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F5 Networks

Senior HR Business Partner at F5 Networks

F5 Networks Seattle, WA

Job Description

At F5 we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create secure and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers and their customers better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.The Senior HR Business Partner (Sr. HRBP) serves as a strategic partner and consultant to executive business leaders and their organizations. As a key driver of F5s Human First and High-Performance culture you will influence and execute programs that enhance talent strategies improve employee experiences and advance business priorities. This role requires a proactive strategic mindset strong business acumen and the ability to lead through complexity with confidence and agility.Your core responsibility is translating business priorities into a comprehensive aligned people strategy driving organizational effectiveness talent management and culture. Success requires a balance of deep HR expertise and business acumen operating effectively in a fast-paced data-driven environment while maintaining the operational rhythm necessary for organizational healthKey Responsibilities1. Strategic Partnership & Organizational EffectivenessStrategic Advisory: Act as a trusted consultant and advisor to senior leaders (VP level) on all talent and organizational matters including organizational design workforce planning and business transformation.Organizational Design & Health: Partner with leaders to diagnose current and future organizational needs contributing to the design structure and implementation of effective and agile operating models to optimize business performance.Change Management: Design and lead complex large-scale change management initiatives (e.g. mergers reorganizations new technology adoption) ensuring smooth transitions and positive employee impact.Data-Driven Insights: Utilize HR metrics business data and organizational diagnostics to identify trends diagnose systemic issues and propose proactive data-informed solutions.2. Talent Management & DevelopmentLeadership Coaching: Provide high-impact coaching and consultation to senior leaders and managers to enhance their leadership effectiveness and drive a culture of accountability.Succession Planning & Talent Review: Lead and execute strategic talent management processes including organizational talent reviews and succession planning to ensure a robust and diverse talent pipeline for critical roles.Performance & Capability: Drive the performance management philosophy and mechanisms advising on complex performance issues and building manager capability.3. Operational Excellence & Risk MitigationComplex Employee Relations: Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues including investigations and performance interventions partnering with legal counsel as needed.Operational Execution: Partner with HR Shared Services and Centers of Excellence (COEs) to ensure seamless execution of core HR processes (e.g. performance reviews compensation cycles and onboarding). This includes managing a small essential component of tactical delivery to maintain compliance and organizational rhythm.Policy & Compliance: Ensure consistent and fair application of HR policies procedures and legal requirements across the business unit.Required QualificationsExperience: Candidates generally bring 10 years of progressive Human Resources experience including 57 years in a dedicated HR Business Partner rolesupporting mid-to-senior level client groups.Experience supportingSoftwareEngineeringand Product organizations with a deep understanding of technical roles and team structures.Education: Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or a related field.Business Acumen: Demonstrated ability to understand complex business models financial goals and operational challenges translating them into people-centric solutions.Influence & Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to build trust influence without authority and manage relationships with senior executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams.Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and quantitative skills with proficiency in leveraging HRIS systems and data for strategic decision-making and storytelling.Adaptability: Proven ability to thrive and make high-judgment decisions in a fast-paced rigorous and often ambiguous environment characteristic of leading global tech companies.Preferred QualificationsMasters degree in Human Resources or MBA.HR Professional Certification (e.g. SHRM-SCP or SPHR).Experience in a large global matrixed organization preferably within the technology or cybersecurity industry.The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.The annual base pay for this position is: $123200.00 - $184800.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with or @).Equal Employment OpportunityIt is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age sensory physical or mental disability marital status veteran or military status genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting .Required Experience:Senior IC Key Skills Category Management,Channel Marketing,ABAP,Administration Support,Accident Investigation,AV Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Monthly Salary Salary: 123200 - 184800

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