Director of Recruiting Enablement & Programs

Okta; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home opportunities

Health + Wellness

Financial Benefits

Pay + Incentives

Time Off

Everyday Living

Resources

Job summary

Okta is seeking a visionary Director of Recruiting Enablement & Programs to lead the global Talent Acquisition enablement, workflow design, and program execution. You will own scalable processes, playbooks, and high-touch candidate experience across regions, reporting to senior leadership.

Applicants should bring 10+ years in TA, strong leadership, and a track record of transforming recruiting operations and university programs. This role offers executive exposure and strategic impact.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Talent Acquisition or Recruiting Programs.
• Experience leading campus/early-career programs.
• Proven ability to scale teams across global regions.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable global hiring workflows with velocity and quality.
• Elevate recruiting coordination and interview logistics.
• Set and govern SLAs, metrics, and accountability across teams.
• Drive analytics, dashboards, and executive reporting for TA
• Lead enterprise early-career strategy for UR, internships, and co-ops.
• Partner with Finance and TA leadership on headcount planning.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Change management

People leadership

Job description

• This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We’re all in on this mission. If you are too, let’s talk
• We are looking for a visionary, results-oriented Director, Recruiting Enablement & Programs to serve as a pivotal senior leader across our global Talent Acquisition organization
• In this role, you will hold ownership of the core infrastructure that powers our hiring engine: driving operational rigor, recruiting enablement, and process excellence, alongside leading our comprehensive early-career team
• As a strategic operator and organizational architect, you will bridge long-term talent strategy with day to day execution
• Design Scalable Global Workflows: Continually evolve and standardize end-to-end hiring workflows that deliver velocity, consistency, and a premium experience across global regions
• Elevate Recruiting Coordination: Lead and modernize our Recruiting Coordination function, establishing high-touch candidate care and seamless interview logistics
• Operating Rhythms & Governance: Set clear Service Level Agreements (SLAs), operational benchmarks, and accountability frameworks across recruiters, sourcers, and interview teams
• Global Change Management: Drive high-adoption rollouts of new recruiting programs, workflow iterations, and operational standards
• Build Hiring Capabilities: Design and deploy comprehensive enablement programs, playbooks, and toolkits for recruiters, hiring managers, and interview panels
• Structured Assessment Frameworks: Champion structured interviewing, objective rubric design, and bias-mitigation practices to maintain high-bar, equitable hiring standards
• Candidate Experience Advocacy: Reinforce high-touch candidate experience standards across every interaction throughout the talent acquisition lifecycle
• Drive Business Insights: Define and track actionable recruiting analytics (e.g., funnel velocity, interviewer bandwidth, pipeline health, conversion metrics, intern conversion rates)
• Headcount & Capacity Modeling: Partner with Finance and TA Leadership on demand forecasting, capacity planning, and resource allocation
• Executive Reporting: Build robust dashboards and strategic reporting frameworks to give executive leaders full transparency into talent acquisition performance
• Architect Enterprise Early-Career Strategy: Design and scale a multi-year global University Recruiting (UR) vision encompassing internships, co-ops, and new graduate hiring
• Campus Brand & Strategic Ecosystems: Lead strategic university partnerships, diversity recruitment initiatives (HBCUs, HSIs, specialized student associations), and high-impact campus activations that elevate our employer brand
• World-Class Internship Experience: Oversee end to end intern cohort programming from immersive onboarding and executive mentorship to high-converting return-offer frameworks
• High-Volume Program Operations: Build scalable campus assessment days, digital candidate journeys, and high-velocity engagement models tailored for emerging talent
• Lead & Mentor High-Performing Teams: Recruit, develop, and inspire a multidisciplinary team across Recruiting Operations, Coordination, and University Programs
• Strategic Business Alignment: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, People team partners, Finance, and business unit leaders to ensure talent programs directly support company milestones
• Culture of Excellence: Foster a culture of continuous improvement, analytical curiosity, operational discipline, and inclusive leadership

Benefits

• Work from home opportunities
• Health + Wellness
• Financial Benefits
• Pay + Incentives
• Time Off
• Everyday Living
• Resources

If you are passionate about transforming recruiting into an integrated, data-informed, and high impact system of programs, this leadership opportunity offers significant scope, executive visibility, and meaningful business impactSenior Leadership Experience: 10 years of progressive experience across Talent Acquisition, Recruiting Operations, and/or Talent Programs, including proven success managing and scaling teamsExecutive Presence & Collaboration: Strong communication and influence skills, capable of partnering effectively with C-suite stakeholders, Finance, and People team executivesHigh-Bar Candidate & Stakeholder Centricity: Passion for elevating the candidate experience, building strong manager capabilities, and championing diversity and inclusionStrategic & Analytical Rigor: Deep analytical fluency with the ability to convert complex recruiting data into operational strategies and executive narrativesChange Leadership & Execution: Demonstrated capability leading complex, cross-functional programs and driving organizational change across global, matrixed environmentsComprehensive Program & Operational Expertise: Track record of designing and running both global recruiting operations and high-volume campus/early-career programs