People Operations Specialist

Okta Okta · Enterprise · Bangalore, India · People Transformation-131

This role is for a People Operations Specialist at Okta, focusing on HR technology, compliance, and employee experience. The specialist will manage employee data integrity in Workday, oversee global background verification processes, and streamline HR workflows. Key responsibilities include managing employee lifecycle data, partnering with background check vendors, and resolving HR service requests via ServiceNow. The role emphasizes data accuracy, compliance audits, and optimizing turnaround times. While the company mentions AI and securing AI infrastructure, this specific role is in People Operations and does not involve building or directly working with AI/ML models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the integrity of employee data throughout the entire lifecycle within Workday, ensuring absolute accuracy.
  2. Act as the primary gatekeeper for global compliance by managing and executing robust background verification (BGC) processes.
  3. Serve as a trusted point of contact for employees, HRBPs, and external vendors to streamline workflows.
  4. Execute complex global data changes (transfers, promotions, comp updates, terminations) and manage mass uploads using Workday EIBs.
  5. Partner with external vendors to trigger, track, and review comprehensive background checks. Safely escalate and resolve discrepancies.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of core experience in People Operations/HR Ops with deep employee lifecycle exposure.
  • Hands-on proficiency with Workday Core HCM (including EIB execution) and ServiceNow (SNOW).
  • Proven track record of managing high-volume, global background verification processes and vendor relations.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data privacy capabilities (GDPR/CCPA awareness is a huge plus).
  • Supporting PST shift and collaborating closely with US counterparts.

Nice to have

  • GDPR/CCPA awareness

What the JD emphasized

  • absolute accuracy
  • primary gatekeeper
  • robust background verification
  • Zero-Error Data Quality
  • 100% Compliance Audits
  • mandatory tech skills
  • Proven track record