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Senior Manager, Technical Architecture

Okta · Chicago, IL · Professional Services-720

Posted Oct 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you mentored a technical architect into a stronger consultant.

What they are checking: Whether they can coach both the technical and customer-facing sides of the job.

Tell me about a process improvement you made for a services team that stuck.

What they are checking: Whether they drive operational excellence that outlasts their own attention.

What would you do

How do you run a player-coach model? How much time do you spend delivering versus managing?

What they are checking: Whether they can stay hands-on without neglecting the team they are meant to grow.

A customer implementation is behind schedule and the customer is angry. How do you handle the escalation?

What they are checking: Whether they can reset expectations, fix the delivery plan and protect the relationship.

A sales team sold a scope your architects say can't be delivered on time. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can handle change management between sales and delivery honestly.

How do you handle an architect who is great with customers but misses internal deadlines?

What they are checking: Whether they can address performance issues directly without losing a strong field contributor.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd forecast resource needs for a professional services team.

What they are checking: Whether they can match capacity to a deal pipeline and avoid both overload and idle time.

What do you know about Auth0, and how would you explain its value to a small startup versus a large enterprise?

What they are checking: Whether they can quickly grasp and adapt the Auth0 value proposition, as the posting requires.

What metrics do you track to know if a professional services team is healthy?

What they are checking: Whether they understand utilization, margin, delivery quality and customer outcomes together.

How would you design a customer identity architecture for a high-traffic consumer app?

What they are checking: Whether they still have hands-on CIAM design skills to guide architects and customers.

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The full job description

As published by Okta.

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. Position Description: This is a key leadership role in the Professional Services (Technical Architecture) organization, responsible for the implementation of Okta services. The Senior Manager is an experienced, enthusiastic, and hands-on leader preferably in the Security and/or Identity & Access Management domain, who can rapidly learn and apply the Auth0 value proposition to customers of all sizes. The Senior Manager is a leader of a high-performing team of Technical Architects, functioning in a "player-coach" model. This role requires impressive field and management experience and involves mentoring the team of Technical Architects. You have experience managing a technical team, resource forecasting, change & escalation management and operational excellence for Professional Service teams. You have a deep understanding of reporting and metrics as well as capacity planning and utilization targets. You will have a strong Consulting background with an ability to handle multiple work streams and be deeply comfortable with client issues and resolutions. Key Responsibilities Team Leadership: • Hiring, growing, and retaining a team of Professional Service Technical Architects. • Providing direct management, mentoring, and support to ensure their continued technical, professional, and career growth.&nbsp; • Up-skilling team members to ensure they have the expertise to successfully deliver Okta to customers. Manages outlined objective and subjective performance metric requirements.&nbsp; • Active sync with Partner, delivery enablement & address performance Customer Engagement: • Acting as the primary customer liaison, managing relationships and communication between the project team, the customer, and internal stakeholders. • Ensuring customer success from the beginning to the end of the engagement life cycle. Managing project budgets to meet customer and Okta expectations. Operational Excellence: • Assisting the Director with oversight and accountability for professional services billings, revenue, customer satisfaction, resources, and utilization. Demonstrating and improving a repeatable implementation methodology to rapidly enable customers.&nbsp; • Perform Governance & audits of Technical Architecture design and deliverables quality • Drive team contribution to Technical Architecture Practice evolution and initiatives • Directly contribute to ongoing process improvement within the Technical Architecture practice and across Okta Professional Services and our subcontractor ecosystem. • Oversight & manage of customer project dynamics, change management, concerns across multiple engagements and workstreams&nbsp; Qualifications • 10+ years experience in Identity & Access Management. • 5+ years of experience leading teams. • 5+ years of experience in Design, consulting, delivering solutions to external customers. • Expertise in technologies and protocols like SAML 2.0, WS-Federation, OAuth, and OpenID Connect. • Extensive knowledge of enterprise web technologies and security. • Ability to work independently and multi-functionally supporting the development of client work you're doing. • Ability to Multi-task and manage multiple customer engagements is a requirement. • Experience in Process Improvement, Decision-making, Managing Processes, Planning, Analyzing Information and Developing Standards. • Ability to travel up to 50%. • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline is required. • Auth0 Certified OR Okta Certified Consultant will be a plus. • CISSP certification is a plus. #LI-Remote #P10542_3477392 The OTE range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $233,000 &mdash; $320,100 USD Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) 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 .&nbsp; The annual OTE range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $208,000 &mdash; $286,000 USD Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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:&nbsp;<a href="https://rewards.okta.com/can" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rewards.okta.com/can&source=gmail&ust=1705181614985000&usg=AOvVaw29oi6BOXve4rhySFpzzvao">https://rewards.okta.com/can . The annual OTE (On Target Earning) range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between: $219,500 &mdash; $269,500 USD The Okta Experience • Supporting Your Well-Being &nbsp; • Driving Social Impact&nbsp; • 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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please&nbsp; use this Form to request an accommodation. 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