Engineering Manager, Okta Identity Governance

Okta Inc

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$204,000–$280,500 / yr
Posted
81 days ago
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This role pays more than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $185,500–$270,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $242k versus about $228k for comparable roles.

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About Okta Inc

Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[

Okta Inc currently has 103 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$238,000 across 103 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Okta Identity Governance

The Engineering Manager, Okta Identity Governance will lead a team of elite engineers within the Okta Identity Governance and Administration organization. This role involves managing the design and construction of product features across various access governance personas, ensuring that employees can securely request and approve access to necessary resources. You will be responsible for establishing clear priorities, providing technical guidance, mentoring team members, and driving engineering best practices to deliver high-quality, scalable software. Key responsibilities include collaborating with product management to refine roadmaps and handling support tickets, bug fixes, and enhancement work for large enterprise applications. The role requires over eight years of experience in enterprise cloud software development and three years of technical management, focusing on solving complex identity governance and administration problems for thousands of enterprises.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $279400 from 84 postings across 24 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Manage a team of engineers responsible for designing and building Identity Governance product features.
  • Establish clear priorities, expectations, and accountability for all individual and team members.
  • Collaborate with product management to define and refine the product roadmap.
  • Drive the execution and delivery of high-quality product features with cross-functional teams.
  • Provide regular technical guidance, feedback, and mentoring to team members.
  • Source, hire, and retain highly qualified engineers while prioritizing diversity and inclusion.
  • Handle support tickets, bug fixes, and enhancement work for large enterprise applications.
  • Drive engineering best practices and productivity enhancements to improve team performance.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in developing enterprise cloud software development.
  • 3+ years of hands-on technical management experience.
  • Experience working with product and program managers to align on objectives, priorities, trade-offs, and risk.
  • Experience handling support tickets, bug fixes, and enhancement work in a large enterprise application.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills for technical discussions.
  • Ability to work effectively with distributed teams and people of various backgrounds.
  • Experience leading, recruiting, mentoring, and retaining engineers.

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