AI Strategy & Operations Director
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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 flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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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Job Description
Okta is looking for an AI Strategy & Operations Director to join our newly formed AI Strategy team. As Okta accelerates its investment in Generative AI, this role will serve as the right hand to the VP of AI Strategy, helping execute on the vision, coordinate initiatives across the company, and ensure alignment across functional departments. The Director will own the creation and execution of a unified AI roadmap, drive executive-facing communications, and establish the operational discipline needed to scale AI impact across the enterprise.
You will partner closely with our Business Technology, Finance, and business leaders to integrate AI into Okta’s planning processes, track impact, and measure ROI of key initiatives. You will also be responsible for maintaining visibility with the executive team and the board, ensuring AI strategy is tightly connected to enterprise priorities. This is a highly cross-functional role with significant visibility, requiring strong strategic acumen, operational rigor, and the ability to influence at the executive level.
What you’ll be doing
- Develop and maintain a unified 12-month Generative AI roadmap, incorporating technology initiatives, use cases, and cultural/people deliverables
- Lead executive-facing communications, including executive staff updates, board materials, and performance dashboards
- Partner with Business Technology, Finance, and functional leaders to integrate AI into Okta’s annual planning and prioritization processes
- Own AI impact tracking, including adoption, satisfaction, ROI, and business outcomes, ensuring insights guide future investment
- Provide flexible, hands-on support as company priorities and industry dynamics evolve
What you’ll bring to the role
- 8–10+ years of experience in strategy, operations, or leadership roles at high-growth technology companies
- 2+ years of people management experience, with proven ability to grow and scale teams
- Experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, FP&A strategy, or a similar role with demonstrated executive storytelling skills
- Hands-on AI experience: has led a critical, complex initiative with measurable results, or held a role with company-wide responsibility for AI-driven change
- Track record of incubating new teams or functions from scratch in ambiguous environments
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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.
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
- Amazing Benefits
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- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community 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/.
Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.
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.
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