Revolutionizing protection.

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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

At Palo Alto Networks, we hire the talent needles in today’s marketplace haystack and create an environment where each one shines. 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.  

As an Employee Relations Operations Partner, you will be an integral part of the People team community, supporting our Employee Relations partners by executing our ER processes seamlessly. You will also be responsible for partnering with our HR Operations team to manage the transfer of ER operations work, as well as managing a caseload of ER matters, including performance management, conduct issues, organizational change and leave/accommodations. You will work across the People team and business to ensure we continue to have a workplace environment that creates career defining experiences as employees achieve more than they ever thought possible. You will play a key part in ensuring that our workplace is safe, treats employees with fairness and respect, and enables every employee to achieve their personal best.

Your Impact

• Steward of Employee Relations data integrity

• Triage Employee Relations cases, ensure all employee questions and concerns get addressed

• Draft confidential separation agreements and execute involuntary termination transactions, partnering with Legal to draft additional disclosures as necessary

• Partner with appropriate stakeholders to ensure a positive offboarding experience which includes but not limited to the handling of benefit continuation, severance pay and asset return inquiries

• Monitor involuntary terminations via Workday to ensure timely processing of final pay

• Lead efficient transfer of Employee Relations Operations work to HR Operations team, supporting with enablement as needed

• Educate, coach and guide leaders on our performance management and elevation efforts, while ensuring adherence to our philosophy and values.  Provide leaders with appropriate advice to elevate performance and capability across their teams and respective organizations

• Support Employee Relations Partners with workforce change initiatives ensuring that communication is effective, risk is mitigated, and that leaders and employees are supported through the process

• Conduct in-takes on employee relations matters and policy violations and partner with investigators/the Legal team to effectively address issues

• Support the Employee Relations team with using HR analytics and data to identify trends, diagnose issues and make data-driven recommendations to the leadership team and People team colleagues

• Support internal projects and initiatives as needed.

• Act as an advocate for equitable and fair treatment; ensure our practices continue to align to our company’s core values: Disrupt. Execute. Inclusion. Collaboration. Integrity.

Your Experience 

• A minimum of three years of employee relations operations experience gained in either an HR Operations, HRBP or employee relations advisory role, or equivalent experience

• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong emotional intelligence, and ability to build trust and rapport with stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, stay focused, and manage time in a fast paced environment

• Exceptional organizational skills, with strong ability to analyze and solve problems 

• Passionate about using data and insights to make a positive impact on the business. 

• Dependable and accountable

• Effective listener and persuasive communicator able to influence actions and outcome

• Comfortable operating in Gsuite, Docusign, Workday, ServiceNow and Navex a plus

• Experience managing sensitive confidential employee and company information

The Team

Our People team works throughout the organization to enable ... you guessed it, our 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. 

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 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.

Compensation Disclosure

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 $100000 - $163000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.