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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 Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.
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Senior Privacy Analyst, Privacy Operations
Accelerate your career by joining Okta as a member of our growing Privacy team! As Senior Privacy Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting privacy across all aspects of the organization at a high-growth, publicly-traded enterprise software company. You will work on cutting-edge privacy projects, in a modern, cloud-first, SaaS environment, to help Okta deliver world-class products to our thousands of global customers.
What you’ll be doing
- Be an integral part of shaping a culture of privacy throughout Okta.
- Assist Okta departments to further adopt privacy by design into all products and processes.
- Support and guide the business in complying with privacy requirements, including tracking changes to applicable privacy laws and regulations.
- Carry out data protection impact assessments, transfer risk assessments, and supporting audits as needed.
- Assist in the development and implementation of privacy controls across Okta.
- Manage data subject requests and be the main point of contact for ensuring our processes run smoothly.
- Implement tactical, measurable and scalable processes for demonstrating privacy compliance.
- Form strong collaborative relationships with Okta teams globally.
- Provide integral input in improving and maturing our privacy program and processes.
What you’ll bring to the role
- 5+ years of experience in privacy compliance, data governance or similar legal/compliance analyst roles.
- Fundamental project management skills (e.g. project charters, trackers, timelines, and reports).
- Relevant privacy certifications (e.g. CIPP, CIPT, or CIPM) desired.
- Experience working for a technology company, in-house privacy team, privacy department, or consulting firm.
- Experience working with or for global cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers.
- Sophisticated Microsoft Office and GSuite skills (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Docs, Sheets, or Slides).
- Proficiency with project management practices, workflow tools and methodologies (e.g. DataGrail, Airtable, JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheets) desired.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and responsibility.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively and in high pressure situations.
- Organized, responsive, and persistent with good follow-through.
- Self-motivated, willing to learn, and able to conduct research on constantly evolving data privacy standards.
- Effectively balance competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced environment.
- Enjoy operating both independently and cross-functionally.
- Be an emerging subject matter expert in privacy laws, regulations, policies, standards, with a desire to build skills providing practical, concise privacy knowledge to help Okta teams.
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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.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:
$98,000—$146,000 USD
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
- Amazing Benefits
- Making Social Impact
- 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.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.
Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/.
Okta Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, mental-health support, and income protection, complemented by preventive care options and wellness resources. These elements indicate robust coverage for both routine needs and more complex situations.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and fertility and family‑building benefits. Caregiving resources and flexible arrangements help employees navigate family responsibilities.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO, separate sick time, paid holidays, and a company Wellbeing Week provide multiple avenues for time away. This breadth supports rest, recovery, and work‑life balance.
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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.
