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About the Role

Okta is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to join the Product Engineering team. This role involves partnering with leaders in Engineering, Product Management, and Design to launch next-generation security solutions. The teams operate with a customer-first mindset, focusing on rapid iteration, ownership, and data-driven decisions in a fast-paced SaaS environment. The Staff Technical Program Manager will drive the planning and delivery of complex, multi-team, cross-functional technical initiatives, aligning execution with strategic objectives and promoting continuous improvement, operational excellence, and innovation.

Responsibilities

Structure and drive large-scale, continuous, or time-bound initiatives by clarifying priorities, enabling execution of deliverables, and defining program process flows.
Lead the execution of multi-team technical programs, ensuring alignment across cross-functional groups and delivering results against shared multi-quarter objectives.
Extensively navigate interdependencies affecting complex programs, including product/engineering alignment and change management.
Take a hands-on, proactive approach to manage dependencies, unblock progress, define timelines, and provide workflow solutions.
Anticipate and mitigate risks by maintaining close involvement with team goals and challenges, applying past experience to the "big picture".
Provide structured communication and updates to senior leadership on status, risks, and delivery progress.
Drive effective teamwork and commitment across disparate groups with competing priorities and high ambiguity.
Lead the introduction of new processes or workflows to benefit teams, rolling them out in an iterative manner.
Build and maintain alignment across multiple teams to keep a focus on execution and operational excellence.
Coach and mentor others inside and outside of your project teams, guiding them on methods and procedures for complex assignments.
Collaborate with and influence senior leadership in situations without direct authority.

Requirements

10+ years of combined experience in technical program management roles, driving programs from inception to production in large-scale SaaS environments.
Strong technical knowledge of various technologies and business units; ability to leverage domain knowledge to facilitate and debate technical solutions.
Proven history of driving programs from code complete to General Availability (end-to-end "go to market" phases).
Exceptional verbal and written communication; experience effectively presenting to audiences ranging from individual engineers to C-level executives.

Skills

Technical Program Management
SaaS Environments
Technical Aptitude
Lifecycle Leadership
Communication
PMP or Agile certifications (CSM, CSPO) preferred

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

10+ years

Education Level

Bachelors of Science in CS, MIS, or related technical degree
PMP or Agile certifications (CSM, CSPO) preferred

Salary/Compensations

$182,000—$249,700 USD (San Francisco Bay Area)
$131,000—$180,400 CAD (Canada)

Benefits

Equity (where applicable)
Bonus
Health, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
RRSP with a match (Canada)
Healthcare spending (Canada)
Telemedicine (Canada)

About the Company

Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era.
We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.
This is an opportunity to do career-defining work.
We're all in on this mission.
Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate.
Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.

Equal Opportunity

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 complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.
Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process.