Staff Technical Program Manager, Okta

• We seek a Staff Technical Program Manager who demonstrates strong leadership and a strategic mindset, with a proven track record in driving cross-functional initiatives. You possess an in-depth understanding of BT infrastructure, security, business applications, and data landscapes
• You are comfortable diving deep into the technical details across multiple disciplines and can leverage your technical domain knowledge to facilitate conversations solving critical challenges & hard problems
• You operate with a high-degree of autonomy, easily removing ambiguity and managing dependencies across multiple teams, exercising independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• You have 5-8 years of project/program management experience in a cloud/SaaS environment & solid understanding of working within an agile framework
• You have the ability to influence and navigate the organization without authority and are an expert communicator
• You have demonstrated ability working with project management & collaboration tools (Jira, Google Workspace, Smartsheet, Tempus, Asana, Slack, Zoom, Lucid, Confluence, Coupa, etc.)
• Bachelors of Science in CS, MIS, related degree or equivalent work experience with minimum of 4 years of technical work experience

Desirable

• The Planning, Programs & Operations (PPO) team leads strategic programs to accelerate scale and business outcomes across Okta. We drive processes and initiatives where dependencies and ambiguity exist and deep cross-functional interactions are needed to achieve success
• We love our customers and are successful with deep collaboration driving accountability & ownership
• The ideal candidate will utilize their agile project management expertise to collaborate with business units, partners, and technical teams, ensuring successful outcomes
• You will manage large cross-functional projects and programs, serving the needs of multiple stakeholders, working on issues where critical thinking & active stakeholder management will be essential
• You will build and track key deliverables & artifacts, developing risk mitigation plans where needed to ensure intended business outcomes & objectives
• You will facilitate decision making up and down the organization with SteerCo discussions, team level alignment and technical design meetings, right sizing the types & frequency of communication and collaboration needed
• You will be an advocate for process improvements evolving how we work in SaaS and Agile environments