Okta
Director, M&A People Strategy & Integration
Chicago, Illinois · Director
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About the role
- Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI.
- This is an opportunity to do career-defining work.
- Stretch Opportunities & Total Rewards Impact: M&A activity naturally ebbs and flows.
Responsibilities
- Talent & Cultural Assessment: Evaluate key talent retention risks, leadership team capabilities, organizational design, critical skills gaps, and cultural alignment to inform valuation, deal terms, and integration strategies.
- Integration Playbook & Strategy: Build and maintain scalable People M&A playbooks, defining key deliverables across HR, Legal, Finance, and IT for Day 1 readiness and First 100 Days goals.
- Change & Communications: Partner with Internal Comms and Legal to design Day 1 announcement communications, offer letter rollouts, onboarding experiences, and executive town halls.
- Retention Strategy: Track, monitor, and support key talent post-close, driving initiatives that preserve company culture and minimize unwanted attrition.
- Cross-Functional Expertise: Proven ability to drive joint workstreams with Legal, Finance/Payroll, IT, and HR functional leads without direct line management authority.
- Proactive "Driver" Skillset: High-agency operator with a strong bias for action; proven ability to take full ownership of deal outcomes, push cross-functional workstreams forward, hold partners accountable to tight deal timelines, and solve complex roadblocks with urgency.
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
- Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era.
- This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes.
- We are looking for a strategic, hands-on Director, M&A People Strategy & Integration to lead the human capital lifecycle for our deal pipeline.
Compensation
- Data-Driven Analysis: Solid skills in workforce data modeling, salary/benefit side-by-side mapping, and workforce financial synthesis.
- The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:
- $219,000 - $301,000 USD
- Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington.
Benefits
- Lead HR and talent due diligence across target organizations, analyzing organizational structures, total rewards programs, workforce demographics, employment contracts, and labor compliance risks.
Company info
- We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.
- 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Legal & Compliance Alignment: Partner with Legal to manage employment contract transfers, equity roll-overs, restrictive covenants, immigration/visa transfers, works council/labor relations requirements, and employment law compliance.
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