Senior Employee Relations Partner

Your Career

As a Senior Employee Relations Partner you will be an integral part of the HR community providing expertise in preventing and resolving workplace issues that interfere with our positive workplace environment and culture. We believe in providing a workplace that is safe treats employees with fairness and respect and enables every employee to achieve their personal best.

In this position you will use your experience and knowledge of applicable policies regulations and industry best practices to establish and follow appropriate protocol for employee relations issues and investigations. As a thought leader in this area of expertise you will also have the opportunity to develop and deliver educational programs to create awareness and training and help create a workplace free from behavioral issues and distractions. You should be an innovative HR professional with a passion for coaching employees and managers and creating teams that work together and win together. You should be comfortable working with any level of employee or manager have a knack at reading a situation and navigating sensitivities and finding creative solutions to peoples issues. You are highly collaborative truly valuing the contributions of your partners. You should have strong influencing skills demonstrate practical judgment and creative problem solving to enable effective consultation and negotiation in individual and collective situations. 

Your Impact

• Lead investigations on employee relations matters and potential policy violations to evaluate and effectively address issues-Partner with HRBPs legal and other investigative parties as required to thoroughly conduct the investigation and reach the best outcomes for our organization and employees
• Coach leaders during performance improvement efforts. Provide guidance to elevate performance and capability and implement local processes as required to address ongoing performance issues. 
• Partner with the PBP and ER teams with local country and compliance projects as required from time to time
• Provide specialist expertise for Spain related ER topics and cover a portfolio of ER topics in other countries as may be assigned to you including but not limited to Italy and France
• Manage the relationship with any Workers Council(s) as may be implemented in the future in Spain
• Create guidelines best practice research and training to educate employees managers and other members of HR in how to mitigate and properly address behavioral issues in the workplace
• Prepare track and maintain appropriate investigation data and documentation to recognize trends and anticipate opportunities for further education and action
• Protect our unique culture and ensure Palo Alto Networks continues to be one of the best places to work

Qualifications :

Your Experience

• 7 10 years of Employee Relations experience gained in either an Employee Relations role HRBP or equivalent experience as an employment attorney practicing employment law with particular experience required in Spain
• Excellent coaching and training skills to elevate the leadership capability around performance improvement
• Experience conducting investigations and advising on a wide range of employee relations issues including manager/employee conflicts performance issues or behavioral issues
• Experience engaging with Workers Councils and unions in Spain with experience of Workers Councils in other jurisdictions an advantage
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to organize and analyze data
• Ability to establish strong relationships at all levels and across functions within the organization
• Effective listener and persuasive communicator able to influence actions and outcomes
• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required
• Legal degree preferred
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required. Additional languages are an advantage particularly French Italian or German.

Additional Information :

The Team

Our People team at Palo Alto Networks works throughout the organization to guessed it people. Were one team driven to one mission statement. Each piece matters and within the people team you are focused on enabling our teams to resolve the worlds most challenging cybersecurity threats.

You will be part of a growing passionate and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world.

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need please contact us at  .

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.