Principal Product Manager, Enterprise AI
Okta is hiring a Principal Product Manager, Enterprise AI in San Francisco, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Okta.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this AI product manager role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- The posting mentions RAG, AI evaluation and AI safety among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a lead role.
- Okta has 385 other open roles on Level.
- Posted in the last few days.
AI in this role
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.
The Enterprise AI Engineering Team
At Okta, you’ll be part of an Enterprise AI Engineering Team that spans the US and India. You’ll work on cutting-edge Applied AI products while shaping the platform foundations that make secure, scalable AI possible at enterprise scale. If you’re passionate about building AI that is smarter, faster, and always secure, this is your opportunity to make an impact.
The Principal Product Manager, Enterprise AI Opportunity
Okta is building the next generation of AI-native enterprise products, transforming how customers, employees, and partners work. Within Technology, Data & Intelligence (TDI), we operate as Customer Zero, designing and delivering AI-powered products that reshape how Okta Secures AI and inform what we bring to market.
You’ll own the full lifecycle of AI-native enterprise products, from 0->1 innovations to 1->N scaling them into company-wide capabilities. You'll balance rapid experimentation with disciplined execution, building AI experiences that fundamentally change how work gets done.
What you’ll be doing
- Discover and validate new AI use cases (0→1 innovation)
- Build and ship AI-native experiences: agents, copilots, workflow automation
- Scale proven products into reliable, reusable capabilities (1→N)
- Define quality metrics, evaluate AI performance, and drive adoption
- Partner across IT, HR, Finance, and GTM to ensure real business impact
Experience:
- 10+ years in product management, with 2+ years shipping AI/ML products in production
- Track record taking products from idea → MVP → broad adoption
- Experience building AI-powered products with LLMs, agents, or RAG
- Strong understanding of AI capabilities and how to apply them to real problems
- Ability to balance speed and quality, knowing when to experiment vs. standardize
- Experience building AI evaluation frameworks and measuring quality
- Excellent cross-functional leadership and storytelling skills
- User empathy and ability to translate complex workflows into simple experiences
- Familiarity with responsible AI principles and enterprise compliance
- Understanding of AI operational economics (costs, latency, quality tradeoffs)
- Experience with agentic system design
- Customer Zero Impact: Build products that reshape how Okta Secures AI, informing what we bring to market
- Speed + Scale: Combine startup-like innovation with enterprise rigor
- AI Leadership: Work at the intersection of identity and AI, two of the most important domains in enterprise software
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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in San Francisco Bay Area. 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: https://rewards.okta.com/us.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $210,000—$289,000 USDThe Okta Experience
- Supporting Your Well-Being
- Driving Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.
Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.
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How we rate this
Principal Product Manager, Enterprise AI at Okta rates 71 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- $180k
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Questions you could be asked
- How would you design a retrieval step so the model answers from real data instead of guessing?
- How do you decide that one model's output is better than another's for a given task?
- How do you think about the risk of an AI system in this kind of role failing silently?
- Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
- If you removed AI from this role, what would be left, and how do you decide what still needs a human?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: RAG, AI Evaluation, and AI Safety. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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