Senior Product Acceleration Specialist
Okta
Bengaluru, IndiaPosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Hybrid role with 2+ days/week on-site in Bangalore
- 6+ years of enterprise identity/security experience required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required
- Focus on IGA and PAM solutions
- Global collaboration across offices (USA, India)
- Equal Opportunity Employer
Role overview
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. 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Facilitate effective team interaction and maintain tight alignment across global offices (e.g., USA and India).
- Deliver technical mentoring to Okta Field teams on product features and configuration patterns.
- Advocate for product adoption through the creation of thought leadership content, including technical documentation.
- Work on-site from the Okta Bangalore office a minimum of 2 days per week (hybrid role).
Requirements
- 6+ years of technical experience delivering identity and security solutions to large enterprise customers within a Go-To-Market organization (e.g., Professional Services, Pre-Sales/Sales Engineering, Technical Account Management, or Customer Success).
- Deep domain knowledge and hands-on experience in Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).
- Strong foundational knowledge of identity federation and user management protocols, including SAML 2.0, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and SCIM.
- Solid understanding of enterprise cloud architectures, SaaS landscapes, and cloud-based networking constructs (e.g., AWS VPC, Azure Virtual Networking, or Google VPC).
- Experience installing and configuring server operating systems (Windows, Linux).
- Strong experience and interest in utilizing AI tools and Large Language Models (LLMs) to drive individual and team efficiencies.
- Proven ability to multitask and manage multiple concurrent, complex integration projects simultaneously while prioritizing tasks and resources effectively.
- Exceptional ability to present complex technical information clearly to both technical engineering teams and non-technical business stakeholders.
- A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, PCI-DSS) and access control models (RBAC, ABAC).
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Solutions (Active Directory, AD CS, ADFS) and Entra ID.
- Ability to leverage AI to accelerate technical documentation, automate script generation (e.g., Python, PowerShell), or streamline complex troubleshooting and log analysis workflows.
Benefits
- Immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate impact and connect to the mission and team from day one.
- Supporting Your Well-Being.
- Driving Social Impact.
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community.
- Global community spanning over 20 offices worldwide, united by a drive to innovate.
Additional details
- This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 2 days per week working on-site from the Okta Bangalore office.
- Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.
- If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding, a form is available to request an accommodation.
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