Business Value Manager - EMEA

Job Description

We're an identity company. Identity matters because we’re all unique. We were raised in countries, cities, and towns. We have unique backgrounds. We’ve faced specific challenges. And we've learned a lot along the way. At Okta we believe those experiences equip us to look at the world with our own perspective. Our product protects your right to be you, and we want every single one of our employees to feel a sense of belonging, acceptance, and comfort to express their ideas, because ultimately our differences are what makes us great. 

The Okta Global Business Value Function is growing and we are now expanding our EMEA Business Value Team!

Business Value Manager's at Okta work to identify, define, quantify, and deliver business value to customers acquiring and implementing Okta solutions. You will develop and present compelling value propositions, proposals, and business cases, and then track post-sales benefit realisation in support of Okta’s largest customers and opportunities.

As a Business Value Manager you will:

• Support sales engagements through initial business value proposition creation, process and capability assessments, and financial projections for CFO-Ready Business case presentations.
• Draw insights for customers using public source.
• Lead sales, pre-sales, post-sales and other ecosystem members in order to discover, document, and present the business value of our solution in our largest opportunities.
• Build and present customised presentations to C-level audiences (CIO, CFO, or board level) who are considering strategic transformational investments in Okta products and services.
• Be the “go-to person” for Sales Management in your supported territory for value related activities.
• Coordinate with Sales Management, Marketing, and other Pre-sales functions to grow the amount of value related activity in your region.
• Define new Business Value deliverables/ processes + support standard tools/templates.
• Build out standard value cases and calculations for new capabilities.
• Develop and deliver training material used to enable sales teams and the broader ecosystem.

You could be a great fit for this role if you have:

• The ability to develop and deliver detailed presentations to customers on current/future state of processes and solutions in scope.
• An excellent consulting skill-set, including discovery, analysis, quantitative modeling, listening, communication, presentation, persuasion and project leadership skills.
• Comfort navigating through investor presentations, press releases, earnings transcripts and financial documents (10K & 10Q); familiarity with industry-specific publications a plus.
• An understanding of software deal dynamics and ability to think strategically about driving software opportunities forward.
• A “Get it done” mentality - willingness to roll up the sleeves in a fast-paced, highly varied environment.
• Drive and motivation to take on additional responsibilities over time.
• Ability to work independently and creatively.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites; average of 30% travel; typically “day trips;” you control personal travel schedule.

You might also have:

• A working knowledge of how IT functions, particularly in the areas of Operations, IT Service.
• Management, Infrastructure and Application provisioning and management experience.
• Experience performing high-level briefings and presentations to senior executives and C-suite customers as required.
• Proficiency in building financial models (ROI & TCO) for executives.
• Comfort building customised PowerPoint slides.
• A Bachelors Degree in a financial or technical field OR equivalent work experience, advanced degrees a plus.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Okta is rethinking the traditional work environment, providing our employees with the flexibility to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, no matter where they are located.  We enable a flexible approach to work, meaning for roles where it makes sense, you can work from the office, or from home, regardless of where you live.  Okta invests in the best technologies and provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments/experiences, empowering employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.