Staff UX Researcher

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human<br><br></strong>Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.<br><br>This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.</p></div><h4>Position Description:</h4> <p>You will proactively construct and own an AI-forward research roadmap for key product pillars at Okta, operating at the intersection of Identity, Security, and Artificial Intelligence. As a Staff-level individual contributor, you will drive both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to define user experiences for non-deterministic AI agents, automated workflows, and enterprise platforms. Additionally, you leverage agentic tools and AI workflows internally to scale qualitative coding, synthesis, and research operations across the organization.</p> <h4>In this role, you’ll get to:</h4> <ul> <li><strong>Drive Product-shaping Research: </strong>Lead foundational and evaluative research to inform strategic and tactical product decisions.</li> <li><strong>Execute Balanced Mixed-Methods:</strong> Drive qualitative depth (contextual inquiry, cognitive walkthroughs) and quantitative rigor (large-scale surveys, behavioral telemetry, statistical modeling) to evaluate AI products.</li> <li><strong>Pioneer AI Research Operations:</strong> Integrate AI tools, prompt engineering, and agentic research workflows into your daily practice to accelerate quality research outputs.</li> <li><strong>Lead Cross-Discipline Collaboration:</strong> Facilitate research to drive cross-discipline clarity, executive alignment, and decision-making across complex security and admin workflows.</li> <li><strong>Solve Complex Problems:</strong> Bring stakeholders together across multiple teams to scope problems and collaborate on research in ways that nurture a culture of curiosity and learning.</li> <li><strong>Cultivate Empathy:</strong> Design mechanisms to build up customer empathy and deep knowledge of our partners, end users, consumers, administrators, and other identified audiences.</li> <li><strong>Tell High-Impact Stories:</strong> Represent your research to diverse audiences across the organization by telling compelling stories that motivate others to solve complex needs with your insights.</li> </ul> <h4>You could be a fit if you have:</h4> <ul> <