People Team Business Partner

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.

Who We Are

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description

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 that’s a magnet for the industry’s 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 action. In 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 projects. In 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 accountab