Director of Engineering, AI Takeoff Team

The AI Takeoff Team at Okta creates a rapid feedback loop from customers to product and engineering.

We are seeking a driven, customer-focused engineering leader to accelerate our roadmap delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with top customers and AI Forward Deployed Engineering to rapidly translate customer needs into differentiated AI capabilities and deliver them to production.
• Partner with broader Okta Engineering, Product, and Design to ensure capabilities meet Okta standards for security, reliability, scalability, and quality.
• Build, grow, and mentor a small team of AI Takeoff engineers operating with high autonomy and urgency.
• Serve as a senior technical SME in customer engagements, technical evaluations, and complex sales processes.
• Lead complex customer escalations with a bias toward rapidly identifying root causes and delivering durable solutions.
• Own the technical strategy, architecture, and execution for the AI Takeoff engineering roadmap.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years building and shipping identity, security, infrastructure, or developer-focused products in a high-growth organization.
• Proven engineering leadership and team management experience.
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills.
• Proven experience working directly with enterprise customers.
• Deep identity domain expertise.
• Experience operating in high-ambiguity, high-velocity environments.
• Strong product and customer orientation.
• Experience with AI/agentic systems, AI security, or emerging identity patterns is a strong plus.

The annual base salary range for this position varies by location:

• San Francisco Bay area: $275,000-$378,000 USD
• California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington: $246,000-$337,000 USD
• Canada: $224,000-$308,000 CAD