Director, Product Communications

The role

The Director of Product Communications will lead a team to explain how Okta secures AI through product and partner communication efforts. This role involves managing an internal and agency team to execute digital-first communications campaigns.

What you will do

• Develop and lead a unified communications strategy for key pillars including Workforce Identity, Customer Identity, Agentic Identity and AI Security.
• Direct and scale Okta’s U.S. partnership PR strategy.
• Create and run comms campaigns to establish Okta as an authority on identity in the AI era.
• Position product executives as thought leaders within the AI space.
• Work with engineering and partnership leaders to turn milestones into news.
• Utilize social listening and media analytics tools to inform and measure strategies.
• Build and nurture relationships with reporters at various publications and new media.
• Leverage media relationships to insert Okta's point of view into news cycles.
• Act as a primary PR contact and prepare C-level executives for media and events.
• Lead and mentor a team of communications professionals.

Required qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 7+ years of managerial/leadership experience
• Fluency in both traditional and new media
• Experience managing communications during major corporate milestones
• Ability to make complex, technical topics accessible to a general business audience
• Comfortable challenging and coaching C-suite executives

Nice to have

• Advanced degree

Benefits

• Equity
• Bonus
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending account
• Paid leave
• PTO
• Parental leave

About the company

Okta is setting the standard for the secure agentic enterprise, enabling companies to securely implement and manage human and agent identities.