# Chief of Staff to the CPO

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $184k – $284k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** hr operations, Strategic Planning, Budget Management, talent management, Performance Management, employee engagement, Cross-Functional Leadership, Project Management, Data Analysis, hr compliance, business strategy, executive advising, Process Optimization
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Serve as strategic thought partner, advisor, and operational proxy to the Chief People Officer. Lead high-impact initiatives, synchronize global People programs and planning, manage budgets, simplify processes, and act as connective glue across the People Leadership Team in a fast-paced environment.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do

### Executive Proxy and Strategic Thought Partnership
- Serve as a trusted advisor, strategic thought partner, and proxy for the Chief People Officer, representing the Office of the CPO in key leadership forums and decision-making bodies.
- Cultivate deep, authentic relationships across the People Leadership Team (PLT)—including PBPs, L&D, Recruiting, People Ops, Total Rewards, and Workplace—ensuring all separate programs align and fit together seamlessly.
- Evaluate operational requests and initiatives with critical rigor, acting as a gatekeeper to ensure we do not waste organizational energy over-engineering or operationalizing the wrong processes.
- Lead high-stakes, cross-group special projects from concept to completion, ensuring precise work-back schedules, clear ownership, and definitive output.

### High-Velocity Operations and Program Integration
- Manage and synchronize all global People & Places program timelines, including product launch dates, program releases, and policy effective dates.
- Lead the People organization through annual and quarterly business planning (QBRs), streamlining headcount allocation, and optimizing global resources.
- Identify systemic friction points and redesign complex corporate workflows into elegant, simple, and highly scalable processes.
- Monitor global HR operational risks and strategic opportunities, delivering clear recommendations to navigate ambiguity and protect our high talent density.

### Financial Stewardship and Budget Management
- Manage and oversee the global People & Places organization budget in close partnership with the Chief People Officer and Finance.
- Work with functional People leaders to build, manage, and audit program-specific budgets, ensuring financial resources are directly mapped to our most critical strategic priorities.

## What Success Looks Like
- Recognized as a trusted, seamless proxy for the CPO, highly capable of driving alignment and making high-velocity decisions on their behalf.
- The People Leadership Team operates with flawless synchronicity; major launches, system releases, and policy rollouts are integrated into a single global roadmap.
- The organization avoids low-leverage work; execution cycles are spent only on high-value initiatives, and over-engineered, low-value processes are actively dismantled.
- The global People budget is meticulously managed with zero unexpected variances and clear ROI on talent programs.
- High-energy presence has successfully fostered a highly connected, transparent, and collaborative community across our global workforce.

## Leadership Expectations
- Command respect at the C-suite and board levels, articulating complex operational and talent concepts with clarity, confidence, and authority.
- Possess a relentless bias toward action, measuring success by concrete outcomes and delivered projects rather than mere activity or busywork.
- Detail-obsessed yet highly strategic, with critical judgment to balance strategy with execution.
- Outstanding relationship-building skills and a high-energy approach that naturally connects people, breaks down functional walls, and creates a sense of shared purpose.
- Reject incrementalism and mediocrity, continually pushing yourself and the leadership team to elevate performance standards.
- View ambiguity, priority shifts, and platform transitions as opportunities to improve and innovate.

## What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in HR, operations, strategy, or a related field
- Strong leadership skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas and concepts
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data to drive decision-making
- Experience in talent management, performance management, and employee engagement
- Knowledge of HR laws, regulations, and compliance requirements is preferred
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- High level of integrity, with the ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information

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