Vice President, Product Management

Okta; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 329,000 - 452,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Flexible spending account

Paid time off including parental leave

Social impact opportunities

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Vice President of Product Management for Access Management in San Francisco. This role involves partnering with product teams to drive roadmap prioritization, leveraging data for decision-making, and influencing company leadership. Candidates should have over 10 years of technology leadership experience, a deep understanding of access management products, and extensive agile software experience. Competitive salary and benefits structure including equity and wellness programs offered.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead diverse product management teams.
• Solid business foundation with pricing model experience.
• Strong ability to work cross-functionally and influence outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support Access Management team in roadmap prioritizations.
• Engage with product designers for market awareness.
• Monitor team structure and investment levels.

Skills

Technology leadership

Management of SaaS/IaaS/PaaS

Access management expertise

Agile software development

Influencing skills

Excellent communication

Education

10+ years in technology leadership

8+ years in product management

Job description

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

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.

Responsibilities

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.

• 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

• 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.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between $329,000—$452,100 USD. For candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington the range is $294,000—$403,700 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.

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/

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