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OktaOktaChicago, IL

Senior Manager, Recruiting Operations

Lead the global recruiting operations function at Okta, designing scalable processes, enablement programs, data-driven insights, and performance frameworks to improve hiring efficiency and quality. Build and develop a high-performing team while partnering cross-functionally with TA, People, Finance, and business leaders. Requires 8+ years in recruiting operations with proven process improvement and stakeholder management experience.

160k – 246k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOERecruiting

About the role

Recruiting Operations & Process Excellence

  • Design and continuously improve scalable, global recruiting processes that enable high-quality hiring at speed
  • Design and implement a recruiting coordination process that's scalable and efficient
  • Identify friction points across the hiring lifecycle and drive process improvements that increase efficiency and consistency
  • Establish clear operating rhythms, SLAs, and performance standards across recruiting teams
  • Lead change management efforts to roll out new processes and ensure adoption across regions and functions

Enablement & Hiring Excellence

  • Build and deliver onboarding and enablement programs for recruiters and hiring managers to improve hiring effectiveness
  • Develop frameworks for structured interviewing, evaluation quality, and consistent decision-making
  • Create playbooks, training, and best practices that elevate hiring manager capability and interviewer performance
  • Partner with TA leadership to reinforce high standards for candidate experience and hiring outcomes

Data, Insights & Performance

  • Define and track key recruiting metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, pipeline health, conversion rates, interviewer effectiveness)
  • Translate data into actionable insights that improve team performance and inform decision-making
  • Partner with Finance and TA leadership on hiring forecasts, capacity planning, and performance analysis
  • Build reporting frameworks that bring visibility and accountability to hiring outcomes

Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, People, Finance, and business leaders to align on hiring priorities and execution
  • Collaborate with systems and IT partners to ensure tools effectively support recruiting workflows (without owning the systems directly)
  • Act as a connective layer between strategy and execution, ensuring hiring goals translate into operational outcomes

Leadership & Organizational Impact

  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Recruiting Operations team
  • Drive consistency and operational excellence across global recruiting teams
  • Serve as a strategic partner to TA leadership on performance, process improvements, and scaling the function
  • Create a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and data-driven decision-making

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in Recruiting Operations, Talent Operations, or related roles
  • Proven track record of improving recruiting processes and driving operational excellence at scale
  • Strong experience with recruiting metrics, analytics, and performance management
  • Experience building enablement programs and improving hiring manager and interviewer effectiveness
  • Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Strong program management and change management capabilities
  • A practical, data-driven mindset with a focus on execution and outcomes

Skills

recruiting operationstalent operationsRecruiting MetricsAnalyticsPerformance Managementenablement programsStakeholder ManagementProgram ManagementChange Managementdata-driven decision making

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