Principal Delivery Success Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Develop delivery capability across the assigned partner portfolio.
• Guide partners through the Service Delivery Partner maturity model.
• Identify specialization gaps and recommend enablement paths.
• Support partners pursuing product specializations (OWI, Auth0, Workflows, etc.).
• Encourage partner certification and skill development.
• Review and validate partner go-live submissions.
• Classify deployments according to Standard, Advanced, and Strategic complexity levels.
• Ensure deployments meet Okta delivery standards.
• Capture delivery feedback from Professional Services and customers.
• Serve as the delivery advisor for sales teams when identifying partners for deployments.
• Recommend partners based on capability, specialization, and deployment complexity.
• Assist in identifying partners capable of supporting complex customer architectures.
• Track ecosystem capability trends across assigned partners.
• Identify gaps in partner expertise or geographic coverage.
• Provide recommendations for partner enablement and recruitment.
• Partner closely with Professional Services on partner delivery quality feedback and co-delivery planning.
• Partner closely with Alliances to support relationship management and service delivery partner recruitment.
• Drive and track partner adoption to post-sales enablement.

What you’ll bring to the role

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise software delivery, professional services, or partner success roles.
• Experience working with system integrators or service delivery partners.
• Experience supporting enterprise software implementations.
• Strong understanding of identity and access management concepts.
• Familiarity with enterprise SaaS deployment models.
• Understanding of partner ecosystems and implementation services.
• Ability to guide partners through complex technology implementations.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to evaluate partner capabilities and recommend improvement strategies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work with technical teams, sales teams, and executive stakeholders.

Extra credit

• Familiar with several programming languages (e.g., .NET, JavaScript, Python, Java).
• Familiar with open-source tools and development practices.
• Familiar with load balancers, reverse proxies, and Web Access Management tech (e.g., F5, Oracle, NGINX).
• Familiar with AI GPTs.