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Salary: CAD 146,000 - 201,000 / annual
Okta is seeking a Product Design Manager to lead the design team within Okta Research & Development (ORD), which focuses on solving identity use cases across all types of workers and resources for enterprise customers. You will own user experience strategy and execution, leading a high-performing design team while establishing practices and processes that elevate UX maturity across the organization.
In this role, you will lead, grow, and motivate design team members, creating an environment where designers can do their best work and collaborate effectively. You'll establish and maintain design excellence standards, review UX deliverables (research, designs, prototypes), and provide feedback to ensure high-quality output. You will work closely with cross-functional partners in Engineering, Product, and Design to influence the product roadmap and drive UX strategy for your domain area and cross-product initiatives.
You'll proactively identify strategic UX opportunities within your domain and across the broader product, navigating ambiguity to envision complex UX ecosystems. You'll help shape team-wide practices, career development, and organizational processes while advocating for design quality and experience consistency. Your responsibilities include understanding user and customer needs, translating them into meaningful experiences, and driving organizational change with cross-functional stakeholders. You'll also help coach and train team members, building empathy to deeply understand their needs and supporting diverse backgrounds and experience levels.
The role requires a clear philosophy on managing design teams, strong communication skills, and a collaborative team spirit. You'll work in close partnership with Product and Engineering to frame and prioritize UX in a complex, often ambiguous problem space that millions of people rely on daily. You must attend in-person orientation in the Toronto office on the first Tuesday of employment and be able to come into the office 2 days per week.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Degree in a related field or relevant work experience as a UX designer/manager
- Proficiency in Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar design tools
- Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Portfolio demonstrating work on complex, challenging technical projects across all aspects of the design process (conceptual design, interaction design, information architecture, visual design)
- Portfolio should showcase your values and philosophies regarding design management, leadership, and UX strategy
- Must attend in-person orientation in Toronto office on first Tuesday of employment
- Must be able to come into Toronto office 2 days per week
