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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Tech companies who build deep expertise as a best and first customer of their products truly differentiate themselves from the rest. That’s why the Okta on Okta team here at Okta is more than just an IT services function- it’s a competitive advantage! We own Okta’s workforce, customer, and federal implementations of Okta’s own identity platform. We also partner with the rest of the business and influence our own product’s development so it suits our needs as a high-growth company. Finally, we showcase how we solve challenges at Okta using Okta technology to existing and prospective customers!

As the Identity Compliance Product Manager, you will report to the Leader of Okta on Okta Product and be a key team member that will build and execute a vision of what a world-class, comprehensive Enterprise Identity service should be, to empower and harden Okta’s business. Utilizing Okta’s own Workforce Identity capabilities, you will support your colleagues and business stakeholders through complex, high-impact identity security projects that utilize industry leading identity and security concepts, models, and practices. If you have a passion for using identity to empower customers while working with new technology in a high-energy, security-centric environment with an even higher-energy team, then this opportunity is for you!

 

Responsibilities

Be the primary interface between internal security and compliance functions and Okta on Okta to ensure roadmap alignment across all Enterprise IAM initiatives and ensure compliance best practices are followed across the Okta on Okta team as we implement Okta capabilities. You will guide Okta on Okta toward making Okta the most secure company in the world, constantly finding opportunities for improvement and evaluating best practices as it relates to Identity compliance. Ultimately, with the goal that our implementation be the reference implementation of Okta technology. 

 

Support Okta’s implementation of the Okta Workforce Identity Cloud (WIC) platform for our own enterprise workforce identity use cases; driving technical and process improvements ensuring that our implementation is the most secure reference implementation of Okta technology and aligns with internal and external compliance standards. 

• Act as the liaison between Business Technology Security and Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams and Okta on Okta to ensure alignment on our roadmaps, strategy, and capacity. 
• Balance Okta on Okta priorities to ensure we meet security and compliance standards while deploying new features and enhancing existing capabilities.
• Guide business customers through the entire project lifecycle; conduit between the business and technical delivery teams
• Own, write and review requirements with business partners, product analysts and engineers across Okta; negotiate detailed requirements and solution design trade-offs
• Define and implement best practice identity business processes, dashboards, use cases and documentation to ensure a robust and durable program
• Lead the writing of user stories and acceptance criteria
• Lead testing and quality control and assurance activities across departments
• Create and maintain technical documentation for the team to reference and share with our internal customers

 

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in technical, business, and/or IT roles with focus on Identity and Access Management 
• 2+ years’ experience working closely with common security and compliance frameworks
• 2+ years’ experience managing a product or service within a technology organization or leading development projects
• Proven track record of developing and executing on enterprise identity solutions
• Advanced knowledge of general industry IAM concepts and best practices, particularly relating to customer identity
• Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as NIST/FedRamp, SOX, SOC, ISO, SOC2, PCI, ZeroTrust, SaaS Security Framework, Data Security Foundations, etc.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non technical audiences
• Experience managing numerous, competing demands from stakeholders while maintaining excellent and on time delivery
• Exhibit strong leadership and influencing skills in a complex, matrix environment and demonstrates the ability to broker agreements among diverse, differing, or completing priorities and perspectives
• Confidence working within agile methodologies
• Okta Workforce, Okta Customer, and/or CIDPro certifications strongly preferred

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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.   

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:$158,000—$221,000 USD The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $175,000—$245,000 USD

What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta 

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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