Staff Technical Program Manager
Role Overview
Staff Technical Program Manager on Okta's Toronto team, partnering with Engineering, Product Management, and Design.
Leads large, cross-organizational programs across multiple teams and product or technical areas, delivering business value amid dependencies, ambiguity, and risk.
Role is a senior individual-contributor position requiring high autonomy and accountability.
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Role overview
Staff Technical Program Manager on Okta's Toronto team, partnering with Engineering, Product Management, and Design.
Leads large, cross-organizational programs across multiple teams and product or technical areas, delivering business value amid dependencies, ambiguity, and risk.
Role is a senior individual-contributor position requiring high autonomy and accountability.
Responsibilities
- Own large cross-organizational programs and develop frameworks and methods that support successful outcomes.
- Lead ongoing or time-bound initiatives, clarify priorities, enable delivery, and keep stakeholders informed.
- Guide and coach team members; represent programs to leaders and stakeholders and manage replans, scope changes, and business pivots.
- Identify and mitigate risks, align program strategy with organizational priorities, and mentor less senior TPMs.
- Champion continuous improvement and agile practices, using data-driven proposals to improve team effectiveness.
Minimum required qualifications
- At least 8 years of Technical Program Management experience, including Senior or Staff-level work on large-scale, cross-organizational SaaS programs.
- Experience managing complex program dependencies, end-to-end delivery through General Availability and go-to-market, and leadership alignment.
- Broad technical understanding of product functionality, fundamental security concepts, and customer value.
- Experience mentoring less senior TPMs; strong communication, leadership, influence, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced, changing environments.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred training
- Training in Agile and Scrum is preferred.
About Okta
Okta builds identity infrastructure to help organizations securely adopt AI and other technologies.
The company describes a global community spanning more than 20 offices and an in-person onboarding experience.
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