Principal BT Product Manager
Okta · Posted Oct 23
Cloud-based identity and access management solutions for workforce and customer security
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About the role
The Enterprise Technology team at Okta builds and delivers the secure, scalable systems that power how the business runs, and its People Technology Team owns the full Hire-to-Retire technical ecosystem including Workday, Greenhouse, and Cornerstone. Reporting to the Director of People Technology, this Principal Product Manager role owns the People Technology portfolio for Employee Growth & Talent, acting as the bridge between global People leaders and delivery teams. The role shapes multi-year strategy and roadmaps, business cases for ATS/LMS/Workday Extend initiatives, and AI-driven talent automation across the talent lifecycle.
What you will do
- Product Strategy & Roadmap Leadership: Define the multi-year product vision and strategy for the Growth & Talent domain in close collaboration with functional and technical leadership. Translate that strategy into a prioritized, outcome-driven roadmap that articulates clear business value, return on investment (ROI), and measurable impact on talent operations and employee experience.
- Talent Ecosystem Modernization: Build data-driven business cases and functional strategies for major platform initiatives across the talent ecosystem (e.g., ATS, LMS, and custom Workday Extend applications), articulating clear ROI, operational efficiency gains, and improved employee and candidate experiences.
- Delivery Lead Partnership: Partner closely with the Growth & Talent Delivery Lead to translate business priorities and functional requirements into well-scoped epics and user stories, while maintaining clear alignment on trade-offs, velocity, and delivery milestones.
- Functional & Technical Alignment: Act as the voice of the business and end users within technical discussions, translating complex functional requirements into clear product specifications and acceptance criteria. Partner with the delivery team to evaluate technical trade-offs, balancing user experience, operational risk, and long-term scalability.
- AI & Talent Automation Strategy: Define the strategy and functional requirements for integrating AI across the talent lifecycle (sourcing, onboarding, learning, internal mobility)—evaluating build vs. buy solutions, designing human-in-the-loop workflows, and ensuring enterprise-grade privacy and ethical AI standards.
- Global Stakeholder Management: Drive cross-functional alignment across Digital Solutions, distributed executive stakeholders, business functional leads, and US-based product counterparts to ensure clear visibility, smooth change management, and high program adoption.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 8+ years of Product Management experience leading internal enterprise platforms, enterprise HR/Talent systems, or complex B2B SaaS products at global scale.
- Deep Talent Tech Domain Expertise: In-depth understanding of core Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and Performance/Talent Management processes, with hands-on familiarity with enterprise platforms such as Greenhouse, Cornerstone, and Workday Talent (or equivalent ATS/LMS/HCM ecosystems).
- Strategic Business Case & ROI Sizing: Proven ability to translate long-term business goals into multi-year product strategies, build data-backed investment cases, and measure the tangible ROI and operational impact of platform initiatives.
- Technical Fluency & Cross-Functional Translation: Demonstrated track record partnering with delivery teams on system integrations, data flows, and technical trade-offs—translating complex business requirements into clear functional specifications, acceptance criteria, and PRDs.
- AI & Automation Acumen: Functional understanding of enterprise AI applications, generative AI capabilities, and automated workflows, with an appreciation for human-in-the-loop design, ethical AI, and data privacy safeguards.
- Autonomous Global Leadership: Proven success operating with high autonomy across distributed time zones (US / APAC / EMEA), driving alignment and influencing senior business stakeholders and technical delivery teams asynchronously.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience scoping and delivering solutions on enterprise platform extensibility frameworks (e.g., Workday Extend, orchestration engines, or custom application ecosystems).
- Direct experience conceptualizing, testing, or deploying agentic AI workflows, conversational interfaces, or autonomous task automation in an enterprise HR context.
- Working knowledge of enterprise data governance, compliance standards (SOX, SOC2, GDPR), and sensitive employee data handling.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Okta
Okta is a leading independent provider of cloud-based identity and access management solutions that securely connect people and technologies to the right applications. The company powers both Workforce Identity and Customer Identity platforms, allowing organizations to securely manage user access and navigate modern challenges like agentic AI security.
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Company size
- 7500+ employees
- Founded
- 2009
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $228M raised
- 2010-02-01Series A$10M
- 2011-08-01Series B$16.5M
- 2012-12-01Series C$25M
- 2013-09-01Series D$27M
- 2014-06-01Series E$75M
- 2015-09-01Series F$75M
- 2018-02-21Post IPO Debt$300M
Leadership
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Legal Officer
Recent coverage
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