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Recruiting Compliance Onboarding (must)

What this posting asks for

Level: Manager — The title says "Director".

Main responsibilities

• Lead Okta's PSIRT program across all business units, defining its strategy, roadmap and operating model
• Own the vulnerability-handling lifecycle, from intake and triage through remediation, coordinated disclosure and post-incident review, and keep our procedure…
• Act as senior incident lead on Critical and high-profile vulnerabilities, including industry-wide issues, and make clear calls under pressure
• Partner with Engineering leaders to drive fixes and hotfixes on time, while engineering owns remediation
• Run coordinated disclosure with researchers and partners, and own Okta's CVE and security advisory process with Customer Trust and Security Communications
• Work closely with Cyber Defense, Identity Defense, Legal and Federal teams on exploitation analysis, customer impact and regulatory obligations
• Own the bug bounty program and relationships with the security research community
• Scale the team with automation and AI: agentic triage, root-cause and variant analysis, and tooling that holds up under a surge in volume
• Set and report key performance indicators (time to acknowledge, time to resolve, SLA attainment, advisory timeliness) to security and executive leadership
• Brief executives clearly and in proportion to risk, and lead post-incident reviews that feed lessons back into the Secure Development Lifecycle

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Teamwork and collaboration Core
  In the posting: “Partner with Engineering leaders to drive fixes and hotfixes on time, while engineering owns remediation” · “Work closely with Cyber Defense, Identity Defense, Legal and Federal teams on exploitation analysis, customer impact and regulatory obligations” · “Lead the process of recruiting great engineers to meet the growth plan for the team in collaboration with our recruiters”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Leadership and mentoring Core
  In the posting: “PSIRT triages reports from researchers, customers, our bug bounty program and our own automated discovery, leads each incident from intake to closure, drives…” · “Set and report key performance indicators (time to acknowledge, time to resolve, SLA attainment, advisory timeliness) to security and executive leadership” · “Mentor PSIRT and Product Security engineers in their career progression”
  Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
• Customer focus Core
  In the posting: “Within the Product Security team, our Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) owns Okta's response when a security vulnerability in our products is r…” · “PSIRT triages reports from researchers, customers, our bug bounty program and our own automated discovery, leads each incident from intake to closure, drives…” · “We seek a director to lead PSIRT through that change: run day-to-day incident response, build the team and the agentic workflows that let it scale, and be th…”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “Work closely with Cyber Defense, Identity Defense, Legal and Federal teams on exploitation analysis, customer impact and regulatory obligations” · “Scale the team with automation and AI: agentic triage, root-cause and variant analysis, and tooling that holds up under a surge in volume” · “Hands-on experience leading high-severity vulnerability incidents, from triage and impact analysis through fix validation and public disclosure”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era.” · “Working knowledge of coordinated disclosure and vulnerability handling standards (ISO/IEC 29147 and 30111, FIRST PSIRT Services Framework) and of CVE and CVSS” · “Working knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC2, PCI, FedRAMP, et al.)”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Stakeholder management Core
  In the posting: “Run coordinated disclosure with researchers and partners, and own Okta's CVE and security advisory process with Customer Trust and Security Communications” · “Set and report key performance indicators (time to acknowledge, time to resolve, SLA attainment, advisory timeliness) to security and executive leadership” · “Brief executives clearly and in proportion to risk, and lead post-incident reviews that feed lessons back into the Secure Development Lifecycle”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “PSIRT triages reports from researchers, customers, our bug bounty program and our own automated discovery, leads each incident from intake to closure, drives…” · “Partner with Engineering leaders to drive fixes and hotfixes on time, while engineering owns remediation”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Problem solving Core
  In the posting: “This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes.” · “Set and report key performance indicators (time to acknowledge, time to resolve, SLA attainment, advisory timeliness) to security and executive leadership”
  Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
• Communication Core
  In the posting: “Run coordinated disclosure with researchers and partners, and own Okta's CVE and security advisory process with Customer Trust and Security Communications” · “Exceptional ability to communicate, influence, and articulate vulnerability risk to engineers, executives and customers, including in high-pressure situations”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Ownership and accountability Core
  In the posting: “Own the vulnerability-handling lifecycle, from intake and triage through remediation, coordinated disclosure and post-incident review, and keep our procedure…” · “Own the bug bounty program and relationships with the security research community”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era.” · “Lead the process of recruiting great engineers to meet the growth plan for the team in collaboration with our recruiters”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Adaptability and learning Core
  In the posting: “Flexibility to travel as needed and maintain availability for off-hours incident response escalation” · “In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, an…”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.

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