GTM People Business Partner Program Manager - Palo Alto Networks

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 wellbeing 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!

Your Career

As the GTM People Team Program Manager for Palo Alto Networks, you will be a key member of our People Business Partner team, where you will partner closely with GTM People Business Partners (PBP) and CoE Leads. You will contribute at both strategic initiatives and hands-on levels, on programs, projects and strategies that align with our company’s strategic goals. This role is a senior individual contributor.

If you are 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, this position is for you!

Your Impact

• Program Implementation and Execution 
  • Drive alignment, consolidate output, and provide insight into outcomes and actions for GTM People Team programs, collaborating closely with GTM PBPs, CoE leads (e.g. Talent Development, Analytics) and internal stakeholders
  • Contribute to ad hoc initiatives as needed
  • Demonstrate the ability to bring senior HR leaders together on key strategic initiatives and drive to common purpose
• Talent Management 
  • In tight alignment with PBPs and CoE leads, consolidate outcomes from talent assessments and succession planning initiatives. Identify trends and patterns and recommend actionable talent development approaches tailored to individual needs - Monitor and track progress and outcomes - Holding the team accountable 
  • In close partnership with PBPs and CoE leads continue to evolve and implement an effective performance elevation approach within GTM around behaviors, capabilities and outcomes
  • Continue to innovate on strategies to enhance employee engagement and reduce attrition - Coordinate with the People Analytic Partners, Talent Development Partners and GTM PBPs on listening strategies, collection and assessment of employee sentiment data in the GTM organization
• Learning and Development
  • Partner closely with Talent Development Partners to align on objectives of key learning initiatives, including talent and leadership development and sales enablement - Partner with key stakeholders, including Business Operations, to identify relevant metrics to effectively measure desired business outcomes to identify  additional opportunities to uplevel skillsets 
  • In collaboration with Talent Development, arrive at a scalable approach to develop and execute training and leadership development programs within GTM - Support employee skill development and career growth, and nurture and cultivate leadership skills within the organization
• People Analytics and Reporting
  • Drive thought leadership on the data & insights that would support decision making and action across the BPB GTM teams - Work with the GTM analytics team to deliver
  • In partnership with the GTM Analytics partner, regularly gather, analyze and provide reports on key people metrics - Identify trends, patterns and actionable insights
• Organizational Initiatives
  • Drive GTM People team outcomes through strategic program and project management, with a strong emphasis on accountability for delivering results
  • Partner with People Business Partners to successfully plan and execute against key initiatives 

Your Experience

• Systemic thinking - You have a knack for seeing how various elements fit together and can enhance collective work by connecting the dots
• Flexible style of influence - You can work with stakeholders across functions and levels to get work done adapting your style to get the best outcomes - You’re equally comfortable rolling up your sleeves to help get others started on their work when they are stuck as you are presenting a plan to senior leaders
• Change management - Good understanding of change management, you can rally individuals behind new ways of working leveraging multiple channels to make change not only happen but stick
• Project management - Ability to deconstruct complex projects into manageable components and hold others accountable for their respective responsibilities
• Communications - Clear, concise communication that is easy for others to understand, you put things into context and make the actions that are needed clear
• Accountable - Comfortable with a high degree of accountability and holding others accountable even without formal authority and reporting lines
• People function knowledge - Understanding of the core domains of the people function

The Team

Our People team at Palo Alto Networks 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 challenging cybersecurity threats.

You will be part of a growing, passionate, and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects – centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $135,100/yr to $218,550/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.