Principal People Business Partner, R&D Engineering

Okta
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Experience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork","Relationship-building","Multi-tasking"]

Strategic partner to the CTO and VP/SVP+ leaders in Okta’s global R&D Engineering organization, driving organizational design, change management, and workforce transformation at scale. Partner with COEs to design people programs, lead AI-enabled workforce evolution, deliver data-driven talent insights, and coach senior technical leadership to sustain a high-performance culture across 1,200+ employees (730 in AMER).

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Principal People Business Partner, R&D Engineering

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Job Summary

Strategic partner to the CTO and VP/SVP+ leaders in Okta’s global R&D Engineering organization, driving organizational design, change management, and workforce transformation at scale. Partner with COEs to design people programs, lead AI-enabled workforce evolution, deliver data-driven talent insights, and coach senior technical leadership to sustain a high-performance culture across 1,200+ employees (730 in AMER).
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide strategic advice, counsel, and consultative solutions to technical leadership on people management aspects of the Engineering organization, including driving organizational design, team effectiveness, executing change management strategy, and employee engagement solutions.
  • •Collaborate and consult on the design and delivery of People programs with the COEs to deliver effective solutions to the business.
  • •Lead the "AI-augmented" workforce transformation by consulting on role redesign, skill evolution, and strategic talent density to ensure humans and AI agents work together effectively.
  • •Orchestrate structural unification and complex organizational design for the VP+ population, optimizing spans, layers, and global delivery models for maximum operational effectiveness.
  • •Provide high-impact strategic consulting to executive leadership on organizational design, change management, and team effectiveness, utilizing the Pod model to delegate routine People programs to COEs.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health Insurance401kEquityAnnual BonusPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • •Experience supporting large-scale technical organizations of 1,000+ employees across global regions.
  • •Demonstrated experience coaching and mentoring senior technical leadership (VP and SVP levels).
  • •Advanced proficiency in organizational design for complex, global engineering structures and matrixed environments.
  • •Exceptional communication skills combined with demonstrated problem solving ability are critical for this role.
Experience:10+ yearsHigh-growth technologyR&DEngineeringAI
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkRelationship-buildingMulti-tasking
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AIData analytics

Company Brief

Okta
Provides identity and access management cloud solutions that help organizations secure and manage user authentication, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management across applications and devices.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2009
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