Get to know Okta

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.

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 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.

Staff Technical Program Manager

Okta is looking for a Staff Technical Program Manager to join our Workforce Identity Cloud team to partner with leaders from Engineering, Product Management and Design to build large-scale, mission-critical software in a fast-paced SaaS environment. Our teams work with a customer-first mindset: rapid iteration, a high degree of ownership, and lots of product experimentation, analysis, and rapid decision making. 

The qualified candidate will have strong experience in technical program management, Agile iterative development, and leading projects to completion. We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated, driven and has a demonstrated commitment to accountability and responsibility for the success of projects with clear and concise communication to stakeholders and leadership. Knowledge of or experience working with Azure Integration, Directories and Okta Integration Network product spaces is preferred.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deliver continuous and/or time-bound initiatives by clarifying priorities, enabling the execution of deliverables for their team, implementing defined program process flows, and providing continuous transparency to all levels of the organization.
• Manage initiatives across multiple teams; taking a hands-on and proactive approach to tracking dependencies, unblocking work, defining timelines, and communicating commitments.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks by having close involvement with team goals and challenges, applying past experience, and keeping in mind the big picture.
• Build and maintain alignment across multiple teams to keep a focus on execution.
• Support new processes/workflows to benefit Engineering teams or cross-organizational initiatives.
• Collaborate with and influence leadership in situations with ambiguity and without authority.
• Use emotional intelligence to provide clear, concise communication tailored to disparate audiences.

Minimum REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 8+ years experience for staff level with strong technical aptitude/affinity; experience working directly with consumer-facing products and services.
• Working in a startup environment with innovation and creativity applied in day to day activities.
• Kicking off and managing cross-organizational projects, working hand-in-hand with Engineers to deliver.
• Partnering with Product Management, Design, and Engineering teams to deliver customer-facing features.
• Demonstrable examples of proactive learning and research to understand a program’s technical, product and business domain.
• Strong verbal and written communication; experience effectively communicating to teams located across different locations and people ranging from individual team members to executive leadership.
• Strong leadership skills; Able to independently influence and resolve conflicts with others.
• Self-starter; able to work well in an ambiguous and constantly changing, fast-paced environment.
• Must come physically into the office 2 days week

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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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