Senior TA Analyst - Selection & Assessment

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.

Job Description

Your Career 

The People & Places Team has a clear vision: we’re here to help Palo Alto Networks become a high performance culture where everyone belongs and has the opportunity to do the best work of their career. We’re looking for an innovative talent professional with deep understanding of  and a passion for changing the way we approach performance. If you think it’s time to reimagine our approach to employee performance, that employees should be responsible to drive their engagement, performance, and development, and managers should be equipped to facilitate and personalize that journey for their teams, this just might be the position for you!  

We are looking for an experienced business professional to lead our Performance Elevation journey, helping to create a culture of high performance across Palo Alto Networks. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working at all levels across the organization, familiar with all aspects of performance management, an expert at evolving the organization toward an always-on high performance approach, expertly driving us forward to progressive talent solutions, working collaboratively and effectively in a dynamic environment with compressed timelines. You should come with demonstrated experience leading complex talent projects with highly sensitive information and delivering simple, elegant solutions that surprise and delight customers. Building strong partnerships, creating an inclusive environment that a cross functional team can execute well in is a must. Exceptional communication and stakeholder  management skills, strong influencing skills, and the ability to juggle multiple projects at once.  

We expect office-based employees to be in the office four days per week, with one day working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies, we are working through the details and things could change …. but in general if a role is deemed office-based we want our teams to be together four days per week.

Your Impact  

• Conduct job analyses to determine the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (e.g., competencies) required to succeed in critical roles within our Product organization
• Develop success profiles to guide hiring and talent management processes across the Product organization
• Support the development of selection and assessment solutions, with a particular focus on structured interviewing and technical assessments for Product-related roles (e.g., Software Engineer, Security Research Engineer, Data Scientist, Data Analyst)
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition team to design research studies and pilots focused on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the hiring process
• Assist with developing and delivering training programs for recruiters, hiring managers, and interviewers on updates and changes to the hiring process, including the effective use of assessment tools, interview techniques, and best practices
• Apply your knowledge of statistical concepts to evaluate the effectiveness of assessment and training-related initiatives
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in selection and assessment to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of our talent acquisition strategies

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology or a related field (e.g., Organizational Behavior) or equivalent military experience required
• Expertise in job analysis, competency modeling, and validation strategies
• Strong knowledge of various assessment methods (e.g., structured interviews, p