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Okta is seeking a world-class pricing strategy leader to identify and drive business growth strategies across the portfolio. Reporting into the Business Planning Strategy & Ops team, this lead will drive the creation of monetization strategy proposals, application of new monetization models, discounting optimization strategies and models, identification and pursuit of new go to market growth strategies, quantitative market research and analysis, customer and field validation for innovation launches and updates at Okta. He/she will drive strategy decision approvals and ensure downstream implementation dependencies are lined up to operationalize
This role requires strong cross functional executive collaboration and influencing along with the ability to deal with ambiguity while building and transforming for scale. This leader will have virtual team management responsibilities to drive company level initiatives. The person in this role will work across Product Management and GTM leadership teams to determine the best monetization strategy and plans as we launch new innovations. They will drive and maintain the monetization strategy roadmap. In addition, this leader will work with product management and business operations teams to implement pricing and packaging changes within the product and the quote to cash systems. Finally, this leader will be responsible to drive the change management and alignment to ensure that the proposal lands successfully with the field and customers.
As Okta rapidly launches new innovations and expands into new markets, this role is critical to our success. A successful leader in this role will have a combination of skills across product strategy & management, customer research and market insights, business strategy, analytics, program management, communication, influencing and collaboration.
Core responsibilities will include:
- Define and launch monetization go to market pricing and discounting strategies that will help Okta scale to $4B+ in revenue
- Work closely with leaders in the product management, product marketing and GTM teams to craft new packaging and pricing strategy proposals, evaluate and apply new business models and monetization strategies for new and to existing product innovations.
- Provide well-reasoned packaging and pricing recommendations to leaders across the organization and the executive team
- Develop and maintain discounting optimization strategies and guidance models, GTM programs and promotions across Geos and RTMs.
- Drive cross-sell and up-sell opportunities through bundling and enterprise buying programs (ex. ELAs) that balance portfolio level simplification with value capture.
- Define and evaluate Key Performance Indicators to track price realization impacts of packaging and pricing changes for continuous improvements.
- Provide content inputs for Okta’s official pricing webpages.
- SME support for pricing enablement and training content for the sales team to help best position pricing conversations with customers.
- Provide targeted in-deal support to the sales team to assist in strategic precedent setting opportunities.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, Business or an equivalent; MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience (preferably 4) in a monetization/pricing strategy role. May consider candidates with monetization/pricing experience and a combination of the following areas: strategy consulting, strategic finance or corporate strategy, deal strategy & value management, ideally at a SaaS or enterprise software company to equal 5 years.
- Ability to quickly grasp new product concepts across a variety of technologies, consistently apply critical and structured thinking to new areas.
- Strong analytics background with experience running and analyzing large amounts of financial and customer data .
- Action-oriented to solve problems and get a lot done in short timeframes.
- Demonstrated leadership experience driving complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills across all levels of an organization.
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.
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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, 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 base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:
$182,000—$255,000 USD
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:
$202,000—$283,000 USD
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