Identity Specialist (Field CTO)

Join Okta, a leading identity and access management company, as a Senior Identity Specialist. In this customer-facing sales role, you will be part of the presales team, delivering sales presentations and product demonstrations, educating customers on implementing Okta's customer identity and access management solutions, and providing strategic and technical guidance. You will have the opportunity to work from home, enjoy health and wellness benefits, financial benefits, and time off, and represent Okta as a thought leader in the identity and security space.

• Deliver sales presentations and product demonstrations, educating customers on implementing Okta customer identity and access management solutions.
• Lead deep technical Q&A discovery sessions for prospective customers, uncovering their business requirements and communicating the value of Okta CIAM solutions.
• Collaborate with the Global Office of Field CTO office team to deliver actionable insights from the field, validate customer needs, and identify recurring trends for the Okta Product & Engineering teams.
• 8+ years of experience in a presales or customer-facing role, including at least 3 years experience with CIAM projects
• This is a remote position
• 8+ years of experience working with REST APIs and SDKs
• Ability to effectively operate in a matrixed organization and manage cross-functional initiatives
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience contributing to technical events
• 8+ years of development experience, preferably focused on application integration with identity services
• Experience with authentication or authorization protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML)
• Travel expectation: up to 40% for customer meetings, industry events, and internal off-sites
• Experience with customer identity and access management solutions (Okta/Auth0)
• Ability to communicate complex ideas and solutions, incorporating whiteboarding, practical examples, and product demonstrations
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems with innovative solutions
• Full-stack web application development experience (frontend and backend)
• Mobile (iOS, Android) development
• Demonstrated ability to architect and integrate scalable CIAM solutions, leveraging API-first approaches across web, mobile, and cloud platforms
• Expertise in AI-driven customer experience integration with Auth0, including AI agents for internal or external use-cases, MCP servers, and Fine-Grained Authorization