Senior People Consultant (AI)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States; in-person onboarding is required.

Salary: $132,000–$181,500 USD annual base salary for candidates in the San Francisco Bay Area. Other listed US ranges include $148,000–$203,500 for California excluding the San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington.

Company

Okta builds trusted identity infrastructure that secures organizations, including AI-enabled environments.

What you will do

• Provide advanced coaching to managers and senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, employee development, team dynamics, organizational change, and complex performance challenges.
• Assess and resolve highly ambiguous or sensitive advisory cases by diagnosing root causes, weighing competing perspectives, and balancing business priorities, employee experience, and organizational risk.
• Guide leaders through entrenched resistance, difficult conversations, and high-impact decisions while reinforcing accountability and sustainable solutions.
• Apply advanced judgment, identify risks, and escalate sensitive, high-impact, or jurisdictionally complex matters to Employee Relations & Compliance, Employment Legal, Strategic PBPs, Labor Relations, or regional specialists.
• Strengthen team capability through peer coaching, complex case reviews, knowledge sharing, and reusable advisory frameworks.
• Analyze recurring case patterns and AI-supported interactions to improve AI resources, workflows, knowledge content, and decision guardrails with Enablement and technology teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 6+ years with a Master’s degree in Human Resources, HR Business Partnering, Employee Relations, management consulting, leadership coaching, organizational development, or a related advisory discipline.
• Ability to independently lead and resolve highly complex, ambiguous advisory cases requiring advanced judgment, structured problem-solving, and cross-functional coordination.
• Experience advising senior leaders on sensitive leadership, performance, team effectiveness, and organizational challenges.
• Exceptional coaching, communication, influencing, and conflict resolution skills, including challenging assumptions, navigating competing perspectives, and guiding leaders through difficult decisions.
• Deep understanding of leadership effectiveness, organizational dynamics, performance management, conflict resolution, risk assessment, and appropriate escalation practices.
• Ability to develop colleagues through peer coaching, case consultation, knowledge sharing, or reusable advisory frameworks.
• Experience evaluating or improving AI-enabled workflows, automated guidance, knowledge resources, or digital service capabilities for manager support.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person onboarding experience designed to support connection and impact from the start.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) and flexible spending account.
• Paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.
• Equity and bonus opportunities where applicable.
• Well-being support, social impact programs, and talent development initiatives.