Staff Product Designer - Okta Identity Governance

Okta•Washington, DC

8h•$164,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Okta is seeking a Staff Product Designer to shape its product portfolio and lead the user experience for Okta Identity Governance. The product helps large organizations request, review, and manage access, including proving access decisions to auditors. The designer will make complex, company-wide access reviews feel simple and intuitive for customers. This role owns long-term design strategy for its product area across multiple releases, establishes design patterns and standards, and leads through influence across product, engineering, research, and content. It designs end-to-end journeys across the Okta portfolio for IT and security administrators, compliance and resource owners, approving managers, and end users. The designer also facilitates collaborative workshops, mentors senior designers, presents to teams and leadership, and promotes thoughtful, carefully validated use of AI in the design process. The position is hybrid and requires in-office work two days per week, as well as in-person orientation during the first week of employment in either San Francisco or Chicago. The listed annual base salary range for candidates in California (excluding the San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is $164,000–$225,000. Okta also offers equity where applicable, a bonus, and benefits including health, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave including PTO and parental leave, subject to applicable plans and policies.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience as a Product Designer.
A degree in a related field or relevant work experience as a Product Designer or UX Designer.
Proficiency in Figma or similar design tools.
At least a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
A digital portfolio demonstrating depth across a variety of projects, including shipped work used in real products; a portfolio link is required when applying.
Experience leading cross-disciplinary teams and partnering with Product Management and Engineering on strategic and operational product and UX outcomes.
Ability to move between big-picture thinking and detail and create clarity in ambiguous situations.
Ability to mentor and train others.
Ability to explore new technologies and territories while delivering practical designs.
Ability to balance user goals with business objectives and engineering considerations.
Strong storytelling and presentation skills for communicating design ideas to varied stakeholders.
Must attend in-person orientation during the first week of employment in San Francisco or Chicago.
Must work in the office two days per week.

Responsibilities

Own long-term design strategy for the product area across multiple releases.
Partner with design leadership to define patterns and standards and raise design quality.
Lead through influence, aligning product, engineering, research, and content partners around a direction.
Design end-to-end journeys across the Okta portfolio for multiple personas, including IT and security administrators, compliance owners, resource owners, approving managers, and end users.
Connect user insights to business goals using systems thinking.
Facilitate co-creation workshops with Product Management and Engineering to identify opportunities and shape what to build.
Mentor senior designers and support their growth and career development.
Present ideas and concepts to adjacent teams and senior leadership to build alignment and influence product decisions.
Advocate for thoughtful use of AI in research, brainstorming, solution iteration, prototyping, and collaboration; build tools and reusable prompts and vet AI output for accuracy, design-system fit, and usability.
Own all stages of design within the product area, including research, discovery, interaction design, information architecture, and visual design.
Communicate design ideas and principles to stakeholders and help teams deliver cohesive user experiences.