Employee Relations Business Partner (People Team)

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career

As the Employee Relations Business Partner, you will be an integral part of the HRBP 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 protocols 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 people's issues. You are highly collaborative, truly valuing the contributions of your partners.

Your Impact

• Educate, coach and guide leaders on our performance management and elevation efforts, while ensuring adherence to our philosophy and values - Provide leaders with advice to elevate performance and capability across their teams and respective organizations
• Work closely with leaders and People Business Partners on performance management processes and efforts
• Advise on a wide range of employee relations issues, including manager/employee conflicts or complaints, behavioral and conduct issues
• Participate in and conduct investigations on employee relations matters and 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
• Provide quarterly business reviews of case outcomes, trends and data analysis to business partners
• Act as an advocate for equitable and fair treatment - ensure our practices continue to align to our company’s core values - Disrupt - Execute - Inclusion - Collaboration - Integrity

Qualifications

Your Experience

• A minimum of 5 years of Employee Relations experience
• Demonstrate sound judgment when evaluating various employee matters
• Excellent coaching skills to elevate capability around performance improvement, fair and equitable practices and respect in the workplace policies
• Experience managing grievances, conducting investigations and advising on a wide range of employee relations issues, including manager/employee conflicts or complaints, performance management, behavioral and conduct issues
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with 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

Additional Information

The Team

Our People team works throughout the organization to enable ... you guessed it: people. W