Staff Technical Marketing Manager

Okta is a company focused on securing identities in the era of AI. They are seeking a Staff Technical Marketing Manager to architect technical narratives for their Workforce products, create authoritative content, and mentor junior marketers while driving strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Define, develop, and deploy technical demos as the foundational, high-impact assets of our 'Show, don't tell' strategy. Supplement these with clear, authoritative content, including white papers and blog posts, to showcase the value of the Okta Platform
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for Okta Workforce products and solutions. This includes a deep understanding of how our authentication, authorization, and user management products are built and consumed, and how platform services deliver customization and extensibility
• Drive strategy with product management to validate complex, multi-product use cases and design and champion reference architectures
• Maintain a deep, authoritative understanding of the identity and access management technology landscape, using this insight to influence product and marketing strategy
• Mentor junior technical marketers and field team members, setting a high bar for content quality, clarity, technical accuracy, and strategic alignment
• Partner strategically with the product marketing team to understand the most complex identity challenges of the world’s largest organizations and how Okta’s solutions solve those problems
• Lead subject matter expert engagement for strategic events, key analyst briefs, high-priority ISV integrations, product betas, and major launches

Requirements:

• 7+ years of technical / product marketing, product management, or sales engineering experience for an enterprise IaaS or SaaS company or developer platform
• Advanced capability to build complex, integrated demos that require software development knowledge (such as the use of APIs and Webhooks), 3rd party solutions (such as Salesforce, Slack, Microsoft, Crowdstrike)
• Extensive, proven track record of marketing to a highly technical audience (e.g., developers, architects, security leaders) within large organizations
• A significant portfolio of high-quality technical marketing content. (Samples are highly encouraged!)
• Proven and deep knowledge of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) industry and technologies - such as OIDC, SAML, and SCIM
• Experience with AI technologies and tools
• Demonstrated knowledge of common directory services, such as Active Directory, Azure AD, and LDAP
• Experience with video and design tools such as Adobe Premiere/After Effects, Camtasia, and Figma
• Excellent program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives in a dynamic environment
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field