Palo Alto Networks
People Team Program Manager
Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, us, 95053
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.
We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren't easy goals to accomplish - but we're not here for easy. We're here for better. 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 culture is the magic that makes us who we are and lets us work together in a way that creates an award-winning best place to work.
Your Career
As a People Team Program Manager, you will provide leadership for complex programs that impact all of Palo Alto Networks. It's no small role - it requires critical attention to detail, complex systems strategy, and pulling large programs together with cross- functional teams. This role will deliver results, enabling teams to execute against a defined set of deliverables.
The ideal candidate will partner with People leaders, COE's and the business to shape and execute our key programs, thriving in a fast-paced, high growth environment within a highly collaborative and execution-oriented setup. At its core, you know that Program Management isn't about tracking dates and timing, it's about making things happen, the right way. It's about being a strategic, helpful partner to accomplish shared goals.
Your ImpactProvide strong program management capabilities, operate in a developing PM environment and lead cross-functional teams and partners to deliver effective business processes and deliver world-class employee experiencesLead key people programs, like Inclusion and Diversity, Learning and Development, and Mergers and Acquisitions. You'll collaborate with People stakeholders to ensure alignment of programs goals to business objectives and our values, development of program work-plan with workstreams, owners, milestones, KPIs, key dependenciesDevelopment and definition of processes and systems requirements to deliver multi-year cross-functional strategic initiativesTrack progress of organizational goals and milestones, communicate progress, change management plans to keep all stakeholders informed, engaged, and inspiredBuild strategic partnerships with key internal stakeholders and external partners, vendors, consultants to deliver on program goalsUse cross-functional knowledge and stakeholder perspectives and seek to understand issues, trends that may influence the business and the projects around themBring a People consultative mindset and deliver programs for the function across a breadth of capabilities (recruitment, compensation, benefits, systems, operations, programs/processes, and on-boarding/engagement)
Your ExperienceExperience with Program Management in complex program development with cross-functional focusExperienced working through M&A, including planning for the people integrationExperience with Inclusion and Diversity strategies and programs, helping larger organizations implement real changeExperience developing a program management methodology in an environment that doesn't have a lot of experience with formal Project ManagementAbility to work across multiple People (HR) functions (staffing, learning & development, operations, communications, etc.) and experience collaborating with all business functions (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, Operations, Legal, etc.)Ability to effectively work in a matrixed environment, to bring structure and focus to the team while being agile in a time of constant changeDemonstrated excellence in communicating and influencing executive leadership with succinct written presentation and thoughtful verbal communications.Comfort navigating a demanding, exciting and unpredictable environmentExperience partnering effectively with cross-functional teams and influencing executivesThe 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 [email protected].
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.
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.
We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren't easy goals to accomplish - but we're not here for easy. We're here for better. 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 culture is the magic that makes us who we are and lets us work together in a way that creates an award-winning best place to work.
Your Career
As a People Team Program Manager, you will provide leadership for complex programs that impact all of Palo Alto Networks. It's no small role - it requires critical attention to detail, complex systems strategy, and pulling large programs together with cross- functional teams. This role will deliver results, enabling teams to execute against a defined set of deliverables.
The ideal candidate will partner with People leaders, COE's and the business to shape and execute our key programs, thriving in a fast-paced, high growth environment within a highly collaborative and execution-oriented setup. At its core, you know that Program Management isn't about tracking dates and timing, it's about making things happen, the right way. It's about being a strategic, helpful partner to accomplish shared goals.
Your ImpactProvide strong program management capabilities, operate in a developing PM environment and lead cross-functional teams and partners to deliver effective business processes and deliver world-class employee experiencesLead key people programs, like Inclusion and Diversity, Learning and Development, and Mergers and Acquisitions. You'll collaborate with People stakeholders to ensure alignment of programs goals to business objectives and our values, development of program work-plan with workstreams, owners, milestones, KPIs, key dependenciesDevelopment and definition of processes and systems requirements to deliver multi-year cross-functional strategic initiativesTrack progress of organizational goals and milestones, communicate progress, change management plans to keep all stakeholders informed, engaged, and inspiredBuild strategic partnerships with key internal stakeholders and external partners, vendors, consultants to deliver on program goalsUse cross-functional knowledge and stakeholder perspectives and seek to understand issues, trends that may influence the business and the projects around themBring a People consultative mindset and deliver programs for the function across a breadth of capabilities (recruitment, compensation, benefits, systems, operations, programs/processes, and on-boarding/engagement)
Your ExperienceExperience with Program Management in complex program development with cross-functional focusExperienced working through M&A, including planning for the people integrationExperience with Inclusion and Diversity strategies and programs, helping larger organizations implement real changeExperience developing a program management methodology in an environment that doesn't have a lot of experience with formal Project ManagementAbility to work across multiple People (HR) functions (staffing, learning & development, operations, communications, etc.) and experience collaborating with all business functions (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, Operations, Legal, etc.)Ability to effectively work in a matrixed environment, to bring structure and focus to the team while being agile in a time of constant changeDemonstrated excellence in communicating and influencing executive leadership with succinct written presentation and thoughtful verbal communications.Comfort navigating a demanding, exciting and unpredictable environmentExperience partnering effectively with cross-functional teams and influencing executivesThe 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 [email protected].
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.