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The People Business Partner OpportunityThe People Business Partner, ANZ is a new role created to support our expansion of Okta in Australia & New Zealand. This is an opportunity to put your stamp on the role whilst leveraging the support and expertise of the global People team. You will report to the Director of People Business Partner Asia Pacific and Japan who is based in Sydney, Australia to drive a consistent and engaging employee experience across our growing regions.This is both a hands-on and strategic role that spans the entire employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding whilst providing true business partnering support to leaders and managers of teams across the region. How you will create impact:  

• Provide strategic advice, counsel and consultative solutions to business leaders on people management aspects of their business to include driving organisational development, team effectiveness, executing change management strategy and employee engagement solutions.
• Collaborate and consult on the design and delivery of People programs with the COEs to deliver effective solutions to the business.
• Act as the advocate for leading the talent management and development plans for the business unit with a focus on enhancing the quality of leaders and managers, building skills and capabilities of the workforce and ensuring succession bench strength.
• Direct, develop and drive the business unit’s global workforce plan and human capital strategies by acquiring and maintaining in-depth knowledge of the business, not limited to budget, revenue and product and portfolio roadmaps.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Finance to ensure a feasible, pro-active workforce plan is in place and well executed.
• Develop and monitor regular and ad-hoc reports to ensure People metrics are quantified and outcome driven. Able to identify trends and proactively recommend solutions to improve performance, retention, and employee experience.
• Guide and coach managers on how to appropriately manage and resolve complex People issues (e.g., performance management and total rewards).
• Partner with team members throughout the People organization to communicate and educate on policies, procedures, and compliance.
• Provide consultative support and guidance to managers on implementation / execution of core People programs.
• Leverage best practices and identifies opportunities for efficiencies.
• Understand the client groups, strategy, challenges, business initiatives and business model.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Proven HR Business Partnering experience in a fast paced environment ideally supporting teams of 200+ employees.
• Demonstrated track record of developing effective relationships across all levels of the organisation and with diverse client groups.
• Strong business acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to drive major initiatives through the organisation and influence decision makers at all levels.
• Ability to be proactive, to anticipate and provide alternatives and options to the business.
• Ability to diagnose and successfully handle organisational development issues.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; must be an eloquent and persuasive communicator.
• Excellent interpersonal, group, process and influence skills.
• Ability to prepare and make senior level presentations, and build a narrative based on collection and analysis of data. Should have knowledge of Google products (Sheets, Slides etc)
• Ability to conduct group facilitation, and coach and counsel management at all levels.
• Experience in leadership development and being a trusted advisor to Sr Leader level.
• Ability to partner with various COEs to build an equality strategy and other key initiatives for the organisation you partner with
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment with both onsite and distributed teams
• Ability and desire to operate with a high degree of flexibility.

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What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta 

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