Staff Product Designer

Okta is hiring a Staff Product Designer to shape the user experience for Okta Identity Governance. In this hybrid role based in New York, you will own long-term design strategy, lead end-to-end journeys across the Okta portfolio, and align cross-functional partners around meaningful product direction.

Role Focus

Designing user experience for Okta Identity Governance. You will design the UX for Okta Identity Governance, connecting user needs to business goals through systems-thinking.

Responsibilities

• Own the long-term design strategy for your product area, influencing where it goes across multiple releases beyond the immediate roadmap.
• Partner with design leadership to define patterns and standards that other designers can build on, helping raise the quality bar within your scope.
• Lead through influence by aligning product, engineering, research, and content partners around a shared direction without relying on formal authority.
• Lead end-to-end journeys across the Okta portfolio for multiple personas, including IT and security admins, compliance owners, resource owners, approving managers, and end users.
• Apply systems thinking to connect user insights to business objectives and create experiences that help keep millions of users safe every day.
• Facilitate co-creation workshops with Product Management and Engineering to shape opportunities and clarify what is worth building.
• Mentor senior designers by guiding their project work and supporting growth and career development.
• Present concepts and ideas to adjacent teams and senior leadership to drive alignment and influence product decisions.
• Advocate thoughtful use of AI across researching, brainstorming, iterating on solutions, prototyping, and collaborating with team members.

Requirements

• Experience leading cross-discipline teams, with a view of design as a strategic partner to PM and Engineering across product and UX outcomes.
• Ability to move between big-picture thinking and detailed execution, creating clarity for partners in ambiguous situations.
• A teacher’s mindset to mentor and train others.
• Thought leadership through exploration of new technologies and territories, while still delivering practical designs.
• Passion for creating and sharing product and design UX principles that support cohesive user experiences.
• Comfort incorporating AI into the design process, including building tools or reusable prompts and vetting outputs for accuracy, design system fit, and usability before release.
• Strong user-centered approach, balancing empathy for user needs with business objectives and engineering considerations.
• Comfort owning all stages of design within a given product area.
• Storytelling skills to communicate design ideas to a range of stakeholders.
• A portfolio demonstrating complex technical design work across the design process, including generative and evaluative research, discovery, interaction design, information architecture, and visual design.
• 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.
• Digital portfolio link required when applying.
• Ability to share Okta’s values and work in accordance with those values.

Tools and Technologies

• Figma
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

Compensation

Annual salary range: USD 156,000 - 215,000.

Location and Work Model

• Location: New York, NY (hybrid)
• Orientation: Attend in person orientation the first week of employment in either San Francisco or Chicago.
• Office attendance: Go into the office 2 days a week.

Benefits

• Supporting Your Well-Being
• Driving Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

Experience Level

Minimum experience: 7 years.

Education

Education: Degree in a related field.