Director, M&A People Strategy & Integration

Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

• Lead HR and talent due diligence across target organizations, analyzing organizational structures, total rewards programs, workforce demographics, employment contracts, and labor compliance risks.
• Evaluate key talent retention risks, leadership team capabilities, organizational design, critical skills gaps, and cultural alignment.
• Partner with Finance to analyze workforce cost structures, including compensation, benefits, harmonization costs, retention packages, severance exposure, and synergy targets.
• Build and maintain scalable People M&A playbooks, defining key deliverables across HR, Legal, Finance, and IT for Day 1 readiness and First 100 Days goals.
• Partner with Legal to manage employment contract transfers, equity roll-overs, restrictive covenants, immigration/visa transfers, works council/labor relations requirements, and employment law compliance.
• Collaborate with TD&I and People Ops to manage HRIS migrations, identity/access management transitions, payroll cutovers, and benefit vendor consolidations.
• Partner with Total Rewards to design side-by-side benefit maps, compensation alignment structures, equity conversions, and stay/retention bonus programs.
• Partner with Internal Comms and Legal to design Day 1 announcement communications, offer letter rollouts, onboarding experiences, and executive town halls.
• Track, monitor, and support key talent post-close, driving initiatives that preserve company culture and minimize unwanted attrition.

• 7–10+ years in M&A HR and Talent strategy, People Integration, or M&A Human Capital consulting (Big 4 / strategic advisory), with end-to-end deal lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to drive joint workstreams with Legal, Finance/Payroll, IT, and HR functional leads without direct line management authority.
• Strong fluency in global/domestic employment law fundamentals, compensation/benefits harmonization, equity compensation, and HRIS systems migrations.
• Solid skills in workforce data modeling, salary/benefit side-by-side mapping, and workforce financial synthesis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field; Master's or SPHR/SHRM-SCP certification preferred.

• The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between $219,000 – $301,000 USD.
• 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).