Principal BT Product Manager

Overview

Serve as the Product Manager for Okta's People Technology portfolio, focused on Employee Growth & Talent, acting as the strategic bridge between global People leaders and delivery teams.

What you'll do

• Define the multi-year product vision and strategy for the Growth & Talent domain in close collaboration with functional and technical leadership.
• Translate strategy into a prioritized, outcome-driven roadmap that articulates clear business value, ROI, and measurable impact on talent operations and employee experience.
• Build data-driven business cases and functional strategies for major platform initiatives across the talent ecosystem (e.g., ATS, LMS, and custom Workday Extend applications), articulating ROI, operational efficiency gains, and improved employee and candidate experiences.
• Partner closely with the Growth & Talent Delivery Lead to translate business priorities and functional requirements into well-scoped epics and user stories, maintaining alignment on trade-offs, velocity, and delivery milestones.
• Act as the voice of the business and end users within technical discussions, translating complex functional requirements into clear product specifications and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with the delivery team to evaluate technical trade-offs, balancing user experience, operational risk, and long-term scalability.
• Define the strategy and functional requirements for integrating AI across the talent lifecycle (sourcing, onboarding, learning, internal mobility), evaluating build vs. buy solutions, designing human-in-the-loop workflows, and ensuring enterprise-grade privacy and ethical AI standards.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Digital Solutions, distributed executive stakeholders, business functional leads, and US-based product counterparts to ensure clear visibility, smooth change management, and high program adoption.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of Product Management experience leading internal enterprise platforms, enterprise HR/Talent systems, or complex B2B SaaS products at global scale.
• In-depth understanding of core Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and Performance/Talent Management processes, with hands-on familiarity with enterprise platforms such as Greenhouse, Cornerstone, and Workday Talent (or equivalent ATS/LMS/HCM ecosystems).
• Proven ability to translate long-term business goals into multi-year product strategies, build data-backed investment cases, and measure the tangible ROI and operational impact of platform initiatives.
• Demonstrated track record partnering with delivery teams on system integrations, data flows, and technical trade-offs, translating complex business requirements into clear functional specifications, acceptance criteria, and PRDs.
• Functional understanding of enterprise AI applications, generative AI capabilities, and automated workflows, with an appreciation for human-in-the-loop design, ethical AI, and data privacy safeguards.
• Proven success operating with high autonomy across distributed time zones (US / APAC / EMEA), driving alignment and influencing senior business stakeholders and technical delivery teams asynchronously.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience scoping and delivering solutions on enterprise platform extensibility frameworks (e.g., Workday Extend, orchestration engines, or custom application ecosystems).
• Direct experience conceptualizing, testing, or deploying agentic AI workflows, conversational interfaces, or autonomous task automation in an enterprise HR context.
• Working knowledge of enterprise data governance, compliance standards (SOX, SOC2, GDPR), and sensitive employee data handling.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Work mode: Hybrid.
• Reports to the Director of People Technology.