Customer Success Executive

Okta Okta · Enterprise · Chicago, IL · Customer Success Management-750

Customer Success Executive for Okta, focusing on enterprise clients to drive adoption, retention, and value realization of Okta's identity solutions, including those related to AI.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and nurture strong customer and C-Level relationships to understand their business goals and needs, ensuring retention, happiness, and a significant return on investment. Cement yourself as a trusted and strategic advisor, translating complex technical concepts into actionable business outcomes.
  2. Design and execute proactive success plans and Strategic Business Reviews (SBRs) with clear goals, KPIs, and timelines—turning strategy into measurable traction.
  3. Champion customers internally and mobilize cross-functional partners across Sales, Support, Engineering, and Product to resolve escalations and lead coordinated success motions.
  4. Gather and surface feedback that drives continuous improvement, actively challenging what needs to evolve.
  5. Identify and communicate relevant new products and features, helping customers adopt and benefit from Okta's agentic capabilities.
  6. Identify renewal risk and collaborate with internal teams to remediate, ensure a successful renewal, and proactively spot expansion opportunities.

Skills

Required

  • Customer success
  • Account management
  • Consulting
  • Enterprise client management
  • SaaS product experience
  • Relationship management
  • Executive stakeholder development
  • Presentation skills
  • Communication skills
  • Listening skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Problem-solving
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Nice to have

  • Enterprise security tools experience

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of experience in a customer success, account management, or consulting role, managing relationships with large, complex enterprises (preferably working with a SaaS-based technical enterprise product).