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About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned Pre-Sales Leader to join Okta’s Office of the Field CTO (OFCTO) and help build a Global Presales Innovation & Delivery Center — a new, high-impact function that powers scale, efficiency, and innovation across our Solutions Engineering organization.
As the foundational Manager, Presales Innovation & Delivery Center, you won't be managing deal-specific customer engagements. Instead, you will be a Global Force Multiplier, leading a specialized team to create high-leverage technical assets, standardized architectures, and automation that accelerate the sales cycle for thousands of customers and enable hundreds of field Solutions Engineers (SEs) worldwide.
This team will operate under the strategic and operational direction of the OFCTO AMER leadership, serving as an extension of their technical vision and priorities. The center will act as “specialists to the specialists” — transforming the OFCTO’s strategy into tangible, scalable assets, automation frameworks, and delivery mechanisms that amplify presales excellence across all regions.
The Opportunity
As Senior Manager, Presales Innovation & Delivery Center, you will establish and lead this new team based in Bangalore, partnering closely with OFCTO AMER leadership and specialists to deliver measurable business impact.This leader will be tasked with building out this specialized organization from the ground up.
A core function of this role is deep, strategic partnership with the OFCTO AMER leadership and specialized teams. The ultimate measure of success for this position will be the demonstrated ability to deliver significant and measurable business impact, specifically by driving innovation and enhancing delivery capabilities within the presales domain. You will be responsible for defining the center’s operational rhythm, building and mentoring the initial team, and serving as a critical strategic liaison between the global SE field and the Okta Product teams. This is a rare opportunity to combine technical mastery, strategic program management, and people leadership with a direct, scalable impact on global revenue.
What you’ll be doing
As a Senior Manager, Presales Innovation & Delivery – Office of the Field CTO you will:
Strategy, Vision, and Success Measurement
Team Leadership and Development
Operational Excellence and Execution
What you’ll bring to the role:
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What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
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