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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.\nThis is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.\nAbout Okta Secures AI Team\nThe Okta Secures AI Team is building the future of digital identity management. The way companies are using agents and allowing them access is undergoing a fundamental shift, enabling teams to move fast while staying secure. \nOur North Star is clear: To get AI right, you have to get identity right. We are not just managing identities; we are building the industry's first Identity Security Fabric for the agentic era. As organizations rapidly deploy AI, these non-human entities are acting with access to critical tools, often bypassing traditional perimeters and creating a 'Shadow AI' crisis. Our mission is to move identity from a reactive gatekeeper to a unified control plane, transforming AI risk into business ROI.\nWe are tackling this by implementing a comprehensive four-pillar maturity model: Discover, Onboard, Protect, and Govern. We are driving innovation by defining the standards for Agentic Identity-including pioneer work with securing AI Agents and support for protocols like MCP. You will be helping us build the infrastructure that allows enterprises to scale AI safely, ensuring every access decision-whether made by a human or an automated agent-is authenticated, authorized, and audited at scale.\nWe are a diverse team of engineers, product managers, and designers who are bringing Okta’s expertise in identity to define the future of Agent Identity management, focusing on enablement while staying secure.\nAbout the role\n We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Agent Access Policies sub-team. Operating under the larger Okta Secures AI group, the Agent Access Policies team owns Agent Access Policies and enables least-privilege agentic access to enterprise resources, giving administrators per-agent control over which tools an agent may call and which employees it may act for.\nThis team works on policies that replace broad, connection-level agent access with per-agent, per-resource, per-tool policy decisions and enforcement evaluated at runtime on every request, including which employees a delegated agent is allowed to act for.\nWhat you’ll be doing\n Manage the team’s performance, goals, and career development, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment where engineers can do their best work.\nPartner with product management and technical leads to define the strategic direction and roadmap for the team\nEnsure the team maintains a high bar for quality, security, and operational excellence through effective processes, mentorship, and a focus on testing and automation.\nLead the team in adopting new technologies and practices, including the integration of AI into the software development lifecycle.\nDrive key projects from inception to delivery, ensuring effective cross-functional collaboration and clear communication with stakeholders.\nRecruit, hire, and retain top engineering talent, building a diverse and high-performing team for the long term.\nMinimum Requirements:\nProven ability to lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, including performance management and career growth planning.\nDemonstrated experience managing technical projects from planning to execution, with a strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and CI/CD.\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.\nStrategic mindset with experience contributing to product and technical roadmaps.\nTechnical Qualifications:\nA strong technical background in building scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications.\nFamiliarity with emerging AI standards, agentic interaction protocols (such as Model Context Protocol / MCP), and AI identity governance frameworks.\nFamiliarity with server-side software architecture and frameworks including Java/C# and the Spring Framework.\nUnderstanding of web security principles, secure coding practices, and accessibility standards (WCAG).\nKnowledge of IAM protocols (e.g., OAuth, OIDC, SAML) and identity management concepts is a strong plus.\nKnowledge of cybersecurity principles and secure coding practice is a strong plus\nPrior experience as a Tech Lead or in an architecture-focused role is highly desirable.\nPrior experience leading a team of engineers through a meaningful shift in ways of working around AI adoption, developer tooling, or engineering culture change.\nPrior hands-on technical background in building, scaling, or securing AI-powered applications and agentic platforms is a strong plus.\nEducation and Training:\nBachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience\n10+ years of software development experience, with at least 5 years of experience designing and building enterprise grade software\n2+ years managing engineering teams, balancing new feature/product development and maintaining existing features.\nOkta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies\nIt’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies:\nBuilds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.\nDemonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.\nDevelops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.\nDrives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.\nStrategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.\n(P25839_3552626)\nBelow is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can.\nThe annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:\n$168,000—$231,000 CAD\nThe Okta Experience\nSupporting Your Well-Being \nDriving Social Impact \nDeveloping Talent and Fostering Connection + Community\nWe are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.\nOkta 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.\nIf reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.\nNotice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. 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