Senior Manager, Enterprise Security & IAM

Have you ever had that green-light feeling? When you hit every green light and the day just feels like magic. CLEAR's mission is to create frictionless experiences where every day has that feeling. With more than 30+ million passionate members and hundreds of partners around the world, CLEAR’s identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or right on your phone, CLEAR connects you to the things that make you, you - unlocking easier, more secure, and more seamless experiences - making them all feel like magic.

We’re seeking a Senior Manager, Enterprise Security to be both a technical leader and strategic partner in advancing CLEAR’s enterprise security posture. You’ll lead and develop a high-performing team that safeguards CLEAR’s infrastructure, applications, and data, driving initiatives that strengthen our defenses and enable innovation at scale. Your remit will span enterprise security and identity and access management (IAM), with dedicated team members focused on each domain. In this role, you’ll influence architecture, evolve security engineering practices, and partner cross-functionally to ensure security is a foundation, not a friction point, across CLEAR’s platforms and operations.

What You Will Do:

• Drive security strategy and implementation across all of CLEAR’s corporate and field networks, ensuring consistent protection of customer and business-critical assets.
• Partner with company leadership to align enterprise security initiatives with company-wide technology and product roadmaps, balancing innovation with risk mitigation.
• Provide technical leadership across CLEAR’s enterprise security and zero trust initiatives, guiding architecture, design, and development to meet high security standards.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams including Engineering, DevOps, Product, GRC, and IT enabling secure-by-design practices across the organization.
• Automate with Python/Go and Terraform/Pulumi to eliminate manual steps and close the loop on findings.
• Mentor and grow the technical capabilities of the enterprise security team and broader engineering community.

How You’ll Measure Success:

• Security-by-Design Adoption: Improved security architecture patterns and reduced vulnerabilities in early-stage design and development.
• Automation & Scalability: Increased coverage and efficiency of security testing through automation and self-service tools for developers.
• Cross-Team Enablement: Demonstrated influence across engineering teams, measured by uptake of secure coding practices and reduction in security debt.
• Enterprise Security Program Maturity: Continuous evolution of CLEAR’s enterprise security program security program and posture based on threat intelligence, metrics, and feedback.
• Organizational Reach: Tangible improvements in security practices across all product and platform teams, demonstrating enterprise-wide influence and adoption.

Who You Are:

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise security and/or IAM with demonstrated impact across security architecture, strategy, and execution with 2+ years of management experience.
• Deep expertise in enterprise security architectures, endpoint agents, DLP, maturing an IAM program to reduce friction and minimize standing permissions.
• Experience leading security reviews and influencing architectural decisions in complex systems, preferably in regulated and high-scale environments.
• Familiarity with security and privacy requirements for mobile platforms (iOS/Android), biometric systems, and embedded technologies.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex security concepts to both technical and executive audiences.
• Established a mature IAM governance program, including access reviews, RBAC, policy frameworks, and regulatory compliance (SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).
• Familiar with compliance frameworks and regulatory environments (e.g., PCI, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, ISO27001) and how to translate them into engineering reality.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; able to translate technical detail into shared understanding across functions.
• Comfortable guiding and aligning multiple teams toward collective goals.
• Passionate about technology, curious by nature, and committed to continuous learning and improvement.

How You'll be Rewarded:

At CLEAR, we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our offices are bright and energetic with an open concept and plenty