Job brief: Staff Product Designer - Okta Identity Governance

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Okta's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-07 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-08.
• The apply link opens okta.com, the address Okta's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $164,000 to $225,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Washington, DC · Bellevue
• Posted: 2026-10-01

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• Degree in a related field or relevant work experience as a Product Designer or UX Designer.
• A digital portfolio showing depth across a variety of projects, including work that shipped and was used in real products. (Portfolio link required when applying.)
• 7+ years of experience as Product Designer
• *This person must attend in person orientation the first week of employment in either San Francisco or Chicago.
• *This person must go into the office 2 days a week.

Conditions

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, ma…

Main duties

• Own the long-term design strategy for your product area, shaping where it goes across multiple releases, not just the roadmap in front of you.
• Partner with design leadership to define the patterns and standards other designers build on, and raise the quality bar in your area.
• Lead through influence, aligning product, engineering, research, and content partners around a direction without relying on authority.
• Design end-to-end journeys that span the Okta portfolio and multiple personas: IT and security admins, compliance owners, resource owners, approving managers…
• Bring a systems-thinking lens, connecting user insights to business goals to create experiences that keep millions of users safe every day.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Across Okta's 159 open listings, 33% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Okta hires

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