Director Leadership Development Programs

Your Career

As a Director Leadership Development Programs you will own the strategy and of leadership development programs for Directors Sr. Directors and emerging VPs. Your work will focus on equipping senior leaders with the strategic people and business leadership skills needed to drive results foster innovation and lead highperforming teams.

You will partner with executives HRBPs and People Science to develop a successionready leadership bench ensuring our leaders have the tools to navigate complexity scale teams and shape the future of Palo Alto Networks. We are committed to building programs that develop empathetic leaders who can build an environment where every employee feels valued respected and supported. 

Your Impact

• Develop a Leadership Pipeline: Design and execute leadership development programs for Directors Sr. Directors and emerging VP leaders ensuring alignment with our business strategy.

• Shape Executive Readiness: Deliver leadership curricula that strengthen critical capabilities such as leading through change strategic decisionmaking innovation and executive influence.

• Drive Succession Planning: Partner with People Business Partners and leaders to identify highpotential talent and integrate leadership development into succession planning initiatives.

• Lead HighImpact Learning Experiences: Facilitate leadership academies executive coaching sessions and crossfunctional leadership initiatives.

• Leverage Data & Insights: Collaborate with People Science to define success metrics for leadership development using insights to refine program effectiveness.

• Stay Ahead of Leadership Trends: Incorporate bestinclass research and leadership models to ensure Palo Alto Networks remains a leader in talent development.

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

• 8 years in leadership development talent management or executive coaching with experience in a global fastpaced environment.

• Bachelors degree required; Masters in Organizational Development HR Business or related field preferred.

• Proven expertise in designing senior leadership development programs coaching senior leaders and driving enterprisewide leadership strategies.

• Strong consulting skills with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and HR leaders.

• Experience using datadriven approaches to measure leadership program effectiveness and succession pipeline readiness.

• Familiarity with leadership assessment tools executive coaching frameworks and leadership development best practices. Assessment certifications (e.g. Hogan or Korn Ferry)  preferred but not required.

• A true passion for developing people across a variety of various traits perspectives and experiences. 

• High emotional intelligence empathy and integrity in handling sensitive leadership issues.

Additional Information :

The Team

We take our mission seriously and believe that the unique ideas of every team member contribute to our collective success. Our valuesdisruptive innovation collaboration integrity and inclusionare brought to life through each of us every day.

As a member of our Talent Organization you will shape the future of Leadership Development. We work fast value ongoing learning and respect each employee as a unique individual. Our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported including our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account mental and financial health resources and personalized learning opportunities.

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

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 nonsales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $247000 $287500/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

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant 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  .

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.