Senior Director, Talent Development (HR)

About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the world’s largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. 

Named a Best Workplace in Technology by Fortune and others, Zscaler fosters an inclusive and supportive culture that is home to some of the brightest minds in the industry. If you thrive in an environment that is fast-paced and collaborative, and you are passionate about building and innovating for the greater good, come make your next move with Zscaler. 

Our general and administrative teams help to support and scale our great company. Whether striving to grow our workforce, nurture an amazing culture and work environment, support our financial and legal operations, or maintain our global infrastructure, the G&A team provides a strong foundation for growth. Put your passion, drive and expertise to work with the world's cloud security leader.

We're hiring a Sr. Director, Talent Development to join our People & Culture (HR) team. Reporting to the SVP, Global Business Partners and Talent Development, you'll manage a global team and lead talent management, organizational effectiveness, learning & development, talent planning, succession planning and manager capability to support Zscaler's growth strategy and our priorities.

Responsibilities:

Talent Management

• Lead, develop and execute the global talent management strategy and portfolio for Zscaler, inclusive of Learning & Development, Performance Management and Talent Management programs tailored to our needs.
• Provide critical talent management through the process of re-imagining the talent lifecycle process, including the identification of important/critical roles and talent, performance management, career progression, learning and development (L&D), retention and succession planning practices, approaches, and more.
• Develop practical and impactful approaches to ensure Zscaler has both the manager capability and the leadership bench needed to support our strategy and culture; identifies, manages, and develops future generations of diverse leaders in partnership with business partners and the L&D team .
• Support leaders in managing talent pipelines to ensure talent is available to meet future growth needs.
• Develop and operationalize a talent business partner strategy that drives engagement and retention while delivering a clear and scalable approach to support leaders across the business.
• Partner with the people operations team to design quality metrics that drive priorities, measure outcomes and efficacy, address important talent trends and enable better decision making.
• Collaborate across People & Culture to ensure our policies, processes and services are implemented and meet our needs.
• Provide leadership consulting and can coach all levels of the organization to advise and provide talent guidance.

Organizational Effectivness

• Lead and develop the organizational effectiveness function to provide services, solutions and support results and leadership accountability throughout the organization.
• Consult on organizational planning and design, change management, and performance challenges; works in partnership with HR leaders and client groups to design and orchestrate organizational development programs that enable company strategy and goals.
• Partner with executive leaders to plan and implement OD/OE projects & initiatives that align the talent, culture, and work processes with Zscaler's priorities.

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 15+ years of experience in Human Resources at mid- to large-size companies.
• 7+ years of experience with talent management and organizational design & development.
• Experience working end-to-end talent solutions, including demonstrated proficiency with HRIS platforms.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience advancing corporate culture transformation.

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