Director, Event Digital Strategy and Technology

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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart 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.

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Are you a digital strategist who’s passionate about how the attendee journey flows from digital to onsite experiences powered by state-of-the-art technology?

Okta is looking for a Director of Event Digital Strategy and Technology to transform the intersection between event technology and digital innovation.

At this role your success will be measured by the ability to create a vision and deliver on end-to-end digital and onsite attendee experience through all technology touch points, while while exceeding expectations of the program stakeholders:

In order to generate the impact this position requires, we expect you to:

• Drive the strategic vision and deployment of end-to-end attendee experiences both digital and through technologies that support their onsite journey
• Utilize data and data insights to identify areas of opportunity. Develop a data driven optimization roadmap in partnership with the Digital Analytics team
• Be responsible for managing, deploying, and continually improving the event tech and digital solutions used for our portfolio of strategic events and webinars
• Drive overall requirements to properly configure the technology to meet the experience requirements for registration paths, housing, meeting tools, mobile app technologies, digital broadcasts, and webinars in partnership with internal teams
• Partner with onsite event tech team to ensure delivery of onsite event tech is enabled to perform
• Partner with webinar program team to deliver innovative digital experiences that support their KPIs
• Articulate, track and execute all quality assessment motions
• Monitor risks and triaging issues pre-event and onsite with a sharp eye for prioritization
• Partner with agency and vendor partners to ensure technology is set up and ready for use
• Ensure security, privacy & legal reviews
• Travel up to 25% of time (US and globally when needed)
  
  

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of demonstrated success in a similar role
• Experience deploying and managing event tech and services like RainFocus, EventBase, CVENT, IBM, Vidyard, On24, Goldcast, etc
• Deep understanding and experience with ERC, SRC, content catalog, housing tools, mobile app, live and on-demand event technologies
• Experience leading live online events independently produced as well as live broadcasts of large in-person events
• Experience running digital strategy for webinar programs at scale
• Experience creating digital strategy opportunity assessments and digital strategy plans incorporating customer feedback and engagement tactics to drive website engagement, conversions, leads, and marketing pipeline.
• Strong ability to work cross-functionally across internal teams and lead vendors independently
• Establish effective processes, meetings and milestones and regularly communicate deadlines and interdependencies
• Aversion to status quo and demonstrated continuous curiosity
  
  

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:

$168,000—$252,000 USD

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.

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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.