Senior Director, People Strategy - Neo4j
San Francisco, CA 94199
About the Job
Neo4j is the leader in Graph Database & Analytics, helping organizations uncover hidden relationships and patterns across billions of data connections deeply, easily and quickly. Customers use Neo4j to gain a deeper understanding and reveal new ways of solving their most pressing problems. Over 75% of Fortune 100 companies use Neo4j, along with a vibrant community of 250,000+ developers, data scientists, and architects across the globe.
At Neo4j, we're proud to be building the technology that powers breakthrough solutions for our customers, helping them cure diseases, fight fraud, crush pandemics, and accomplish their most ambitious missions—even if it's getting humans to Mars. Learn more at neo4j.com and follow us @Neo4j.
At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.
As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we're disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive.
The Role:
Responsibilities:
- Act as the main HR Business Partner to the Revenue organization's leadership team by advising on best practices as well as supporting the development and implementation of innovative people strategies and initiatives.
- Partner closely with the leadership team on how to appropriately influence and support them in navigating processes and people practices (includes employee engagement and development, performance management, career progression, and change management).
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with the Legal department as needed.
- Support the implementation of Company-wide people initiatives (includes performance reviews, engagement surveys, etc.) within the business through communication, coaching and effective guidance of team leads and line managers.
- Collaborate with the global People team to champion and accelerate a culture of excellence in which people feel valued and inspired to do the best work of their career at Neo4j.
- Provide counsel and guidance on complex employee relations situations.
- Take a hands-on approach to successfully monitor the "pulse" of the employees to ensure a high level of employee engagement.
Qualifications and Experience:
- 12+ years in a senior HR role within a fast-paced organization (ideally in the tech sector) with at least 6+ years in a business partner/employee relations position.
- Prior experience of growth and organizational transformation with a GTM leadership team.
- Ability to support business goals with innovation and the policies and procedures to effect continual improvement in the development of the HR function.
- A strong communicator with the ability to prioritize and be hands-on.
- Effective coaching and facilitation skills and ability to influence colleagues at all levels.
- In-depth knowledge of HR practices and initiatives, including local employment laws and regulations.
- Effective analytical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills, using data to influence decision making.
- Demonstrated ability to be innovative, flexible and adapt to a company's evolving stages and needs within a complex and rapidly changing work environment.
- Passion for innovative HR solutions and process improvement.
Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph database in the world. We have customers in every industry across the globe, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j.
- Neo4j is one of the fastest scaling technology companies in this industry. Well over $100M ARR and still rapidly growing.
- Raised the biggest round of funding in all of database history ($325M Series F).
- Backed by world-class investors like Google Ventures (GV), Neo4j has raised over $582M in funding and is currently valued at $2Bn. This puts them among the most well-funded database companies in history.
- 75% of Fortune 100 use Neo4j with more than 800 enterprise customers including Comcast, eBay, Adobe, Lyft, UBS, IBM, Volvo Cars and many more.
- Emil Eifrem (CEO) has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation and customer success.
- Countless awards in the industry. Massive Enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. Strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.
- A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact Study pegged Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.
Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don't meet all of the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we'd encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues.
One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application.
Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values:
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(we)-[:THRIVE_IN]->(:Culture {type: ['Open', 'Inclusive']})
(we)-[:ASSUME]->(:Intent {direction:'Positive'})
(we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: 'IntellectuallyHonest'})
(we)-[:DELIVER_ON]->(ourCommitments)
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