Vice President, Product Management
$329k - $452k USD
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human
Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.
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Okta is seeking a Vice President of Product Management for Access Management. Access Management sits at the very core of our service and spans a broad technology scope, including Authentication Protocols, Multi Factor Authentication (MFA), Login Experience, Device Access, and Customer Identity. The Access Management team builds the experience that powers billions of monthly logins through Okta’s thousands of customers.
In a hyper-growth environment you will support the Access Management product management team in making roadmap prioritization decisions based on in-depth understanding of customer needs, market trends and the competitive landscape. You will partner with leaders across other product management teams, design, program management, engineering, finance and marketing to execute on the vision of providing secure access to everyone but not just anyone.
You will take an active role in identifying areas and levels of investment needed to deliver on company goals and continuously analyze build/license/buy opportunities across the Access Management portfolio.
You will leverage data and experience to make lots of decisions every day to help unblock teams, and you will not hesitate to make bold recommendations to senior company leadership.
This role can be based from a home office anywhere in the US or Canada.
You will lead the Access Management product management team in the following areas
- Creating effective product requirements for iterative customer value release
- Publishing and communicating product vision and roadmap
- Work very closely with Access Management engineering leadership
- Support the product management team on engaging with developers at all stages, from hobbyists to large enterprises, to continuously deliver value and assess priorities
- Work collaboratively with product designers and researchers to increase market awareness
- Roadmap sourcing strategy: Build x Buy x Partner
- Monitoring business impact: ROI, Pricing, Margins
- Partnering with go-to-market on Product Launches
- Continuously monitor team structure and investment levels, providing recommendations for optimizations
- Partner in a leading role with Program Management and Engineering leadership in quarterly and yearly planning
What You Bring
- 10+ years of technology leadership (directly managing people) focused on SaaS/IaaS/PaaS primarily in a space where developers are an important buyer of the product and at least 8 years of product management experience.
- Deep expertise and understanding of access management products and technologies
- Experience with agile software development, balanced with enterprise software customer needs
- Experience in building and maintaining a long-term roadmap in an environment of constant change
- Experience with developer acceleration frameworks such as SDKs, Quickstarts, and Reference implementations.
- Solid business foundation, having built business cases and defined pricing models
- Experience partnering with go-to-market teams in launching software products
- Proven ability to lead a diverse team of product managers at various levels of seniority
- Previous experience leading documentation and/or developer experience teams.
- Strong ability to influence and work cross-functionally
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Some travel will be required (US and International)
- Prior experience in a fast-paced and high-growth company is strongly preferred
Okta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies are part of the deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. They also align strongly to our cultural cornerstones, our Okta values: love our customers, empower our people, never stop innovating, act with integrity, and maintain transparency. It’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies:
- Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
- Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
- Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
- Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
- Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
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The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:
$329,000—$452,100 USD
Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, 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, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between:
$294,000—$403,700 USD
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