About this role
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human
Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.
This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.
About the Role
As a Senior Product Acceleration Specialist, you will play a critical role in driving Okta's long-term product success by strategically validating, deploying, and driving global adoption of New Product Introductions (NPIs). Serving as a high-impact technical subject matter expert, you will act as a key advisory link between Okta Research and Development (ORD), Go-To-Market (GTM) field teams, and our most strategic Global 2000 (G2K) enterprise accounts.
While you will utilize a cutting-edge lab environment to test integration patterns and validate complex identity scenarios, your primary focus is to serve as the master of new features. You will dive deep into emerging capabilities—particularly across Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) and Privileged Access Management (PAM)—to uncover feature gaps, identify market opportunities, and establish the blueprints that accelerate product adoption at scale.
Key Responsibilities
• NPI Champion & Technical Advisory: Serve as the deep technical expert on Okta's newest platform offerings and capabilities. Partner directly with Product Management and Engineering to provide actionable insights on integration concepts, identify feature gaps, and surface market opportunities based on strategic customer needs.
• Advanced Solution Validation & Blueprinting: Conduct hands-on technical implementation, troubleshooting, and rigorous interoperability testing of advanced features, with a premium focus on IGA and PAM use cases. Translate complex product capabilities into repeatable architectural patterns, reference models, and high-impact product demonstrations.
• Lab Engineering as a Strategic Tool: Design, build, and operate an advanced lab environment specifically tailored to model complex, real-world enterprise identity ecosystems. Use the lab as a launchpad to stress-test NPIs, simulate scalability challenges, and power high-value solution validation programs.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead cross-functional collaboration with internal teams, including Product Management, Engineering, Presales, Sales, and Professional Services, to address complex integration issues and inform product development.
• Global Alignment & Office Presence: Facilitate effective team interaction and maintain tight alignment across global offices (e.g., USA and India).
• Office Presence: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 2 days per week working on-site from the Okta