Senior Manager, Passenger Verification

Date Posted:  Country:
United Kingdom

Location:

Brighton, Brighton and Hove Position Role Type:
Hybrid At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defence company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defence industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defence. Are you motivated to lead engineering teams building the technologies that are transforming how passengers move through airports?

The Airports business, part of Connected Aviation inside Collins Aerospace, delivers end-to-end airport solutions from passenger check-in and biometric identity systems to baggage management, aircraft resource allocation, and terminal optimisation for more than 170 airports around the globe. As the Senior Engineering Manager for Passenger Verification, you will lead the engineering organisation responsible for Self Pass and Veri Pax, helping advance the next generation of passenger identity and verification solutions used throughout the airport journey.

Our engineering teams build complex, integrated systems that operate across airport, airline, and cloud environments where reliability, security, performance, and quality are critical. In this role, you will lead a multidisciplinary development team responsible for delivering and maintaining passenger verification products while continuing the advancement of Self Pass, supporting industry initiatives such as IATA One , and driving the continued modernisation of Veri Pax.

Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team spanning software development, QA/SDET, technical program management, and cloud systems engineering responsible for Self Pass and Veri Pax. Drive predictable execution against product roadmaps and engineering commitments through disciplined planning, credible estimation, capacity management, dependency management, and early identification of delivery risks. Own engineering execution across the full software development lifecycle, including requirements refinement, technical design, development, integration, verification and validation, release, and lifecycle maintenance.

Establish a strong culture of software quality where development and test engineering share accountability for preventing defects, improving automated test coverage, and delivering production-ready releases. Lead product-level technical design and implementation decisions for Self Pass and Veri Pax while partnering with the Airports Architecture organisation on broader architecture strategy, platform standards, and cross-product technical direction. Partner closely with Product Management to translate product roadmaps and customer needs into executable engineering plans, balancing scope, schedule, capacity, technical risk, and quality.

Continuously improve Agile engineering practices, including backlog readiness, planning, estimation, sprint execution, reviews, retrospectives, and Definition of Done, using measurable outcomes to improve team effectiveness. Establish and use meaningful engineering metrics to understand delivery predictability, quality, development effectiveness, and opportunities for continuous improvement. Proactively manage technical debt and modernisation priorities alongside new feature development, ensuring near-term commitments are balanced with the long-term health and maintainability of the products.

Advance the continued development of Self Pass and passenger identity capabilities, including support for evolving industry initiatives such as IATA One  the continued modernisation of Veri Pax, improving maintainability, scalability, deployment practices, and alignment with the broader technical direction of the Airports portfolio. Strengthen collaboration across Airports engineering teams, promoting reuse of technical capabilities, sharing product and domain expertise, and identifying opportunities to solve common engineering challenges across products.

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