The opportunity
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era.
What you'll do
Own the budget and workforce strategy components of the R&D Operating Plan,: translating corporate strategy and the long-range plan into a fully resourced annual plan across ORD and Auth0.
Direct R&D budget governance for a 2,000+ person organization: program spend oversight, variance reporting, fiscal discipline, and executive-level budget reviews with the President of Okta R&D and Finance leadership.
Own and evolve the P&L framework for R&D lines of business, arming executive: leadership with the cost and investment data behind portfolio decisions.
Model, govern and optimize AI token spend across the P&T organization: establish the cost baseline and forecasting model, build the framework for measuring return on that spend, and partner with engineering leaders to drive efficiency as consumption scales.
Lead engineering cost modeling, and partner with FP&A and Deal Desk on: account-specific margin analysis to support pricing, packaging and large-deal decisions.
Own financial compliance for R&D, including Capitalized Software entries and: maximizing US/Canada R&D tax credit capture.
What they're looking for
- Build and own the P&T expense data platform on Snowflake to enable clean: line-of-business cost distribution and self-service cost visibility for engineering leaders.
- Set the fiscal year workforce strategy in partnership with Recruiting: leadership — headcount governance, real-time allocation tracking, backfills, organizational growth mapping, and location strategy.
- Own the contingent workforce program end to end, including contractor and: agency lifecycle, capacity and spend.
- Own vendor operations for R&D: third-party relationships, capacity management, contract renewals, and performance SLAs.
