Strategic AI Initiatives Senior Manager

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Job Description
Okta is looking for a Strategic AI Initiatives Senior Manager to join our AI Strategy team. As Okta accelerates its use of generative AI, this role will own the 0-to-1 incubation of transformative GenAI initiatives that cross team boundaries and require centralized ownership to succeed. The Strategic AI Initiatives Senior Manager will identify, scope, validate, and execute a portfolio of high-impact agentic use cases that fundamentally shift how Okta operates.

You will act as the driver and business owner for unowned, high-value AI products — from sourcing opportunities to piloting solutions and scaling those that deliver measurable impact. Our ideal candidate has a builder's mentality, thrives in ambiguity, and brings a product-oriented approach to incubation, iteration, and stakeholder alignment.

This role reports to the VP of AI Strategy.

What You'll Be Doing

• Act as business owner for cross-functional, high-impact AI products that lack a clear organizational home
• Source problems across Okta where GenAI can deliver a 10x unlock, and translate them into scoped opportunities
• Lead incubation cycles in partnership with centralized Technology team: pilot, test, fail fast, and scale successful prototypes into enterprise-ready solutions
• Codify learnings into frameworks and playbooks that accelerate future initiatives
• Run cross-functional steering and alignment processes for select initiatives, securing buy-in from relevant teams
• Partner with technical and operational teams to ensure pilots are grounded in enterprise requirements and real user needs

What You'll Bring To The Role

• 5-8+ years of experience, ideally in business operations, innovation, strategy and/or product management roles
• Proven track record incubating new functions, initiatives, or products from scratch in high-ambiguity environments
• Builder's mindset: scrappy, action-oriented, and comfortable iterating quickly without perfect plans
• Product management skill set: can define success metrics, scope MVPs, manage pilots, and think like a product manager even if not formally in PM roles
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills: experienced in aligning multiple teams with competing priorities, working with executive sponsors to push through blockers, and securing sign-off across functions
• Enterprise context awareness: familiarity with navigating large organizations and working across domains like GTM, G&A, Security, and Product
• Strategic radar: ability to identify the 2–3 moonshots that truly move the business, not just the 10 interesting experiments

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The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:

$162,000—$242,000 USD

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit:

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between:

$144,000—$216,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee

• Amazing Benefits
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