Company 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.
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!
Job Description
Your Career
As our Workforce Planning Manager, you will have the opportunity to shape a dynamic workforce that is delivering one of the fastest growing infrastructures in the world as the company scales. In this role you will work directly with executive business leaders to develop and execute strategies that enable their organizations to expand, develop and perform as Palo Alto Networks requirements shift. This role is focused on enhancing business results by delivering workforce insights, crafting evidence-based workforce strategies, and developing driver-based headcount plans alongside business leaders. This high-visibility role requires strategic thinking, deep expertise in planning, strong stakeholder relationships, and effective project delivery.
Your Impact
- Support executive leaders and their teams with workforce planning for their organizations, translating business requirements into workforce strategies
- Facilitate the annual headcount planning process and evaluate ad hoc requests for new headcount
- Identify new types of roles that will enable teams to achieve shifting business requirements
- Discover the drivers of work and develop models that describe how teams should scale as business requirements expand
- Develop and launch evidence-based workforce strategies to increase workforce efficiency, remove hiring roadblock or solve other business challenges
- Enable leaders to understand and manage their workforce resources by developing and delivering reports and insights
- Partners with all teams (Recruiting, Finance, HR, and other cross-functional partners) to develop and execute strategies
- Demonstrate judgment and discretion when dealing with highly sensitive people data
Qualifications
Your Experience
- 8+ years of professional experience in a workforce strategy role, including headcount planning and developing evidence-based strategies to improve business results with workforce levers
- 5+ years of experience consulting with executive leaders on workforce strategies
- Experience collecting, interpreting, and reporting on data to make business recommendations for leaders in a fast-paced environment
- Experience establishing and maintaining cross-functional relationships
- Experience with communication, organization, and working on multiple projects
- Bachelor's degree in Organizational Behavior, Organizational Psychology, Economics, or related field or equivalent military experience required
Preferred Qualifications
- MS in Organizational Behavior, Organizational Psychology, Economics, or related degree or equivalent military experience required
- Experience developing strategies for a technical workforce
- Experience in cyber security or infrastructure operations is a plus
Additional Information
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.
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 $117,000/YR - $187,000/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.