Manager, Customer Experience Technology

About the role

This role will lead a high-performing team of software professionals responsible for delivering and maintaining GTM technology solutions across Okta's enterprise platforms. The ideal candidate brings deep domain expertise in Salesforce and related SaaS/PaaS platforms, a strong track record of leading Agile delivery teams, and the ability to build strong partnerships with internal business stakeholders to align technology solutions with business needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead & Develop Talent: Hire, mentor, and retain exceptional talent; foster a culture of continuous learning, feedback, and high performance while managing a team of product analysts and engineers delivering high-quality GTM technology solutions.
• Drive Project Delivery: Oversee end-to-end project execution, ensuring projects meet scope, budget, timeline, and quality objectives, while acting as a Delivery Manager on key medium to large initiatives from inception to completion.
• Champion Agile Practices: Promote Agile best practices, ensure backlog health, and lead sprint planning in partnership with Product Managers and Delivery Leads.
• Resource Management: Optimize team resources across projects, balancing innovation initiatives with ongoing operational needs (KTLO).
• Partner with the Business: Build and nurture strong relationships with internal business partners to align technology solutions with business needs while identifying and mitigating project risks transparently with leadership.
• Apply Domain Expertise: Leverage your Go-To-Market (Customer Support) domain knowledge to guide the team on delivery priorities and decisions.
• Drive Operational Excellence: Continuously evaluate and enhance operational processes and tooling to drive efficiency and scalability across the organization.

Requirements

The ideal candidate brings deep domain experience in Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce Experience Cloud, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Salesforce Communities. They have a strong background in IT application development across SaaS/PaaS platforms such as Salesforce, Workday, NetSuite, Anaplan, Xactly, and Boomi. They demonstrate exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills. They have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Qualifications

They have 3+ years of experience leading and managing teams of software engineers and analysts, with proven success leading Agile software delivery teams. They have a strong understanding of key business value streams (Campaign to Opportunity, Opportunity to Order, Order to Cash, etc.). They have a passion for solving complex challenges and operating with speed and urgency.

Skills

They have a passion for solving complex challenges and operating with speed and urgency. They have a strong track record of leading Agile delivery teams. They have a deep domain expertise in Salesforce and related SaaS/PaaS platforms. They have exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills. They have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Benefits

At Okta, we offer a competitive compensation package including a range of benefits such as health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, a flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave). For more information on our total rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $204,000—$281,000 USD

Schedule

The role is available on a hybrid schedule.