Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Messaging Alignment: Partner with PMM and Comms to translate core messaging into a cohesive keynote experience that aligns with brand values and Okta’s vision.
• Production Leadership: Leverage keynote best practices and innovative storytelling to bring messaging to life. Develop the end to end Keynote that ensures a consistent and intentional experience across all Okta events. Work with the team design team to manage all content - slides, films, and motion.
• Workstream Management: Provide end-to-end oversight of keynote production workstreams, including complex timelines, staging concepts, run of show, technical deliverables, and continuity between live show, broadcast and post event.
• Executive Management & Alignment: Serve as a primary production lead to ensure executives are properly prepared to deliver a consistent and impactful message on stage.
• Format Innovation: Stay at the forefront of keynote trends, establishing best practices for live storytelling, design, speakers that challenge the status quo.

Program Management & Execution:

• Cross-Functional Facilitation: Program manager to the content planning and strategy discussions across various teams (creative, film, talent, and messaging), ensuring all assets meet our security and brand guidelines. Ability to stretch beyond the Keynote workstream to manage aspects for our internal and external programs, and executive experiences as needed.
• Operational Rigor: Establish processes that provide a high level of organization in a fast-paced environment.
• Mission Integration: Educated on Okta’s core messaging to ensure all assigned workstreams reflect it consistently and reinforce our role as the leaders in securing agentic AI.

Performance Tracking & Budget Stewardship:

• ROI & Impact Measurement: Collaborate with data teams to analyze the measurable impact of keynote experiences and leverage those insights to optimize future programs and maximize ROI.
• Budget Accountability: Manage large-scale production budgets and external agency partners to ensure flawless execution and strategic resource allocation.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• 7+ years in event management or live production, with a focus on mainstage or keynote experiences in the technology sector.
• Based in Seattle or Chicago metro areas with the ability to work in a hybrid office environment.
• Ability to travel to 4-6 events a year.
• Passionate and excited about events.
• Excited to stretch your skills across logistics, creative strategy, and project management.
• Relentless sense of urgency.
• Successful at building rapport with a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Anticipate needs and take action before being asked.
• Thrive in high-visibility environments.
• Remain calm and collected when the stakes are high.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer 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.

XML job scraping automation by YubHub