About the Role
Okta is seeking a Scrum Lead to support the Digital team's operational PODs, focusing on securing AI by building trusted infrastructure. This role offers an opportunity to do career-defining work on a mission-driven team.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Scrum Team(s) in being Agile with a focus on a product-driven organization embracing a customer-focused product operating model.
- Lead with a continuous improvement mindset, evolving the team’s practices to deliver business outcomes.
- Facilitate and support all Scrum events, removing impediments, coaching and onboarding team members.
- Ensure critical blockers are removed and all parties are informed.
- Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration.
- Guide the Scrum Team and others to understand agile values, principles, and practices.
- Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of maturity and effective delivery of value to the customers.
- Partner with the Product Owner and Delivery team to understand priorities, groom the backlog, and set and deliver on sprint and quarterly plans.
- Partner with Technical Program Managers to manage cross-functional programs with co-dependencies.
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience running multiple scrum teams in a SaaS environment.
- 5+ years’ experience coaching and mentoring technical Scrum teams.
- Excellent knowledge of Agile Software Development.
- Excellent knowledge of Asana, Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence) and/or other work management/collaboration tools.
- Knowledge and demonstrated ability in working with collaboration tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Lucid).
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to analyze and think quickly to resolve roadblocks.
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment and influence without authority.
- Self-motivated with the ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction.
- Exposure and/or knowledge of Business Systems such as Salesforce, Financial Management, Workday, etc.
Skills
- Agile Software Development
- Asana
- Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence)
- Work management tools
- Collaboration tools
- Google Workspace
- Slack
- Zoom
- Lucid
- Salesforce
- Financial Management
- Workday
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Scrum Leader certification preferred (CSM, A-CSM, etc)
- Product Owner certification or equivalent preferred (CSPO, etc)
Salary/Compensations
- $130,000—$178,200 USD (San Francisco Bay Area)
- $116,000—$159,500 USD (California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Washington)
- $104,000—$143,000 CAD (Canada)
Benefits
- Equity (where applicable)
- Bonus
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- 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 every identity, from AI to human, by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace the new era of AI.
- Okta is intentional about connection, with a global community spanning over 20 offices worldwide, united by a drive to innovate.
- The journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate impact and connect to the mission and team from day one.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- Okta also considers for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.
- Reasonable accommodation is available to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding.
- Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process.
