Company Planning and Programs Specialist, Okta
$106-145k
Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground
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Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$106-145k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve the connections between people and tools to make companies more productive and secure.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 2–3 years of proven experience in project management, program management, or strategic planning
- Adaptability & Ambiguity: Highly comfortable operating in dynamic environments where priorities can shift; able to bring structure to ambiguous problems
- Communication & EQ: Strong written and verbal communication skills with a high degree of emotional intelligence. You can effectively collaborate with diverse teams and navigate complex stakeholder relationships
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: A track record of successfully partnering with various teams to drive shared outcomes
- Technical Proficiency:
- Expertise in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
- Familiarity and comfort leveraging AI tools (such as Claude and/or Google Gemini) to enhance productivity, synthesize information, and draft communications
- You are a team player who isn't afraid to roll up your sleeves
- Whether you're helping coordinate a massive quarterly planning review or driving a targeted internal program to the finish line, you approach your work with curiosity, organization, and a collaborative spirit
What the job involves
- This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk
- Our Company Planning and Programs team focuses on creating alignment and clarity around our near- and long-term strategy at Okta. We are the connective tissue that ensures our top-level company methods and functional plans are translated into clear, actionable, and trackable initiatives
- We are looking for a versatile, highly adaptable Programs and Planning Specialist to join our team in a hybrid capacity. In this role, you will balance your time between driving our strategic planning rhythms (~60%) and acting as a flexible Project Manager (~40%) who can parachute into cross-functional initiatives as needs arise
- This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in ambiguity, possesses high EQ, and loves both the high-level strategic alignment and the on-the-ground execution of getting things done
- Planning Cycles: Support the execution of our annual and quarterly planning cycles (e.g., annual planning preparation, Quarterly Portfolio Updates / QPUs), ensuring clear communication and milestone tracking across stakeholders
- Operational Rhythm: Assist in the coordination of ongoing leadership alignments, tracking action items for key strategic initiatives, and ensuring cross-functional visibility into company progress
- Reporting & Documentation: Help maintain and streamline operational documentation, reporting dashboards, and presentation materials for executive reviews
- Flex PM Support: Step in to lead and manage smaller, high-priority projects and initiatives across the Company Operations ecosystem when extra bandwidth is needed
- Program Execution: Support internal change management efforts, internal team programs, or community initiatives (such as volunteer days and operational training rollouts)
- Stakeholder Coordination: Act as a central point of contact for assigned projects, ensuring timelines are met, risks are flagged, and cross-functional teams remain aligned
Our take
Okta started off as an identity company where organisations, large and small, could tap into the company to have a single sign-on interface to access all cloud applications now centralised. Okta has since expanded to provide identity management at the device as well as the server level.
The new approach towards network security is increasingly based on identification and authentication, and Okta is on track to become the go-to vendor in the space. It aims to do so by developing products that enable people to access applications and other tools more smoothly and securely than ever before.
Okta has taken strides towards expansion through significant employee growth and shuffling executive leadership. The company has also made lateral moves such as tackling governance concerns, opening up new paths for revenue.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2015
$75m
SERIES F
Jun 2014
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $229.3m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Health + Wellness
- Financial Benefits
- Pay + Incentives
- Time Off
- Everyday Living
- Resources
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Todd McKinnon
(Co-Founder & CEO)VP of Development at Salesforce.com and has nearly a decade of experience in various engineering and leadership roles at PeopleSoft.
Frederic Kerrest
(Co-Founder & Vice Chairman)Worked in Sales and Business Development at Salesforce.com, and previously co-founded high-tech consulting firm Meridian Global Solutions.
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