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Contract Technical Recruiter

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In-Office
Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Senior level
In-Office
Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Senior level
As a Contract Technical Recruiter at Okta, you'll be responsible for building and leading the recruiting team for their new location in India. Your role includes aligning talent initiatives with business objectives, partnering with internal leaders, ensuring operational excellence, and acting as a brand ambassador. The focus is on recruiting across various functions, particularly engineering and product, while driving talent branding initiatives.
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Get to know Okta
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. 
Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

This is a contract position through our staffing partner Magnit

In the Contract Recruiter role, you will be responsible, along with your peers, for building and growing the very first site location for Okta in India! The right candidate will be the ground floor owner and builder of both the Recruiting team and business across all functions, with a heavy emphasis on Engineering and Product hiring. This person will help to define how Okta positions itself in the market for tech talent among other verticals and for creating a world-class internal culture that the best of the best want to be a part of. In this unique, first-of-its-kind role, you will be expected to balance work across global geographies while acting as the market expert and owner of our newest growth center. Come join us!

 AREAS OF FOCUS

  • Hire India business needs in and around the Bengaluru area (Outer Rim)
  • Align key talent initiatives and resources with Okta's core business objectives  
  • Organizational design; building an effective organization designed to deliver at scale in a hyper-growth company
  • Strategic Account Management - partner with key product unit leaders and managers to ensure hiring of the right talent at the right time.
  • Partnership & Influence - Work closely with Finance & HR leaders to deliver short & long term talent solutions that drive growth & efficiency 
  • Operational Excellence – drive efficiencies that scale; metrics, process, technology 
  • Build and align operating rhythms that ensure the team hits established KPI's
  • Seen as a Brand Ambassador and steward of talent for Okta

 QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 7+ years in corporate, internal recruiting business facing role with experience recruiting across Engineering, Product, IT, Sales and G&A profiles in the India market
  • Demonstrated experience building and driving internal and external talent branding (referral drives, tech talks, webinars, LinkedIn campaigns, blog posts, hiring events etc) is required 
  • 5+ years demonstrated building, growing business teams in the India geographical 
  • market
  • 5+ years direct partnership with internal business leadership up to VP and partners (HR, Finance, Ops, compensation, benefits teams) building strategy and hiring execution plans
  • Direct experience working across global locations and time zones and influencing without ownership in a dotted-line organizational structure
  • Direct experience building and sharing retroactive and forward-looking analytics with internal stakeholders on the talent market and internal success metrics in Recruiting (hires, run rates, acceptance rates, talent availability, and more)
  • Demonstrated ability to balance short & long; you understand the need to meet short-term goals while planning for future growth and scale

This role is not eligible for the Okta-sponsored benefits listed below.  Benefits will be provided through Magnit.

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/. 

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