Senior Director, GRC

Third-Party & SaaS Risk Governance: Direct high-impact vendor risk assessment programs, ensuring third-party SaaS tools and supply chain risks meet Okta’s stringent security controls program.

Audit Management & Remediation: Serve as the primary executive lead for internal/external audits, customer assurances, and regulatory reviews. Drive rapid, engineering-led remediation of audit findings and control gaps.

Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with Product Management, Legal, Privacy, Infrastructure, and Business Technology teams to align compliance requirements with product roadmaps and commercial objectives.

Requirements:

Proven Executive Leadership: 10+ years of progressive leadership in Security GRC within a high-growth SaaS, cloud-first, or enterprise technology environment.

AI Governance Expertise: Demonstrated understanding of AI/ML governance challenges, including generative and agentic AI security, data lineage and global AI regulatory landscapes.

Mastery of Security Frameworks: Extensive track record managing compliance for enterprise cloud environments

Risk Quantification Skills: Deep knowledge of risk management methodologies and the ability to translate complex technical risks into operational context for executives.

Team Scale & Mentorship: Track record of recruiting, mentoring, and retaining high-performing, technical GRC engineering and risk management professionals.

Education & Certifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, 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.

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