Staff Product Designer (UI Platform)

Location: Hybrid; candidates must work from a local office in Bellevue, Chicago, New York, Toronto, or Washington, DC, and attend the office 2 days per week. In-person orientation is required in Chicago or San Francisco.

Annual base salary: $156,000–$215,000 USD or $140,000–$175,000 CAD, depending on location.

Company

Okta builds neutral identity infrastructure that helps organizations securely manage access for people and AI.

What you will do

• Lead UI platform and design system work by identifying, creating, documenting, and evangelizing scalable, accessible, and localized patterns.
• Partner with UI Platform, Product, Engineering, and Design Systems leaders to align strategy and co-own roadmaps balancing features, technical debt, quality, and adoption.
• Shape horizontal design patterns, design architecture, globalization frameworks, and WCAG accessibility standards across Okta Workforce Identity products.
• Improve organization-wide design processes through clear alignment and documentation, while mentoring designers and raising craft quality.
• Use data and AI insights to inform platform-level design decisions and streamline governance.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Product Designer.
• Degree in a related field or relevant Product Design experience.
• Proficiency in Figma, Miro, Balsamiq, and/or similar design tools.
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience leading complex projects across conceptual, interaction, information architecture, and visual design at large, horizontal scopes.
• Portfolio demonstrating complex and challenging design work, including design craft and examples of work in code; include a password if protected.
• Proficiency in AI workflows and applying AI to product design, with informed judgment about where AI tools help or fall short.
• Strong systems thinking, communication, collaboration, customer focus, design quality, and ability to manage ambiguity.
• Ability to own all stages of design for multiple teams and provide design feedback and mentorship.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale enterprise and SaaS products.
• Experience working with or leading horizontal design systems and platform initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a cross-functional environment focused on speed, clarity, quality, and career-defining impact.
• Collaborate with a global community spanning more than 20 offices.
• Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) or RRSP with a match depending on location, spending accounts, telemedicine in Canada, equity where applicable, bonus, PTO, parental leave, and other paid leave.
• In-person onboarding is designed to connect new hires with the mission and team.

Hiring process

• Include a portfolio link and the password if the portfolio is protected.
• The application review prioritizes design craft and examples of work in code.