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Okta · 5 hours ago

Senior Engineering Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure & Security

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$144K/yr - $216K/yr

5+ years exp

Okta is The World’s Identity Company, focused on providing secure access and authentication solutions. The Senior Engineering Technical Program Manager will lead initiatives within the Engineering organization, partnering with various teams to enhance product security and drive operational improvements.

CRMEnterprise SoftwareIdentity ManagementIT InfrastructureManagement Information SystemsSoftwareWeb Development

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Structure, kick-off, and run continuous and/or time-bound security & compliance or infrastructure programs within and beyond the Engineering organization by clarifying priorities, enabling the execution of deliverables, defining program process flows, and providing continuous transparency

Project manage security initiatives within and beyond Engineering, across multiple teams; taking a hands-on and proactive approach to unblock progress, introduce efficiencies, and provide workflow solutions

Build and maintain alignment across multiple teams for keeping a focus on execution, continuous improvement, and operational excellence

Anticipate and mitigate risks - by having close involvement with teams’ goals and challenges, applying past experience, and keeping in mind the big picture

Provide clear and crisp transparency to the status and progress of security initiatives

Qualification

Technical Program ManagementSaaS Product DevelopmentSecurity InitiativesAgileScrumTechnical AptitudeLeadership SkillsCommunication SkillsSelf-starter

Required

Minimum 5 years of technical program management experience in a SaaS product development environment – kicking off and managing cross-organizational programs

Minimum 3 years of technical project management experience in a SaaS product development environment – working hand-in-hand with Engineers to deliver

Experience with delivering security or compliance initiatives within Engineering organizations preferred

Excellent verbal and written communication; experience effectively communicating and presenting to teams located across different locations and people ranging from individual team members to C-level executives

Strong leadership skills; able to successfully influence without authority

Strong technical aptitude/affinity; experience working directly with software, test and/or system engineers

Self-starter; able to work well in an ambiguous and constantly changing, fast paced environment

Bachelor's degree

Training in Agile and Scrum

This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data

As a condition of employment, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g., a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee; 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire

This role requires in-person onboarding and travel to our San Francisco, CA HQ office or our Chicago office during the first week of employment