Okta
Senior Director, R&D Planning & Operations
$258K–$355K
Bellevue, Washington +2 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Bellevue, Washington
Chicago, Illinois
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- 12+ years total, including 6+ years leading relevant functions within a technology company.
- Education
- MBA, or an undergraduate degree with a concentration in Finance, Economics, Statistics or Engineering (preferred).
- Visa sponsorship
- No citizenship requirement; the employee must be on US Soil (the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or outlying areas of the United States, as defined in FAR 2.101).
About the job
Leads financial, workforce, vendor, and operating processes for Okta’s 2,000+ person R&D organization, translating strategy into budgets and hiring plans while improving cost visibility and performance tracking.
What you'll do
- Own R&D budget and workforce planning, governance, financial compliance, and vendor operations across ORD and Auth0.
- Build AI-spend forecasting and return-measurement frameworks, and apply AI to financial analysis, reporting, dashboards, and workflow automation.
- Lead the R&D operating cadence, including annual goals and OKRs, performance reviews, and development of the operations team.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of work experience, including 6+ years leading business operations, R&D/engineering operations, or FP&A within a technology company.
- Demonstrated ownership of a large engineering or R&D budget and workforce planning/headcount governance in partnership with Recruiting and Finance.
- Experience managing vendor portfolios, including contract negotiation and renewal, SLAs, and capacity planning.
- Hands-on experience with Capitalized Software accounting and US and/or Canada R&D tax credit programs; demonstrated use of AI in finance and operations work.
Nice to have
- Experience with Snowflake or building financial data platforms; experience modeling consumption-based spend such as AI/LLM token usage.
- MBA or an undergraduate degree concentrated in Finance, Economics, Statistics, or Engineering.
Pay
$258,000 — $355,000 USD annual base salary
Tools
Snowflake, AI, LLM
AI focus
Govern and optimize AI token spend, including forecasting and return measurement; apply AI to finance and operations analysis, reporting, dashboard generation, and workflow automation.
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