Director of Blueprint Technical Activation

Okta Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 232,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a Director of Blueprint Technical Activation to lead the technical integration layer for AI deployments across customers.

You will partner with product, engineering, and services to translate customer needs into scalable, repeatable solutions and ensure secure, enterprise-grade activation. You will supervise design and build of integrations, craft reference architectures, and drive partnerships with technology partners.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in solutions architecture, integration engineering, or technical leadership.
• Hands-on depth—design, build, review, and troubleshoot integrations.
• Deep understanding of identity and security in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize customer integration needs blocking deployment.
• Design and build integrations with partners and internal teams.
• Create reusable reference architectures and deployable patterns.
• Translate customer requirements into product roadmap implications.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Integration engineering

Leadership

Security

Identity

Cloud

SaaS

Partnerships

Tools

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Salesforce

Okta product suite

Job description

# Director of Blueprint Technical ActivationSan Francisco, California**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. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.## **About the role**Enterprise AI environments are complex. Customers are deploying agents across AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce, and other platforms while connecting them to security, data, and business systems from a growing ecosystem of technology providers.Making AI secure requires Okta to work across the systems customers already have.This role owns the **technical integration layer** that makes that possible.You will work directly with customers to identify the integrations blocking AI adoption, determine what needs to be built, and drive solutions from customer need to production. You will work across Okta Product and Engineering, FDE, Professional Services, and technology partners to solve complex integration challenges—and turn repeatable customer solutions into product.You are the technical counterpart to the GTM/Activation leader. They drive the program, field adoption, and partner activation. **You own the technical architecture, integration strategy, and execution.**## **What you'll own**### **Identify and prioritize customer needs*** Work directly with O4AA customers and technical teams to identify integration challenges blocking deployment, adoption, security, or scale.* Maintain a prioritized integration backlog based on customer demand, revenue impact, strategic importance, and repeatability.* Serve as the technical escalation point for complex integration challenges.### **Solve and scale integrations*** Design and build integrations when Okta's existing products don't fully address the customer need.* Work alongside customer architects, engineers, FDEs, and Professional Services during complex implementations.* Create reusable reference architectures, code, configurations, and technical patterns.* Turn one-off solutions into repeatable capabilities that can be scaled through the field, partners, and services teams.### **Turn customer needs into product*** Partner closely with ORD Integrations and Okta Product teams to translate customer requirements into product.* Build the business and technical case for roadmap changes using customer evidence.* Identify recurring integration needs that should become supported Okta capabilities.* Close the loop from **customer → solution → product requirement → shipped capability.**### **Build the technical ecosystem*** Work with strategic technology partners across cloud, business applications, security, and AI platforms.* Develop and validate joint architectures and integrations that solve real customer problems.* Enable partner engineering teams, FDEs, Professional Services, and the field to deploy repeatable solutions.* Provide the technical proof behind customer stories, demos, and partner launches.## **What you'll bring*** 10+ years in solutions architecture, integration engineering, partner engineering, field engineering, or technical leadership across enterprise security, identity, cloud, or SaaS.* Experience leading complex technical programs across customers, engineering, product, and technology partners.* Hands-on technical depth—you can design, build, review, and troubleshoot integrations.* Deep understanding of identity and securityP26270The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $232,000—$290,000 USDBelow 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:$207,000—$259,000 USD**The Okta Experience*** Supporting Your Well-Being* Driving Social Impact* Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + CommunityWe are intentional about connection. 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. 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. 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. 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