People Team Business Partner

Your Career

In the role of Product team People Business Partner (PBP)  at Palo Alto Networks your contribution will be vital to supporting the Network Security Product organization.. You will be responsible for providing consulting and coaching to first line People Managers and Directors providing strong data and analytics support to identify needs in the organization and leading execution of both annual cycle programs like Performance Elevation and business specific projects and initiatives.

We are seeking an individual that is passionate about enabling organizations to  more effectively achieve their business objectives and creating a workplace environment thats a magnet for the industrys best and brightest. You should be an innovative HR  professional who is energized by coaching employees and  leaders and creating teams that work together and win together. You should be comfortable working with any level of employee or managers up to the VP level understand business strategy have a knack at  reading a situation navigating sensitivities and finding creative solutions to people issues. 

This is an in office role 3 days/week in our HQ Santa Clara CA

Your Impact:

• Business leader consulting

  • Consult with first line people leaders and Directors on common benefits policy and people related issues including but not limited to: leave of absence or health related matters remote work or Return to Office (RTO) exception requests other benefits related concerns

  • Provide guidance to people leaders and Directors on low performance cases helping them understand the Palo Alto Networks performance management process and navigating them through it in partnership with ER

  • Coordinate immigration related cases with the Global Mobility team

• Drive  Annual Cycle Programs and Org Design initiatives 

  • Partner with senior Product PBPs through the performance calibration process providing data support and scaling PBP coverage in talent reviews and ratings calibration discussions.

  • Independently lead small scale organization changes and partner with senior PBPs as they coach business leaders through organizational redesigns and changes helping to implement and roll out the changes in a well communicated and thoughtful way

• People Analytics and Reporting

  • Build skills around story-telling with data and leveraging insights to drive change and partnership with the Product Analytics partner regularly gather analyze and provide reports on key people metrics - Identify trends patterns and actionable insights

  • Provide regular reporting on the data & insights that would support decision making and action across Product teams 

• Organizational Initiatives

  • Serve as program lead driving key initiatives for the Netsec organization. These include responsibility for the Performance Elevation process Quarterly People Reviews and ongoing strategic this capacity you will partner with People Business Partners to successfully plan and execute these initiatives.

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

• 8 years working in HR Operations Analytics and Client Facing HR Partner roles.

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to organize and analyze data and a love for driving people programs from data insights

• Track record of effectively coaching leaders and advising action in sensitive or ambiguous  situations including employee relations performance management or organizational diagnostics

• Spreadsheet and Data familiarity - ability to work with data and use basic spreadsheet functions effectively

• Project management - Ability to deconstruct complex projects into manageable components and hold others accountable for their respective responsibilities

• Communications - Clear concise communication that is easy for others to understand you put things into context and make the actions that are needed clear

• Accountability - comfortable with a high degree of accountability and delivering on commitments. Get stuff done mindset.

• Learning Orientation - strong desire to learn and expand skillbase via new experiences and willingness to stretch in service of building new capabilities.

• Ability to establish strong relationships at all levels and across functions within the organization

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.    

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $126000 - $203500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time