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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.

 

VP of Delivery Enablement & Operations

Okta seeks a dynamic and experienced Vice President of Delivery Enablement and Operations for our Customer Identity Cloud Product Unit. In this role, you will be responsible for setting the Program Management and Operations strategy, developing and optimizing efficient policies and processes, driving delivery of our roadmap and product development efforts, and leading the Technical Program Management, Agility, and Strategic Programs teams. Reporting to the President of Customer Identity Cloud, this role will drive collaboration with engineering finance, product, product marketing, and Customer First to solve business challenges and optimize the business's delivery and efficiency.

 

Responsibilities

• The VP of Delivery Enablement and Operations will align the vision and strategy for Agility Coaching, Program Management, Communications, and Operations to cohesively drive delivery effectiveness and efficiency across the Customer Identity Cloud and Okta.
• Develop, implement, and continuously refine best practices, including through continuous education opportunities for the team to improve product lifecycle management efficiency and effectiveness.
• Run a diverse portfolio of highly visible programs from inception to launch, including reporting, liaising, and handling resource allocation, scheduling, risk management, and launch. 
• Drives key program and delivery metrics to assess program/team health, velocity, and improve the success of our portfolio. 
• Build and own methods to ensure continuous collaboration, transparency, and feedback to key stakeholders across Okta.  
• Be a thought leader, constantly improving how we work, championing a positive culture, both for your team and the wider business unit, and championing delivery, operational, and innovative methodologies throughout the organization

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in technical program management and operations leadership roles within a technology company, with at least five years in a senior leadership capacity.
• Proven track record of driving roadmap delivery, efficiency, and operational excellence at high-growth SaaS companies
• Proven ability to drive executive deliverables and communicate effectively at the leadership level
• Experience in building, influencing, or driving change across organizational processes, policies, and tooling.
• Strong first principles thinker and someone who can drive efficient and rigorous analysis, research and insight generation, and building hypotheses and business cases.
• Bias towards action and Ownership mentality: Someone who exhibits a strong results-oriented ownership mentality and owns successes and failures/learnings in past experiences.
• Excellent problem-solving, negotiation, and organizational skills. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills that drive exceptional impact at scale. 

 

Okta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies are part of the deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. They also align strongly to our cultural cornerstones, our Okta values: love our customers, empower our people, never stop innovating, act with integrity, and maintain transparency. It’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies:

• Builds Effective Teams: Build strong-identity teams applying their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. 
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses. 
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career and organization goals.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. 
• Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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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.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/. 

  Okta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies are part of the deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. They also align strongly to our cultural cornerstones, our Okta values: love our customers, empower our people, never stop innovating, act with integrity, and maintain transparency. It’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies:

• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.          
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us. 

The annual OTE range for this position for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:$277,000—$415,000 USD The OTE range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:$310,000—$466,000 USD

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.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/.