Principal Product Manager, People Technologies
San Francisco, CaliforniaFull-TimeManagerProduct / Project
The Technology, Data, and Intelligence Team
- Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Technology, Data, and Intelligence (TDI) organization is the engine that powers Okta's global workforce, providing the technology and systems that enable our employees to do their best work.
What you’ll be doing
- Define and own the People Technology product vision and strategic roadmap, partnering with executive leadership to prioritize initiatives that deliver maximum business value and ROI.
- Engage with stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate enterprise needs into scalable, secure, and reusable platform capabilities.
- Drive end-to-end process standardization and design clear process flows across all People Technology modules, particularly Workday, to ensure efficiency.
- Establish and enforce data governance and security best practices in partnership with Security & Compliance teams to ensure data accuracy and protection.
- Lead product discovery, experimentation, and delivery cycles, establishing success metrics and prioritizing issues to ensure the adoption and value of new features.
- Manage the seamless adoption of system patch releases, including all review, testing, and implementation to enhance system capabilities.
- Lead platform-level change management, including collaboration with HR and training teams, to ensure smooth transitions and high user adoption.
- Establish a consistent feedback loop with support teams and users to drive continuous system optimization and satisfaction.
What you’ll bring to the role
- Product & People Tech Expertise: 12+ years driving Workday HCM and ecosystem solutions, integrating with platforms like Greenhouse, ServiceNow, ADP, and benefits providers, with focus on product value and user experience.
- Product Leadership & Roadmap Ownership: Proven experience defining and executing product roadmaps for HCM initiatives, aligning cross-functional teams across HR, Legal, Finance, and technology partners.
- Strategic Vision & Systems Thinking: Strong ability to identify opportunities, optimize processes, and deliver long-term organizational impact while balancing risk and speed.
- Technical & Product Strategy Partner: Collaborates with engineers to shape architecture, define requirements, and influence technical strategy that aligns with business goals.
- Workday Optimization & Product Impact: Implements Workday configurations and best practices to enhance functionality, adoption, and operational efficiency, with a product management mindset.
- Stakeholder Influence & Communication: Excels in storytelling, presenting product vision, and translating complex technical concepts to executives and diverse stakeholders.
- Team Enablement & Mentorship: Mentors junior members and empowers cross-functional teams to act autonomously, leading initiatives through influence rather than formal authority.
- Certifications & Transformation Leadership: Workday HCM Pro certified (preferred) with a track record of driving organizational change and delivering measurable outcomes through product-focused technology initiatives.
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- Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in San Francisco Bay Area. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
- Amazing Benefits
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- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta
- Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.
