Sr Director, People Strategy

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.

About the Role:

The Sr Director, People Strategy will be a critical member of the People & Culture Strategy & Analytics team, responsible for designing, developing, and implementing the multi-year people strategy that directly supports F5’s business objectives. This role requires a visionary leader with a deep understanding of business strategy, human capital trends, and organizational effectiveness. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with a proven track record of translating business goals into actionable people strategies and operationalizing those strategies for maximum impact. This role will partner closely with senior leadership across People & Culture and the business to ensure alignment and drive successful execution.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Development: Develop and champion F5’s multi-year people strategy, aligning it with the company’s overall business strategy and growth objectives. Partner with VP of People Strategy & Analytics to facilitate collaborative design sprints and feedback sessions with stakeholders, to gather insights and refine the strategy. Drive the design and implementation of strategic initiatives aligned to the People Strategy, People Promise and missions.
• Governance & Reporting: Partner across People & Culture and the business to operationalize the people strategy, ensuring a clear governance framework, goals, metrics, and accountabilities are established and tracked via the People Strategy scorecard, and regular reporting via Quarterly Business Reviews. Regularly communicate the progress and impact of people strategy initiatives to senior leadership and other stakeholders.
• External research: Conduct ongoing research and analysis of industry best practices, emerging trends, and competitive landscapes to inform the people strategy.
• Change strategies: Develop and execute comprehensive change management strategies for global People/HR programs and technology implementations, including but not limited to: organizational restructuring, talent management initiatives, performance management systems, HR technology deployments, and compensation & benefits changes. Measure the effectiveness of change management initiatives through data analysis and feedback mechanisms, and make adjustments as needed to optimize results.
• Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of people programs and initiatives, making data-driven recommendations for improvement.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources, with a focus on strategy development and execution.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing successful people strategies that have driven positive business outcomes.
• Deep understanding of business strategy, financial analysis, and organizational effectiveness principles. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth technology environment preferred.

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: $216,282.00 - $324,424.00

F5 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 F5’s 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 F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. 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 @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It 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 accommodations@f5.com.