okta

Principal People Business Partner, R&D Engineering

Apply Now

At a Glance

Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Work Regime
hybrid
Experience
10+ years
Posted
2026-06-17T12:08:05-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AIMachine Learning

Domain Knowledge

  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Insurance

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and

Requirements

Experience supporting large-scale technical organizations of 1,000+ employees across global regions.

Demonstrated experience coaching and mentoring senior technical leadership (VP and SVP levels).

Advanced proficiency in organizational design for complex, global engineering structures and matrixed environments.

Good understanding of matrix structures and politically savvy.

Ability to cope with pressure maintaining a high standard of deliverables.

Ability to analyze and utilize data to make informed short and long term business decisions.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic advice, counsel, and consultative solutions to technical leadership on people management aspects of the Engineering organization, including driving organizational design, team effectiveness, executing change management strategy, and employee engagement solutions.

Collaborate and consult on the design and delivery of People programs with the COEs to deliver effective solutions to the business.

Lead the "AI-augmented" workforce transformation by consulting on role redesign, skill evolution, and strategic talent density to ensure humans and AI agents work together effectively.

Orchestrate structural unification and complex organizational design for the VP+ population, optimizing spans, layers, and global delivery models for maximum operational effectiveness.

Provide high-impact strategic consulting to executive leadership on organizational design, change management, and team effectiveness, utilizing the Pod model to delegate routine People programs to COEs.

Partner with team members throughout the People organization to communicate and educate on policies, procedures, and compliance.