Senior Partner, Global Talent Development

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.

Your Career

At Palo Alto Networks, our culture is the magic that makes us who we are and lets us work together in a way that allows every employee to feel a sense of connection and belonging, do their best work, and contribute towards our mission. Our leaders set the tone, role model our values, and serve as champions and guardians of our culture. We’re looking for an experienced leader with expertise in learning and development to help our employees consistently raise the performance bar for themselves and accelerate their growth at Palo Alto Networks.

In this role, you will serve as a key member of Global Talent Development. You will consult with People Business Partners and business leaders to identify performance gaps, design solutions in partnership with the Talent Development Center of Excellence and deliver business-driven learning solutions to increase individual and team effectiveness, ultimately positively impacting overall business performance. You will collaborate with both local and global colleagues to help the company grow, and scale with a growth mindset and a culture of high performance.

We’re looking for an innovative learning professional with deep experience and passion for consulting to understand business needs and deliver learner-centric, scalable learning solutions personalized to the needs of individuals, teams, and organizations. You are comfortable working with any level of employee or manager and are an expert at evaluating requests and driving them from start to finish. You are highly collaborative, have a sense of humor and truly value the power of partnership. You work well in a dynamic environment with compressed timelines.

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

• Strategically consult with People Business Partners (PBPs) and business leaders to understand the goals of the organization & critical business needs
• Develop, maintain and deliver a talent development strategy that aligns with the strategic goals of the organization
• Facilitate impactful learning activities aligned to the talent development strategy
• Ensure that the functional onboarding needs of each business unit are met
• Responsible for embedding and ensuring adoption of the leadership assessment processes within assigned function(s)
• Build and maintain relationships with cross-functional stakeholders
• Analyze program data to provide insights and impact
• Stay knowledgeable with the full suite of current learning trends (including technology tools) and developments and apply learning to global talent development solutions and processes
• Partner with the Center of Excellence (COE) to provide thought leadership and content for design

Your Experience

• 5+ years of direct experience as a Talent Development or Performance Partner with learning & development and related experience
• Creative, analytical and adept at forming connections between performance gaps and solutions
• Proficient at analyzing program data to provide insights, ensure continuous program improvements and effectiveness
• Track record of performing in a highly collaborative environment
• Ability to track and report on learning adoption, ROI and overall effectiveness of Talent Development programs with respective clients
• Expert listening, consulting and strategic thinking skills
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Highly capable of building trusted, open relationships
• Demonstrated stakeholder influencing skills
• Ability to build deep understanding of client business and people strategies
• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated growth mindset, coachability and high emotional intelligence
• Adept at coaching and mentoring employees across the organization

The Team

Our People team at Palo Alto Networks works throughout the organization to enable… you guessed it, people. Every team within the organization has a huge impact on our mission statement. 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 aggressive cybersecurity risks. Our People team is centered on building, attracting, recruiting, and retaining the most passionate and committed talent to our organization, fulfilling that mission. We focus on building strong teams, centered on respect and enablement, empowering our employees to seek their career goals. You will be part of a passionate, creative, 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 $127,800/yr to $206,800/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.