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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.
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We are seeking a Director, Global Employee Relations & Compliance to join our Employee Relations & Compliance (ER&C) team. This role will lead a global team of ER&C professionals supporting a variety of critical people programs including global performance management, international grievances, and international HR compliance. It will also provide strategic support and guidance to business leaders and the People Business Partner (PBP) team to foster a high-trust, high-performance culture across Okta. This role will work closely with Legal and People COEs to promote equity, company values, performance excellence, and accountability in the workplace.
This role requires a strategic professional who stays abreast of risks, themes, and developments in ER&C, especially in the EMEA and APJ regions. You will develop strong relationships across the company to prioritize and mitigate risks and build strong global processes to ensure a fair and consistent employee experience.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership, strategy, and vision to the continued build of process and structure in the following ER&C areas: Global Performance Management; EMEA and APJ grievance and employee corrective action; EMEA and APJ HR Compliance requirements
- Lead a team of global ER&C professionals by exhibiting strong leadership acumen, with a focus on team development, career growth, and leading with care and empathy
- Serve as a member of the ER&C Leadership Team working to scale and refine the ER&C function, including the development of reactive and proactive initiatives, production of data analytics, and providing global employee relations support, thus ensuring an equitable and transparent employee experience across the company
- Support any go-live efforts as Okta expands into new regions within EMEA and/or APJ
- Support Okta’s leaders and PBPs with performance management and organizational health, providing recommendations and guidance in line with Okta’s established guidelines
- Expand performance case management operations in EMEA and APJ to enhance employee experience and ensure process integrity
- Participate in the development and deployment of ER-related training, including dedicated ownership over international training efforts
- Provide regular reporting of ER&C activity and results in EMEA and APJ to drive organizational health and maturity
Knowledge & Requirements:
- Strong leadership skills with demonstrated experience building effective teams and driving results
- Strong understanding of global labor and employment laws and global compliance requirements
- Project management experience or experience as a key project contributor
- Demonstrated ability to lead, manage, facilitate change, and deliver results; demonstrated vision to define and effectively manage strategies, change structures, and change processes necessary to address program priorities
- Develop trust and rapport and influence cross-functional partners and business leaders
- Ability to navigate ambiguity within a fast-moving and changing environment
- Ability to use independent judgment, reasoning and analysis, problem-solving skills, and creativity in helping the business solve complex problems
- Strong interpersonal skills, as demonstrated by strong written and oral communication
- High emotional intelligence
- Effective at managing time and resources while prioritizing and balancing multiple commitments
Basic Qualifications:
- Advanced degree, law degree, or other specialized training in employment law, compliance, and/or risk mitigation
- Minimum 8 years of relevant international employee relations and compliance experience
- Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience
- Experience supporting international employees and international processes and compliance requirements
- Comfortable working with any level of employee or manager
- Able to read a situation and navigate complexity and ambiguity
- Demonstrated sound judgment and experience in assessing and mitigating risk
- Willingness to support multiple geographies and time zones
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 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:
$166,000—$276,000 USD
The OTE range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:
$206,000—$310,000 USD
What you can look forward to as an Full-Time Okta employee!
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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