Staff Product Designer – UI Platform
About The Position
The Staff Product Designer – UI Platform is a high-impact individual contributor and foundational design lead for Okta’s global user experience infrastructure. As part of the Product Platform group, this designer serves as a subject-matter expert and strategic thought partner, shaping horizontal design patterns, design architecture, localization and globalization frameworks, and accessibility standards (WCAG) for Okta Workforce Identity products. The role partners with cross-functional UI Platform leads to advance platform initiatives and align user experience with developer experience across product and engineering organizations. It also works closely with the Design Systems team, bridging the design system and the feature teams that apply it. The designer is responsible for maintaining experience quality and advocating for customers, particularly when rapid delivery risks compromising quality.
Requirements
- 10 or more years of experience as a Product Designer.
- A degree in a related field or relevant work experience as a Product Designer.
- Proficiency in Figma, Miro, Balsamiq, and/or similar design tools.
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Proficiency in AI workflows and their application to product design, with informed opinions about the strengths and limitations of AI tools.
- Strong systems-thinking skills and the ability to identify elegant, extensible solutions.
- Excellent design craft and attention to detail, with the ability to provide design feedback and mentor other designers.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and advocate for consistent, high-quality design using sound rationale.
- A portfolio demonstrating leadership on complex projects across conceptual, interaction, information architecture, and visual design, including large horizontal scopes and groups.
- Ability to manage ambiguity with openness and curiosity and help teams develop clarity.
- Ability to work collaboratively and contribute to a healthy team.
- Must work from a local office two days per week.
- Must attend in-person orientation during the first week of employment at the San Francisco or Chicago office.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with large-scale enterprise and SaaS products.
- Portfolio examples of design work in code.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Design Systems team as a UI platform and design system expert, identifying and creating scalable, accessible (WCAG), and localized patterns; document and promote these patterns to resolve dependencies across products.
- Partner with cross-functional UI Platform leads to align vision and design strategy, and co-own the roadmap balancing features, technical debt, quality, and adoption.
- Enable Okta Research and Development teams through clear alignment and documentation.
- Improve organization-wide processes and mentor designers to support craft excellence, candid feedback, and growth.
- Use data and AI insights to inform platform-level design decisions and streamline governance.
- Own design across multiple teams within a product area and contribute to strategic and operational product and UX outcomes.
- Provide design feedback and uphold high-quality, cohesive customer experiences.
Benefits
- Equity, where applicable.
- Bonus.
- Health insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- 401(k).
- Flexible spending account.
- Paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.
- In-person onboarding experience.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
