Staff Product Designer, AI Strategy

Full Time
San Francisco, CA, USA
3 hours ago

Get to know OktaOkta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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.

The Talent, Data, and Intelligence Team

Okta’s Technology, Data, & Intelligence organization is on a mission to simplify and secure internal operations through automation, analysis, and scale. Our Productivity Engineering team is responsible for developing internal tooling, infrastructure and services that empower Okta employees to work as effectively as possible.  

We work across engineering, data science, security, and internal business teams to deliver automation-powered services that integrate across a wide array of SAAS apps and internally developed infrastructure to Okta. A growing focus for our team has been an investment of cycles into AI agentic platforms, workflow orchestration, and data analytic dashboarding. We’re looking for engineers who enjoy solving tough problems and building with purpose.

 

The Staff Product Designer, AI Strategy Opportunity

Reporting to the VP Engineering, Shared Services, we’re building the future of secure, enterprise-grade AI. We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer to join our global AI team and lead the design of both applied AI experiences that transform the way employees work and the platform components that make it easier for developers to build with AI.

This is a senior design role for someone who thrives in complexity, can simplify emerging AI technologies into intuitive interfaces, and enjoys collaborating closely with engineers and product leaders across India and the US.

 

What you’ll be doing 

  • Own the end-to-end design of applied AI use cases — from exploration and ideation to prototypes and polished experiences.
  • Shape the developer experience for our Agentic AI platform, designing components, patterns, and workflows that accelerate AI adoption.
  • Partner with product managers, engineers, and researchers to define how AI-powered features should look, feel, and function.
  • Translate complex AI capabilities (LLMs, RAG pipelines, agent frameworks) into clear, human-centered experiences.
  • Build and evolve design systems and reusable patterns for AI experiences across Okta.
  • Mentor other designers, sharing best practices for designing with emerging AI technologies.
  • Work closely with India- and US-based teams as part of one global design and engineering effort.

 

What you’ll bring to the role

  • 8+ years of product design experience, including significant time working on complex enterprise applications or AI/ML-driven products.
  • A strong portfolio that demonstrates human-centered design solutions for technical or ambiguous problem spaces.
  • Expertise in interaction design, UX, and prototyping; ability to simplify complex workflows into elegant solutions.
  • Experience designing for developer platforms or technical tools is a strong plus.
  • Comfortable collaborating with engineers and product managers on cutting-edge AI use cases.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence design direction across global teams.
  • Passion for shaping how AI is experienced in secure, enterprise-ready environments.

 

Why join us?

As a Staff Product Designer at Okta, you’ll play a leading role in defining how employees and developers experience AI. You’ll design applied AI solutions that bring immediate impact to productivity and decision-making, while also shaping the platform and developer experience that ensures AI can scale securely across the enterprise. Working with a global team spanning the US and India, you’ll influence the future of AI at Okta and set the bar for what great AI experiences should feel like.

 

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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California. 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 the San Francisco Bay area is between: $188,000—$282,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

  • Amazing Benefits
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  • Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community 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/.Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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