Principal Product Manager, Okta

• We are looking for a self-starter, customer obsessed, curious, and empathetic product manager who enjoys discovering the customer requirements, innovating on their behalf, and developing experiences that raise the bar for security
• This position is ideal for someone who has had an engineering and architectural background with PAM
• 5+ years Product Management experience with a minimum of 3 years Product Management experience in PAM
• Strong experience in PAM
• Deep knowledge of PAM concepts, solutions and principles
• Strong communication (presentation, verbal and written) and collaboration skills, you possess the ability and confidence to deliver messages to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proven ability to deliver timely and flawless execution on time and on budget with complex projects within an expedited timeline with high executive visibility
• You are able to independently operate and take a proactive approach to your projects
• Experience in working collaboratively with global cross functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to execute a vision and strategy
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. You can produce solid action plans from often incomplete, conflicting or ambiguous inputs
• Passion for Okta’s huge opportunity and growth potential, and general thirst for learning with an ability to go broad and deep across business and technical contexts
• Knowledge and experience of other PAM offerings in the market

Desirable

• The Security team’s mission is to strengthen Okta’s position as the leading Identity-as-a- Service solutions through identifying and resolving risks to the employees, product, and most importantly, our customers
• With the ever-increasing pace of cloud application adoption, companies are struggling to find ways to accurately assess risk and act at the speed of their business
• You will be instrumental in enabling Okta to be our first and best customer by implementing Okta capabilities and partnering closely with Okta Product teams to enhance our offerings
• This position has a high level of visibility, so you will need to be able to communicate clearly and compellingly at all levels of the company
• On a daily basis, you'll have a chance to work with everyone who makes PAM successful, including senior leadership, engineers and more
• You will serve as the primary point of contact for PAM-related enquiries and meet with internal customers to understand our core strengths and weaknesses
• You will synthesize that feedback and other industry knowledge, with business and service data, to create strategies and test hypotheses
• As someone central to the success of Okta’s PAM, people will look to you on a regular basis to solve problems and help the broader customer base
• To develop that expertise, you'll constantly be looking to learn by reaching out to other experts within Okta
• Develop and refine the product strategy and long term roadmap for PAM, aligning with Okta’s business and security objectives
• Prepare for and lead planning activities, collaborate with engineering teams to define and document user stories and use-cases to guide and prioritize features for PAM
• Act as the primary liaison between the business and engineering teams to define and communicate product requirements, including features, user experience, and technical specifications, to engineering teams
• Work closely in a hands-on style with the engineering team, addressing daily prioritization needs and providing real-time feedback
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders to drive the evolution of PAM products and capabilities
• Define and create metric based reports and KPIs to provide leadership visibility on scope, coverage and capacity
• Partner with your peers in Security, Product Management and Development, Business Technology and Engineering to deliver world class PAM solutions to secure the business and enable Okta’s workforce
• Encourage automation opportunities to reduce manual tasks for support teams and enable the business to accomplish repeatable requests via self service
• Leverage product data to continually get smarter about how to improve our existing products, and work across the business to drive adoption and success
• Track industry trends and think strategically to develop solutions that are differentiated from the competition
• Be the subject matter expert for your product area and help enable your counterparts in the core product, Marketing, and tech partnerships teams