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Okta is seeking a Product Manager for Product Platform to lead a 0-to-1 initiative building backup and recovery capabilities for its identity platform. This high-visibility role will shape a modern, self-service experience enabling IT Admins to recover accidentally or maliciously deleted identity objects across the Okta ecosystem.
You will be responsible for defining the long-term product vision and strategy for Okta's resilience capabilities, ensuring the backup and recovery roadmap scales with the company's customer base and product portfolio. Key responsibilities include designing a self-service recovery center for seamless tracking and reverting of deletions and changes across Okta's platform, collaborating with India-based engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions, and distilling complex requirements from diverse stakeholders (Field, Pricing & Packaging, Support, Design, Product) into precise technical specifications.
You will analyze enterprise customer resilience needs to identify friction points and drive improvements in customer trust and platform experience. A critical part of the role involves validating assumptions at low cost by building compelling hypotheses and designing rigorous experiments before committing to major infrastructure investments. This position bridges India-based and US-based teams and requires availability for synchronous meetings between 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM Pacific Time at least three days per week.
The role offers location flexibility within India and is classified as L1-Hybrid, indicating a hybrid working model with primary office presence in Bengaluru.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 3+ years of Product Management experience specifically within enterprise-scale SaaS platforms or core software infrastructure
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical experience enabling rationalization and influence of complex architectural decisions
- Proven ability to produce solid, actionable plans from incomplete, conflicting, or highly ambiguous inputs
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills with a track record of successfully collaborating across global functions and time zones
- Demonstrated business results from customer-facing platform capabilities shipped at scale
PREFERRED:
- Experience with backup or recovery tools
- Deep familiarity with Identity and Access Management (IAM) protocols and security standards
- Experience partnering with Sales/CSM organizations on customer-facing solution positioning
- Advanced degree in a technical or business field (MS in a technical discipline or MBA)
