Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Commercial Legal

Location: Hybrid role based in Okta’s downtown San Francisco office, California. Candidates outside San Francisco may be considered if willing to travel as needed; regular travel is required to support the global commercial legal team.

Salary: $322,000–$443,000 USD annual base salary for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay Area, plus equity where applicable, bonus, and benefits.

Company

Okta provides identity and access management infrastructure that helps organizations securely adopt cloud, AI, and digital services.

What you will do

• Lead, develop, coach, and mentor the global commercial legal team.
• Provide executive-level guidance on SaaS, AI, professional services, reseller, distributor, managed service provider, vendor, and other enterprise agreements.
• Build and scale commercial legal support for customers across financial services, healthcare, public-sector, and other segments.
• Develop data-driven, efficient, and customer-oriented legal service delivery and contracting standards.
• Partner with Legal Operations to expand automation, data analytics, playbooks, training, and scalable deal processes.
• Collaborate with go-to-market, finance, deal desk, IT, security, procurement, and other business teams.

Requirements

• 15+ years of relevant practicing attorney experience, including negotiation and drafting of enterprise SaaS agreements.
• 7+ years of in-house legal experience with a track record of building and managing legal teams.
• Experience leading and scaling teams, preferably at a publicly traded company.
• Experience with regulated-entity sales, foreign jurisdictions, complex commercial transactions, and quarterly business models.
• JD from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing of at least one state Bar, preferably California.
• Strong executive presence, communication, collaboration, business judgment, integrity, and service orientation.

Culture & Benefits

• Global organization with a community spanning more than 20 offices worldwide.
• In-person onboarding designed to connect new employees with the mission and colleagues.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), flexible spending account, paid leave, PTO, and parental leave.
• Talent development, community connection, and social impact programs.