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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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This is a contract position through our staffing partner
Okta recruiting is re-imagining how recruiting is done. We are on a journey to becoming a pro-active talent sales and marketing organization. The product we are focused on marketing to our customers, our talented candidates, is a career at Okta! Our vision, why we exist, is “Connect the Best Talent with Okta. Everywhere.”
As a Talent Acquisition partner focused primarily on the India Market, you will recruit across our Sales Organization. You will own reqs, build “ready now” and “ready later” talent pipelines, and create an exceptional candidate experience. While your focus will be India, this role may also flex to support other global markets when needed.
We’re looking for someone with an “always recruiting” mindset - a trusted advisor to hiring managers, deeply curious about people, and passionate about connecting the right talent with the right opportunities.
- Partner with client teams to scale recruiting strategy to support continued growth
- Develop and execute innovative sourcing and recruiting strategies for India, and flex into the US/Canada as needed.
- Focus on building ready-later talent pools for frequently hired roles in our Sales organisation; hiring AE's, pre/post sales, XDR's, BDR's, solutions engineering, etc.
- Influence with data to drive continued process and strategy improvement
- Evaluate and evolve our hiring teams
- Consistently source, build, and deliver robust, diverse talent pipelines for ready-now and ready-later talent pools
- Attend and host meet-ups and events to tie into our ready later talent strategy
- Stay abreast of market trends in the technology industry
- Extend, negotiate, and successfully close candidates
Experience you may bring:
- 8+ years of end-to-end recruitment experience in a sales organization
- Demonstrated ability to build strategic partnerships with business leaders
- Ability to coach best practices
- Always learning mindset, and a builder, owner mentality
- Experience of working in an internal recruiting organisation, in a high-growth tech company
- Experience with the Sales market and technology markets
- Proven experience with creative sourcing techniques beyond LinkedIn, with a strong marketing mindset
- Ability to articulate the Okta value proposition and story to candidates
- Experience partnering and influencing hiring managers throughout the recruiting cycle
- Successfully deliver on all deadlines and flawlessly execute in a very fast-paced environment
- English proficiency is required due to frequent cross-regional collaboration
- Proven track record of achievement and success
- Model the behaviours of a true team player and guardian of the Okta culture
This role is not eligible for the Okta-sponsored benefits listed below. Benefits will be provided through our RPO.
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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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Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta provides simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential. More than 10,000 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.
