Director, Global GTM Recruiting

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We are seeking a

Director, Global GTM Recruiting

to define, drive, and own the talent acquisition strategy across our entire Global Go-To-Market (GTM) organization including Sales, Customer Solutions, Customer First, Enablement, and Alliances & Partners. In this leadership role, you will lead, scale, and inspire a high performing global recruiting organization to deliver a modern, technology and AI-driven hiring experience for candidates, executives, and hiring teams worldwide.

The Director of Global GTM Recruiting will lead a multi-tiered global recruiting team responsible for aggressive scaling across the Americas, EMEA, and APJ. As a talent partner to the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and GTM global senior leadership team, you will be responsible for fostering a culture of operational rigor, modern AI enablement, and proactive talent pipelining, while holding the global team accountable to critical velocity metrics, quality of hire benchmarks. You will play an instrumental role in shaping our global employer brand and orchestrating a best in class hiring journey that secures industry leading talent at scale.

This is a hybrid role based in the San Francisco Bay Area, requiring 2 days per week in our San Francisco office.

Role

Global Leadership & Team Development

Lead, mentor, and scale a multi-regional organization; cultivate a high-performance culture rooted in consultative excellence, accountability, and continuous development.

Executive Business Partnership

Serve as the strategic talent advisor to senior level GTM leaders (CRO, SVPs/VPs), collaborating closely with FP&A, Revenue Operations, Total Rewards, and People Partners to align global workforce planning with long-term company growth priorities.

Capacity Modeling & Target Delivery

Architect and govern global headcount capacity models and annual/quarterly hiring targets, driving agile resource allocation to ensure predictable, on-target delivery across all global regions.

Process Optimization & Candidate Experience

Continuously enable effective operational rigor, eliminate bottlenecks, hold accountability for SLAs and drive a seamless experience for both candidates and hiring panels.

Talent Analytics & Insights

Establish and refine executive dashboards, pipeline forecasting models, and comprehensive talent intelligence reporting to provide actionable insights to senior leadership and demonstrate measurable hiring efficacy and ROI.

Results

Proven Executive Leadership

Demonstrated track record of leading, scaling, and managing global, multi-tiered GTM recruiting teams (including managing people leaders) within high-growth, enterprise SaaS environments.

Scale & Agility

Proven success driving talent acquisition across both hyper-growth scale-ups and established multi-billion-dollar global enterprises.

Advanced Data & Operational Fluency

Deep expertise in leveraging full-funnel recruiting analytics, capacity planning, and predictive forecasting to drive operational efficiency and executive alignment.

Ai & Technology Innovation

Strong forward-thinking mindset with hands-on experience integrating AI tools, automation, and modern talent acquisition technology into sourcing, workflows, and enablement.

Strategic Problem Solving

Proven ability to anticipate macro talent market dynamics, resolve complex hiring bottlenecks, and orchestrate alignment across diverse, global stakeholder groups.

Relationships

Ecosystem Integration & Influence

Proven ability to build trusted, highly influential partnerships across the cross-functional ecosystem (Finance/FP&A, Revenue Operations, and People/HR leadership) to drive collective accountability and operational execution.

Executive Accountability & Communication

Exceptional communication, storytelling, and negotiation skills, with the gravitas to challenge, advise, and influence C-level and senior executive stakeholders globally.

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The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:

$224,000

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$308,000 USD

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, 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

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

$200,000

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$275,000 USD

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