Staff, Third Party Risk Management
Okta is hiring a Staff, Third Party Risk Management in Bellevue, Chicago and New York, United States. It pays $166k-$228k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Okta.
Level's read on this job
- Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- The posting mentions Python, APIs and AI agents among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a lead role.
- Okta has 389 other open roles on Level.
- Posted within the past week.
AI in this role
Lead third-party risk management and engineer custom AI agents and automated workflows to scale security operations.
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Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.
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Staff, Third Party Risk Management
Responsibilities:
- Lead complex third-party security assessments and communicate risk trade-offs to leadership.
- Drive technical automation across the TPRM lifecycle by engineering custom AI agents, capabilities, and workflows to integrate tool outputs, optimize risk data processing and scale operations.
- Analyze technical and integration risks to establish deeper supply-chain risk visibility and evaluate potential blast radius.
- Drive risk remediation with third parties and internal stakeholders, providing actionable guidance in alignment with Okta security standards.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with global cross functional stakeholders and third party suppliers.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to streamline and optimize third-party onboarding and offboarding workflows.
- Design and execute third-party review activities, continuous vendor monitoring, and event-driven re-assessments.
- Develop data analytics workflows and establish KRIs and KPIs to elevate team metrics and executive reporting.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously refine standardized risk assessment methodologies, playbooks, and procedures.
- Drive TPRM program maturity and execution, aligning third-party risk governance with the company’s goals and security strategy.
- Support ad hoc projects including program enhancements, security initiatives, and other GRC functions.
Requirements:
- Relevant BA/BS degree.
- 7+ years of working experience conducting security assessments on Third Parties across regulations and common industry frameworks including but not limited to ISO 27001, PCI, NIST or other global relevant security frameworks.
- Hands-on experience building automated workflows, scripts (Python/APIs), and AI agentic solutions.
- Strong ability to analyze and interpret third-party security artifacts, certifications, and technical reports (e.g., SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, SIG).
- Ability to effectively communicate with both internal and external stakeholders, and ensure security requirements are understood and business needs are prioritized appropriately.
- Hands-on experience of GRC and TPRM platforms and solutions.
- Deep understanding of foundational security principles, standard methodologies (i.e. logging, data handling, authorization, authentication).
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priority initiatives and deliver results under tight timelines.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and adaptable to fast changing environments.
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The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $166,000—$228,000 USDBelow 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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How we rate this
Staff, Third Party Risk Management at Okta rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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Questions you could be asked
- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- Tell me about a project where third party risk was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where security was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where automation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Python in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, Third Party Risk, Security, Automation, and Python. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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