# Principal Technical Program Manager, Engineering

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Washington, DC
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $186k – $287k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Technical Program Management, Agile, Project Management, FedRAMP, SaaS, Cross-Functional Leadership, Risk Management, Process Improvement
**Posted:** 2026-07-30

> Lead complex cross-functional engineering initiatives at Okta as a Principal TPM. Drive prioritization, execution, risk mitigation, and transparency for strategic programs, including Federal compliance efforts, while championing agile practices across Engineering and partner teams.

## Job Description

## What you’ll be doing

- Structure, kick-off, and run continuous and/or time-bound engineering initiatives within and beyond the Engineering organization – clarifying priorities, enabling the execution of deliverables, defining program process flows, and providing continuous transparency.
- Project manage initiatives within and beyond Engineering, across multiple teams; taking a hands-on and proactive approach to unblock progress, introduce efficiencies, and provide workflow solutions.
- Champion the adoption of agile best practices.
- Build and maintain alignment across multiple teams for keeping a focus on execution, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Lead the introduction of new processes / workflows by bringing proposed solutions to the teams and rolling them out in an iterative manner.
- Anticipate and mitigate risks - by having close involvement with teams’ goals and challenges, applying past experience, and keeping in mind the big picture.
- Provide clear and crisp transparency to the status and progress of Federal initiatives.

## What you’ll bring to the role

- US Person Status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee)
- Self-starter; able to work well in an ambiguous and constantly changing, fast paced environment
- Strong leadership skills; able to successfully influence without authority
- Experience leading and driving complex cross-functional initiatives independently with minimal supervision
- Minimum 7 years of hands-on technical project management experience in a SaaS product development environment – working hand-in-hand with Engineers to deliver
- Experience with delivering FedRAMP, IL, or other compliance or security initiatives within Engineering organizations preferred
- Strong leadership skills; able to successfully influence and build close relationships
- Strong technical aptitude/affinity; experience working directly with software, test and/or system engineers
- Excellent verbal and written communication; experience effectively communicating and presenting to teams located across different locations and people ranging from individual team members to C-level executives.

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