Sr. Social Content Manager

Okta•Chicago, IL

2d•$128,000 - $196,900•Hybrid

About The Position

Okta’s Brand and Creative team is looking for a Sr. Social Content Manager to own what Okta says and publishes across our social media presence. You will run the content engine behind two of our three organic social programs: the storytelling on our owned brand channels, and the content that powers our employee advocacy program. You will produce and ship posts across our recurring content types, write the copy that carries them, and shape a growing supply of content from across marketing into work that feels genuinely made for social. You are a writer at your core, the kind who opens on the strongest line, takes a real position, and can make a dense security idea land in a single scroll. You are also an editor and a program-runner: you decide what each post is doing and whose voice should carry it, you keep a roadmap moving against a busy calendar, and you have a clear point of view on why each channel earns its place. Our audience is senior, technical, and skeptical, made up of the leaders and practitioners responsible for security and identity, so the insight underneath the work has to be real enough for a security leader to respect. Much of what you publish will be in service of "Okta Secures AI," our story about securing identity in the agentic era, which also spans the humans and machines behind it. You lead with a point of view rather than chasing clicks, you move fast when the conversation demands it, and you genuinely find this subject interesting.

Requirements

Senior-level experience owning social content for a brand, ideally in-house or in a social-native environment, with a track record of running the calendar and shipping independently
Exceptional social writing: you can take a complex or technical idea and make it sharp, human, and scroll-stopping
Strong editorial judgment about what each post is for, whose voice should carry it, and when to lead with credibility versus a clever, timely hook
Experience with employee or social advocacy programs, or a clear sense of how peer-to-peer sharing differs from brand publishing
A point of view on what performs on LinkedIn, YouTube, and X, and how each channel earns its place
Comfort making technical or abstract subject matter genuinely interesting for a senior, skeptical audience, and genuine interest in the security and AI space
A test-and-learn mindset: comfortable reading engagement data and using what you learn to sharpen the work
Ability to work fast, juggle many moving pieces, and thrive in a high-trust environment where there is always a new post tomorrow
Experience coordinating across creative, demand gen, comms, and events partners

Nice To Haves

B2B or technology experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Own the content for our organic brand channels, anchored to the global campaign calendar and our biggest moments, from launches and research to key company events like Oktane
Produce and publish a steady stream of channel-native content across our recurring content types, including thought leadership, proof, company and product news, day-in-the-life, and events
Write social copy that leads with a point of view and a strong opening line, matching voice and tone to the job each post is doing
Partner closely with our social designer to turn ideas into channel-native creative
Run the content engine behind our employee advocacy program, curating the one or two things each audience should share weekly and writing the copy for them, so registration drivers and demand content reach the right networks at scale
Shape a growing supply of content from across marketing, including customer video, webinar cuts, newsroom thought leadership, and event recordings, into work that performs on social
Lead our editorial approach to timeliness and cultural relevance, knowing when to push and when to stay credible, and moving content through our trend and approval process quickly
Use engagement and audience data to learn what works, then turn it into repeatable approaches that raise the bar over time
Help set the editorial standard for how Okta shows up on social, and bring a clear point of view on what to make, what to skip, and why