Staff Product Manager - Okta Identity Governance

October 22, 2026

About the position

Okta is seeking a Staff Product Manager to advance Okta Identity Governance (OIG), a product that helps customers maintain zero-standing privileges, automate access certifications, streamline lifecycle management, and meet compliance obligations. The role calls for a strong technical background and close partnership with engineering, architecture, design, and cross-functional product teams. The product manager will engage with customers, define and execute product strategy and roadmaps, make prioritization trade-offs, lead a scrum team to deliver high-quality features on communicated timelines, and serve as a thought leader on product innovations and the competitive landscape. The position requires working from a local office two days per week and attending in-person orientation in either San Francisco or Chicago.

Responsibilities

Engage with customers to understand pain points related to governance, compliance, and access management, and identify opportunities for Okta to help.
Define and execute the roadmap for the Okta Identity Governance platform.
Set product strategy and vision for the product area and evangelize it to internal and external stakeholders.
Prioritize roadmap trade-offs to enable execution of the product vision.
Lead a scrum team of engineers and deliver key features with high quality within communicated timelines.
Stay informed about innovations and the competitive landscape in the product area.
Work with Product Marketing to articulate Okta's differentiation from market alternatives and act as a thought leader for the product area.

Requirements

7+ years of product management experience, preferably in Enterprise SaaS or IaaS.
Experience developing phased roadmaps for complex or abstract projects and executing them to deliver products customers value.
Customer-obsessed, with an owner mindset, outcome orientation, curiosity, and team spirit.
Bachelor's degree or an MBA.

Nice-to-haves

Familiarity with Okta and how its technology works for Identity Governance and Access Management.
Direct experience or practical knowledge of identity governance concepts, including access certifications, entitlement management, role-based access control (RBAC), and separation of duties.
Familiarity with standards such as SCIM and SAML.
Familiarity with the identity governance competitive landscape, particularly SailPoint, Saviynt, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, and other IGA and PAM providers.

Benefits

Equity, where applicable.
Bonus.
Health insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
401(k).
Flexible spending account.
Paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.

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