Okta
Senior Director, GRC
$236K–$363K
San Francisco, California +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, California
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of progressive leadership in Security GRC.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads and scales Okta’s Security GRC organization, managing cyber risk, compliance, audits, data governance, and AI governance to support secure products and business operations.
What you'll do
- Integrate AI and agentic tools into GRC operations, including evidence collection, risk scoring, policy mapping, and audit readiness.
- Lead enterprise cyber risk management, global security and privacy compliance, audits, remediation, and third-party risk governance.
- Operationalize AI risk governance and partner with cross-functional teams to align compliance with product and business priorities.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of progressive Security GRC leadership in a high-growth SaaS, cloud-first, or enterprise technology environment.
- Demonstrated understanding of AI/ML governance, including generative and agentic AI security, data lineage, and global AI regulations.
- Extensive track record managing compliance for enterprise cloud environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Pay
$264,000 — $363,000 USD annual base salary (San Francisco Bay area); $236,000 — $325,000 USD annual base salary (California excluding San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington)
Tools
NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, EU AI Act, SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ENS High, MS DPR, PCI-DSS
AI focus
Drive AI-first GRC operations and govern AI risks, including training data protection, model risk management, responsible AI, and generative and agentic architectures.
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