Trust Incident Manager

Posted:
12/6/2024, 8:25:40 AM

Location(s):
Missouri, United States ⋅ Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⋅ Chicago, Illinois, United States ⋅ Illinois, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Customer Success & Support ⋅ Sales & Account Management

Pay:
$84/hr or $174,720 total comp

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. 

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. 

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Position Description:

The ideal Trust Incident Manager is an independent “problem identifier and solver” who is driven by going the distance to make Okta’s customers and support teams successful. As this is a role that has high visibility with both Okta and Okta customers, the ideal candidate is an articulate and seasoned expert with strong business acumen and executive presence who can work across levels of internal (Okta) and external organizations (customers) to drive improvements in the betterment of the customer experience.      

This role will be responsible for developing and maintaining Okta Trust Support Incident and case handling strategies.   This includes recommending changes to people, process, and technology by utilizing prior support incidents to determine opportunities for improvement.   This role will take the lead in change initiatives, including training and communications to the entire Support organization. This role will include continuous evaluation and updates to the incident management process as well as training and mentoring employees on the same for our most critical situations.   

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Work with a global mindset as part of a team of Escalation Managers and Incident Managers
  • Collaborate with Okta on-call engineers and monitor online activity data for multiple Okta Services to identify service disruptions
  • Effectively communicate critical issue status (both verbally and written) to executive staff, sales teams, and other involved parties
  • Utilize business and technical skills to effectively manage customer escalations, coordinate meetings, calls, and deliverables, and interpret trend/regression patterns
  • Manage customer-facing communications for Incidents (status page posts, RCA’s etc), explaining the details of disruption, the impact on customer applications and how we are working towards resolution
  • Create and execute a data-driven customer get-well plan
  • Participate in Support Incident Response Manager On-Call rotation
  • Work with Engineering and Product Management on the resolution of specific issues that may arise as blockers for customer progress
  • Work with a team to maintain and update the public cloud services status page for customers
  • Develop strong partnerships internally with Sales, Services, Support and Engineering
  • View problems and solutions holistically, from multiple viewpoints, and create a plan of action to best satisfy the needs of all stakeholders
  • Partner with engineering on the timely completion of all RCAs related to trust events
  • Manage and track schedules and rotations for trust events 
  • Develop and manage trust event drills for support personnel
  • Take ownership of training and engagement of staff involved, including mentoring new staff engaged in either trust communications or P1 communications
  • Be an advocate within the organization to help ensure focus and execution of both trust and P1 case handling

 

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Demonstrated experience in managing Trust and P1 case handling processes
  • 5+ years in enterprise technical support incident management, preferably in SaaS industry
  • Excellent relationship management, customer service and communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Experience in managing and rolling out large scale processes
  • Experience in trend analysis and presentation 
  • Passion for solving customer issues and advocating for their success, in a fast-paced, highly technical environment
  • Ability to work independently with little direct supervision and as a part of a team
  • Able to work cross functionally in proposing solutions for the betterment of the customer experience
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed given the range of time zones covered (NAM, JP, AP, EMEA) 

 

Strongly Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Experience in working in Cloud Support and Engineer organizations 
  • Strong communication and presentation skills up to VP/SVP level
  • Experience in training and mentoring employees 
  • Strong analytical and organizational abilities

#LI-MM1 

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Okta is rethinking the traditional work environment, providing our employees with the flexibility to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, no matter where they are located.  We enable a flexible approach to work, meaning for roles where it makes sense, you can work from the office, or from home, regardless of where you live.  Okta invests in the best technologies and provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments/experiences, empowering employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.  Find your place at Okta https://www.okta.com/company/careers/

By submitting an application, you agree to the retention of your personal data for consideration for a future position at Okta.  More details about Okta’s privacy practices can be found at: https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy.

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, 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.   

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:
$132,000$198,000 USD
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:
$148,000$222,000 USD

What you can look forward to as an Full-Time Okta employee!

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/

Okta

Website: https://www.okta.com/

Headquarter Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Employee Count: 5001-10000

Year Founded: 2009

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity

Industries: CRM ⋅ Enterprise Software ⋅ Identity Management ⋅ IT Infrastructure ⋅ Management Information Systems ⋅ Software ⋅ Web Development