competencies
Agile Development, Application Development Tools, Coaching Others, Continuous Learning, Design Thinking, Emerging Technologies, Influencing, Innovation
Work Experience
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry experience is typically 8+ years. At least 5 years of prior management experience is typically required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
Education
Bachelors
Certifications
No Required Certification(s)
Licenses
No Required License(s)
Pay Transparency
Base Salary: $80,000.00 - $167,000.00
Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.
Application Window
Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 04/17/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.
Benefits
PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.
In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.
To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com .
Disability Accommodations Statement
If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at AccommodationRequest@pnc.com . Please include "accommodation request" in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.
This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.
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