# Product Design Architect

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** Bellevue, WA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Washington, DC
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $216k – $297k/yr
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Miro, Claude Code, Ai-Powered Design Tools, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React
**Posted:** 2026-05-14

> Leads design architecture across Okta's entire platform, defining vision, standards, and strategy with executives. Requires 15+ years product design experience, AI tool proficiency, Figma/Miro expertise, and basic coding knowledge for enterprise-scale identity products.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Communicate inspiring, forward-looking visions of the future for Okta and our customers that energize teams and attract talent
- Drive company-wide efforts that improve our ability to scale design solutions for the largest and most complex global customers
- Facilitate strategic sessions with senior leadership and executive teams and serve as an advocate for our customers at the most senior levels
- Influence company strategy and help define Okta's position in the market by contributing design perspective to the highest-level product and business conversations
- Set an example for how we best use AI across to ship high quality designs and evangelize those approaches across Engineering, Product, and Design
- Enable execution across the company by aligning teams around company-level goals and design standards
- Collaborate with senior leadership to define the future of AI at Okta
- Actively work to uplevel design fluency across the entire company, not just the Product Design team
- Mentor designers at any level; be a standard-bearer for Okta's core values and for industry best practices
- Be an early adopter of new methods in design, including AI-assisted workflows
- Stay deeply attuned to competitor products, UX trends, and emerging technology

## Requirements
- Industry expert with experience designing for enterprise scale and identity security
- AI-first mindset with practical experience using AI tools in daily design workflows
- Company-wide, systems-level perspective across product portfolios
- Strategic thought partner to product leadership and executive teams
- Proven ability to lead and facilitate design thinking at executive level
- Create new organizational and operational standards
- Exceptional communication skills to distill complex concepts into clear narratives
- Degree in related field or relevant work experience as Product Designer
- **15+ years** of experience as Product Designer, significant time at senior/principal level across large, complex portfolios
- Demonstrated proficiency in **AI-powered design tools** and plugins
- Proficient in **Claude Code**, **Figma**, **Miro**, and/or similar tools
- Basic knowledge of **HTML/CSS/JavaScript/React**

## Compensation
Annual base salary range: **$216,000—$297,000 USD** (varies by location including California excl. SF Bay Area, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Washington). Includes equity, bonus, health/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending, paid leave.

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