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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.
At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.
Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.
The Okta Curriculum Developer creates innovative technical content for Okta customers, partners, and employees on core Identity concepts and Okta’s products by creating on-demand training videos, hands-on activities, and learning assessments. In this role, you will translate complex topics into engaging, digestible, and scalable educational experiences in a variety of delivery formats. You should be comfortable working with SMEs and stakeholders but have a natural affinity for gaining deep expertise yourself.
A successful candidate in this role needs to have a strong background in curriculum development for technical SaaS products or a combination of software development and curriculum development. To be successful in this position, you will be flexible and ready to take on any tasks that relate to continually improving the training process as well as contribute to its strategy. We thrive as a team at Okta and expect this role to exemplify our core values of collaboration, transparency, innovation, and integrity.
What you’ll be doing
- Build, deploy, and update courses and supporting elements in the appropriate format (such as video, eLearning, hands-on labs, assessments, and instructor-led).
- Work cross-functionally with SMEs and stakeholders to validate objectives and technical accuracy and incorporate feedback.
- Develop working knowledge of Okta products and underlying technologies.
- Use authoring tools to rapidly build technically sound and instructionally effective, engaging learning experiences in the appropriate medium.
- Develop instructionally sound knowledge, skill, and job performance-based assessments.
- Closely partner and collaborate with other members of the team to continuously improve existing learning programs based on the latest research in adult education.
- Work with subject matter experts to create appropriate enablement assets that are modular and flexible so they can be tailored to serve multiple needs, including onboarding and everboarding.
- Adjust content to meet the needs of technical audiences with varying levels of technical depth and various stages of product maturity.
- Use data to identify needed updates & gaps across roles and develop resources to close them.
What you’ll bring to the role
- 5+ years creating technical enablement with proven ability to consistently deliver high-quality content on time to meet desired business results.
- Strong SaaS and Identity Management experience
- 5+ years supporting customer-facing technical roles, such as professional services, technical account managers, technical support, or similar roles
- Significant experience building self-paced training using video or interactive eLearning
- Exceptional organization, writing, and communication skills
- Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data to drive decision-making and measure the effectiveness of enablement programs
- BA or BS degree or equivalent experience
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
- Amazing Benefits
- Making Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta
Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.
Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.
Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.
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Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta provides simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential. More than 10,000 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.
