People Team Business Partner-Product 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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

In the role of People Business Partner (PBP)-Product Team 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 Santa Clara, CA office 

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 sale 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

  • Partner with People Business Partners to successfully pla