Sr Compensation Advisor, Product

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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your well-being support to your growth and development, and beyond!

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

Palo Alto Networks has a high performance culture where everyone belongs and has the opportunity to do the best work of their career. We have an amazing opportunity for a Senior Compensation Advisor to our Product organization to help enable our continued growth and leadership in the cybersecurity space. In this role you are responsible for designing and managing compensation programs and policies in alignment with our global framework and philosophy. You will also be a key member of the company's global compensation and people functions.

Your Impact

• Advising C-suite leader and organization, People business partners, and other stakeholders to ensure effective decision-making and compliance on all compensation-related matters, including program effectiveness, semi-annual pay planning cycles, fair pay, and job evaluation

• Partnering with compensation team at HQ to implement compensation strategies, policies, and programs that align with the company's overall business objectives

• Supporting Talent Acquisition team to ensure effective recruiting practices and alignment with corporate compensation philosophy and guidelines

• Collaborating with cross-functional global teams on market pricing and performance elevation initiatives, including consultation with leaders and People business partners

• Participating in M&A activity through job analysis and leveling, aligning compensation packages with our compensation standards and monitoring integration

• Customizing and delivering communications and training to multiple audiences including business leaders, managers, and People and Talent partners

• Researching and resolving employee inquiries and escalated issues

• Conduct market compensation analyses to ensure internal equity, external competitiveness, and alignment to the company’s compensation philosophy

• Monitor internal compensation trends and patterns to identify areas for disruption in how we pay employees in our critical Product functions

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Minimum of eight years’ experience in design, analyses, socialization, and support of compensation programs using base salary, short-and-long-term cash incentives, and equity applicable to a high-growth, high-tech organization

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data with exceptional attention to detail and create and maintain complex spreadsheets

• Familiarity with engineering compensation market and trends (e.g. use of equity, premiums for certain skill sets, handling acquired employees, etc.) including benchmarking studies/competitive analysis and modeling

• Project planning and execution for cross-functional initiatives

• Ability to learn quickly and think independently

• Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal skills with strong executive presence

• Ability to thrive in a fast paced, demanding environment across multiple time zones

Additional Information

The Team

Our People team 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 chal