Senior Product Manager - Policies

Okta; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 169,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid leave

Job summary

Okta in the United States is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Policies, to own the policy roadmap and execute on risk-based authentication features across the platform. You'll collaborate with engineering, design, and cross-functional teams to shape the Policy Framework, Policy API, and Auth Pipeline and drive change management, rollout, and operational excellence at scale.

The role demands 6+ years in product management, a background in identity or security, strong communication, and a

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in product management.
• Experience in identity, security, enterprise-scale, platform, or developer products.
• Ability to have in-depth technical discussions with engineering teams.
• Ability to connect platform-level decisions to business outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication; executive storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Own roadmap and prioritization for the Policies product area.
• Collaborate with design and engineering to ship policies with best-in-class UX and security.
• Drive direction for the Policy Framework, Policy API, and Auth Pipeline.
• Define operational governance: versioning, staged rollout, auditability, rollback.
• Engage with customers, SE, Support, and other product teams to translate needs into requirements.
• Use AI tools to accelerate spec writing, competitive analysis, and prototyping.
• Coordinate with global cross-functional teams for launch and adoption.
• Represent Policies in customer escalations, executive briefings, and enterprise evaluations.
• Track trends in adaptive authentication, risk-based access, and session security.

Job description

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

As Senior Product Manager, Policies, you own product strategy and execution for Okta's authentication policy roadmap. The Policies team owns how Okta evaluates risk and context to decide when, how, and whether a user, machine, or agentic identity is allowed to authenticate and stay authenticated. This includes Application Sign-On Policy, Global Session Policy, Okta Account Management Policy (OAMP), and Device Signal Collection Policy as well as the underlying Policy Framework, Policy API, and Auth Pipeline that power them.

Policies is foundational to the entire Okta product portfolio as it's the decision layer that sits between every authentication event and the security experience a customer wants for their end users. You'll work closely with engineering, design, other product teams, and cross-functional stakeholders across Okta's platform to ensure policy capabilities evolve strategically, including how policy changes are rolled out and managed at scale (change management / identity operations).

What You'll Do

• Own roadmap and prioritization for your product area, balancing customer requests, platform needs, and market/strategic differentiation
• Collaborate with design and engineering to define, scope, and ship policies that have best-in-class user experience while meeting the security needs of Okta customers
• Drive product direction for the Policy Framework, Policy API, and Auth Pipeline that underpin every policy evaluation across Okta
• Define how policy changes are managed operationally - versioning, staged rollout, auditability, and rollback - as part of a broader change management and identity operations strategy
• Work directly with customers, Solutions Engineering, Support, and other product teams to understand policy needs and translate them into product requirements
• Use AI tools to accelerate spec writing, competitive analysis, and rapid prototyping to drive roadmap alignment and execution
• Collaborate with global cross-functional teams, including engineering, field teams, tech partnerships, and marketing, to ensure successful launch and adoption of policy-related experiences
• Serve as the subject matter expert, representing Policies in customer escalations, executive briefings, and enterprise prospect evaluations, as well as partnerships with Marketing and GTM counterparts
• Track industry trends in adaptive authentication, risk-based access, and session security to develop solutions differentiated from the competition

What You Bring to Okta

• 6+ years experience in product management
• Experience in identity, security, enterprise-scale, platform, or developer products
• Ability to have in-depth technical discussions with engineering teams
• Ability to connect platform-level decisions to Okta's broader business outcomes and market position as a technology leader
• Ability to empathize and dig deeper into customer problems and needs before designing solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication; comfortable flexing between spec-level detail and executive narrative
• Entrepreneurial and ownership mindset - given an ambiguous problem, you decide what matters, decide what to do about it, and drive it forward
• Collaborative by default - you strive to earn trust with customers, cross-functional partners, and stakeholders. Your default is to bring people in early and often to inform a blended, stronger direction

Nice to Have

• Experience with policy engines, rules-based decisioning systems, or risk-scoring products
• Experience with change management tooling, feature flagging, or safe-rollout systems at scale
• Experience with non-human identity or agentic identity use cases as they relate to authentication policy

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Salary

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $189,000—$260,000 USD.

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington: $169,000—$232,000 USD. 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 Canada is between: $146,000—$200,000 CAD. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can.

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