Senior Director, Global Partner Marketing

Bellevue, WA (Hybrid)

$240K/yr – $330K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and drive the global partner marketing strategy for Okta Tech Alliance partners, lead thought leadership and demand generation, and align GTM efforts across partners while mentoring a high-performing team and managing global budget.

  • Own strategic roadmap and ecosystem orchestration across partner types
  • Lead cross-functional alignment with Marketing, Product, and Sales to accelerate partner-driven growth

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Roadmap: Own and drive the overarching global partner marketing strategy for Okta Tech Alliance partners.
  • Thought Leadership: Position Okta as an industry thought leader delivering on the promise of a secure agentic enterprise.
  • Pipeline Development: Grow the global partner demand generation function to increase partner-influenced opportunity creation through strategic Tech Alliance partnerships.
  • GTM & Sales Enablement Content: Create high-impact go-to-market content and sales enablement assets to optimize Okta's relationships across ISVs, CSPs, GSIs, and Solution Providers (VARs/resellers).
  • Joint Value Propositions: Establish overall "better together" partner messaging, value propositions, and integration narratives across product lines and partner types.
  • Ecosystem Orchestration: Lead joint GTM activities with ISVs leveraging multi-vendor cybersecurity solutions that meet complex customer identity security needs, including AI agents, human and non-human identities (NHIs).
  • People Management: Mentor and grow a team of top product marketing and partner marketing talent, fostering a high-performing and motivated environment.
  • Budget & ROI: Oversee the strategic allocation and management of a global budget, ensuring effective utilization and reporting on key metrics and program ROI.
  • Operational Excellence: Partner with marketing operations to establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of global programs.
  • Internal Alignment: Partner closely with Technical Alliances, Partner Sales, Product Marketing, Product Management, and Regional Marketing leaders across AMER, EMEA, and APJ to align GTM strategies and demand generation.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in product marketing within the SaaS industry, with a focus on technology partnerships, global strategy and execution.
  • Broad domain expertise across SaaS cybersecurity GTM motions involving ISVs, CSPs, GSIs, and Solution Providers/VARs.
  • Strong writing and editing skills with experience articulating complex use cases that can be understood across multiple formats (presentations, white papers, video, demos, web copy, etc).
  • Proven track record of building, motivating, and leading high-performing teams.
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data and marketing funnel insights into actionable strategic recommendations.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.
  • Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Benefits

  • health, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • flexible spending account
  • paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
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Founded in 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
6.7K employees (499 in marketing)
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75% CEO approval

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$240K/yr – $330K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$1.2B
Last Raise
$1B
Post IPO Equity, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2020
    Post IPO Equity • $1B
  • Mar 2017
    Secondary Market
  • Sep 2015
    Series F • $75M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
175.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$318.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
10%
Direct
60.2%
Referral
27.9%
Social
0.2%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.7K

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Senior Director, Global Partner Marketing

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