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contractProduct Design Manager, Okta Research & Development
Okta · Barcelona, Spain
Okta provides identity and access management solutions that protect workforce and customer identities across applications, devices and infrastructure, with a growing focus on securing AI‑driven workloads. The Product Design Manager role sits within Okta Research & Development, where the team tackles identity use cases for employees, partners, contractors, frontline workers and various resources such as SaaS apps, servers and machines. Day‑to‑day responsibilities include leading and growing a design team, setting UX standards, reviewing research and deliverables, and shaping team‑wide processes and career paths. The manager works closely with product and engineering to define and prioritize user experience in ambiguous problem spaces, drives design quality and consistency, and identifies strategic UX opportunities that influence the product roadmap. Success in this role requires experience managing design teams, the ability to navigate complex, evolving challenges, a clear vision for user experience, strong coaching and mentorship skills, and a deep empathy for users and customers.
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Overview Okta is looking for a Product Design Manager who shares our passion for bringing simple, yet powerful product experiences to Okta Research & Development customers. At Okta, we're building a world where anyone can safely use any technology, and we're specifically focused on protecting the future of work. We bring simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, promising to not only protect the identities of our customers' workforce and users, but to ask, “what more can we make possible?” As a Product Designer Manager for Okta, you’ll lead, grow, and support members of our amazing product design team, ensuring our product user experience is valuable, easy to use, and of the highest level of craft and execution. You will help define and drive practice and process across our global design practice. In close collaboration and partnership with Product and Engineering, you will flesh out, frame, and help prioritize UX in an ever-evolving and complex, often ambiguous, problem space that millions of people rely on every day. Finer print You will lead user experience strategy and execution for the projects across Okta Research & Development (ORD). Specifically, ORD will solve every identity use case at work – for all types of people (employees, business partners, contractors, frontline workers), for all types of resources (SaaS, servers, privileged resources, machines, etc.), for the largest and most secure businesses in the world. As a Product Design Manager, your focus will be on helping us build a secure, trusted, and unified platform with deep integrations. In this role, you’ll get to… Lead, grow, and motivate a high-performing design team Establish and maintain a climate in which your reports can do their best work; cultivating design excellence and a place where designers can collaborate and learn. Increase Okta’s UX maturity by helping shape team-wide practices, processes, career development, and growing the team. Ensure design quality and consistency by reviewing UX deliverables (research, designs, etc.) and provides feedback and direction to ensure high-quality output. Thorough understanding of Okta's business strategy and VMTs, influence the product roadmap in collaboration with cross-functional partners while driving design forward at Okta. Proactively identify strategic UX opportunities within your domain area and the product as a whole. Closely collaborating with EPD (Engineering, Product, Design) in a global team to lead and drive UX strategy for your product area and drive cross-product initiatives. Who we are looking for You are able to navigate ambiguity and envision complex UX ecosystems, rallying around a common vision while providing space for team-led innovation. You possess a clear vision of the future of user experience and have the courage to lead and pursue forward-thinking design. You advocate for design and experience quality across your team. You are experienced in understanding user and customer needs and can translate those into experiences that provide meaningful value for customers and the business. You are passionate about upholding design UX principles to help teams deliver cohesive and well-designed user experiences. You have the heart of a teacher and can help coach and train people. You build and share empathy with people in order to deeply understand them and their needs. You are passionate about supporting teams with a wide variety of experience, backgrounds, and interests. You have a clear philosophy about how to successfully manage design teams. You have experience driving organizational change with cross-functional stakeholders. You have a collaborative team spirit with great communication skills. You share our values , and work in accordance with those values. Qualifications: Degree in related field or relevant work experience as a UX designer/manager Proficient in Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and / or similar design tools. Possesses at least a basic understanding of HTML / CSS / JavaScript. Your portfolio will show that you've worked on complex and challenging technical projects across all aspects of the design process (conceptual design, interaction design, information architecture, and visual design). As well, your portfolio will showcase your values and philosophies with regard to design management, leadership, and UX strategy. The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering C
| Role | Product Design Manager, Okta Research & Development |
|---|---|
| Company | Okta |
| Location | Barcelona, Spain |
| Type | contract |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-12 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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0/4About Okta
Okta, Inc. is an Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) company founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco. The company provides identity and access management solutions for workforces, customers, and AI agents. Its offerings include the Okta Platform for governance and the Auth0 Platform for authentication. Okta’s services are designed to secure human and machine identities, helping organizations manage access across their digital ecosystems. The company serves a diverse client base, including major government agencies and two-thirds of the Fortune 100, supporting thousands of organizations globally in securing their business operations and digital infrastructure.
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