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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 Security team’s mission is to strengthen Okta’s position as the leading Identity-as-a-service solutions provider by identifying and resolving risks to employees, products, and, most importantly, our customers. With the ever-increasing pace of cloud application adoption, companies are struggling to find ways to accurately assess risk and act at the speed of their business.

The Product Security Vulnerability Management Lead role drives, guides, and defines the overarching process and policies to handle Product Security risks and vulnerabilities and track their intake, progress, and resolution. 

The Product Security Vulnerability Management Lead actively collaborates with Okta’s technology leaders to develop and drive security strategies across Okta. This position is crucial in ensuring that Okta’s systems and services meet the highest security standards and align with our customers’ requirements. This position requires expertise in security operations, vulnerability management,  secure development lifecycle, and program management.

• Responsible for defining, improving, formalizing, and implementing Okta’s Product Security Vulnerability Management Program for all products and business units  
• Report on the health of the program and overall status of the identified risks
• Collaborate with internal teams to improve workflows, governance, and communication of vulnerabilities and risks
• Work closely with Engineering, IT, Product, and Security teams on cross-functional initiatives
• Communicate and track the implementation of complex vulnerability mitigation strategies to development organizations

• 4+ years of experience in Information Security with a focus on Product Security, Application Security, Vulnerability Management, Secure Development Lifecycle, and Security Operations
• Advanced working experience in program/project management and project management tools
• Working experience in risk management
• Working experience in data analysis, aggregation, and reporting tools
• Knowledge of Product Security concepts
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, particularly in technical writing, process documentation, and executive presentations

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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 

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/.

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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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