Senior People Business Partner - Go To Market

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.

FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.

Our Approach to Work

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 a Senior People Business Partner, you will be an integral part of the GTM Leadership team providing expertise in people and organizations to anticipate challenges, diagnose problems, prescribe actions and lead programs that have a direct impact to the success of the organization. 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 manager, have a knack at reading a situation, navigating sensitivities and finding creative solutions to people issues.

If you are 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, this position is for you!

Your Impact

• Partner with our SVP of America’s Sales and the leadership team to build programs that scale the organization, build high performing teams, and develop best in class leaders
• Leverage people analytics and trained instincts to anticipate issues or opportunities and bring data-driven solutions that move the needle
• Protect our unique culture and ensure Palo Alto Networks continues to be one of the best places to work
• Team up with some of the valley’s best functional HR leaders to design and deliver market competitive comp and benefits practices, leading-edge leadership programs, and modern workforce technology systems
• Lead people practices that foster innovation and collaboration within one of the world’s most advanced technology organizations working together to fight cyber attacks threatening our way of life in the digital age

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BA/BS degree or equivalent or equivalent military experience and progressive HR experience in a technology organization technology-related businesses, preferably with a multinational company (MNC)
• Experience analyzing organizational needs and setting strategies and goals to make a positive impact - ability to set priorities, stay focused, and manage time in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to establish strong relationships at all levels and across functions within the organization
• Track record coaching leaders and advising action in sensitive or ambiguous situations, including employee relations, performance management, or organizational diagnostics
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to organize and analyze data and recommend data-driven solutions
• Effective listener and persuasive communicator able to influence actions and outcomes
• High level of interpersonal skills and unquestionable integrity
• Commitment to continuous learning and study of your craft

Additional Information

The Team

Our People team at Palo Alto Networks works throughout the organization to enable...you guessed it, people. We’re 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 world’s 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 – c