Talent Development Partner, Cloudflare
$148-212k
Salary dependent on location and may vary in further locations. + Equity Plan + ESPP
Web performance and security platform
Be an early applicant
Web performance and security platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$148-212k
Salary dependent on location and may vary in further locations. + Equity Plan + ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- You are deeply knowledgeable about the business and industry, comfortable navigating and leading others through ambiguity, pivoting quickly to address new challenges, and solving complex problems without a pre-existing playbook
- AI fluency: You’re skilled in leveraging AI and machine intelligence to build the talent ecosystem
- Systems Thinker: You recognize the connections across the organization, and take a holistic approach to analyzing situations and developing solutions that are sustainable in the longer term and account for system interdependencies
- Strategic Acumen: You have an ability to translate long-term business strategy into concrete talent and workforce initiatives
- Data-Driven: You use data and insights to proactively diagnose issues, inform your recommendations, influence decisions, and measure the impact of your work
- Execution Excellence & Resilience: You deliver high quality results through leading projects and initiatives with milestones and delivery schedules in partnership with stakeholders, and develop clear action plans with results-oriented goals for measuring success
- Consulting & Partnering: You have a strong ability to build trust and credibility with business leaders as a subject matter expert, and to work effectively across multiple business areas and teams in a fast-paced environment
- Change Management: You are skilled in leading organizational change and ensuring successful adoption of new HR processes
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources, with a strong focus on Talent Management, Workforce Planning, and Performance Management
- Proven experience partnering directly with C-suite executives within a rapidly scaling organization
- Technology industry experience is strongly preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources (or related field) required. Advanced degree preferred
- Demonstrated success running large-scale, complex HR programs (e.g., annual performance cycle, talent review)
- Highly proficient in using Workday and other HR systems/tools tools to extract, analyze, and present data-driven insights to senior leaders
- Prompt Engineering & Design: Experience using LLMs to accelerate content creation and organizational research
- Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization
What the job involves
- We are looking for a strategist to lead the design of our talent performance engine
- In this role, you will own the end-to-end architecture for talent assessment, leadership bench-building and strategic workforce planning
- You will act as the bridge between our talent philosophy and its execution, partnering with business leaders, HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, IT and Total Rewards to build a tech-enabled, AI-first ecosystem for career mobility and leadership growth
- This is a strategic role for someone who is able to balance consistency and nuance for our hyper-growth environment and global scale
- Own the design and implementation of company-wide Talent Review and Succession Planning processes to identify, assess, and develop employees for critical roles
- Develop and manage career pathing frameworks and competency models that support employee growth and organizational agility
- Architect the AI-Fluency Competency Model: Partner with key stakeholders to help define and embed the behavioral standards and technical competencies for AI fluency across the workforce (e.g., responsible use, prompt engineering)
- Partner closely with People Analytics and HRBPs on our employee listening strategy; leverage insights to shape our learning & talent strategies
- Analyze talent insights to inform workforce needs assessment, evaluate talent process effectiveness, and drive organizational decision making
- Integrate diversity and inclusion principles into all talent management and succession processes
- Embed AI into all talent workflows to elevate efficiency, accuracy, decision quality, and customer experience for employees and managers
- Own and design a comprehensive Performance Review strategy that is responsive to business needs and nuances (objective setting, check-ins, year-end reviews, calibration)
- Analyze performance data to identify trends, ensure consistency, and recommend enhancements to drive higher employee engagement and productivity
- Collaborate with the People Technology team to design and implement system enhancements that streamline the talent and performance review cycle and improve the user experience
- Partner closely with Total Rewards to ensure our talent processes support pay for performance methodologies
- Facilitate sessions that feel more like conversations than presentations—engaging employees at every level
- Work directly with our Human Resource Business Partners and business leaders to identify real capability gaps—and solve them in ways that don’t always mean more training or workshops
- Working backwards from our internal mobility goals and philosophy, implement skill-based workforce planning solutions that enable Cloudflare to forecast capability gaps, identify skill adjacencies, and guide our talent decisions
- Introduce an AI-enabled and system-driven operating model that connects employees to roles, projects, and development opportunities
- Integrate AI skills intelligence into hiring, development, performance, and mobility to enable a more fluid and adaptive workforce
- Identify critical talent gaps, surpluses, and skill adjacencies, developing mitigation strategies (e.g., build, buy, borrow)
Our take
Cloudflare is a multi-service global network that provides web security and infrastructure, DDoS mitigation services, and a content delivery network. Founded in 2009, Cloudflare has risen to become an industry giant, with over 25 million global internet properties on its network.
Cloudflare has been responsible for a number of admirable initiatives, offering free web protection to human rights groups, journalists, artists, and US election websites. This goes some way to counteracting the flak Cloudflare has received in some circles for the controversial groups and users who use its services. This chequered history, however, has not affected its over 80% market share in the content delivery network field.
This is perhaps in part because it has proven sharp at staying abreast of the rapidly morphing tech and digital space and customer demands. For example, Cloudflare is shifting to 100% renewable energy usage to create a zero-emissions internet, and in 2020 released a feature that would help users navigate data privacy regulations by selecting where their data is stored.
And impressive third-quarter 2025 results show strong momentum, with revenue rising to $562 million from $430 million a year earlier. The company also raised its full-year guidance, underscoring confidence in continued growth. As demand for secure, cloud-based infrastructure keeps growing, Cloudflare's expanding platform and improving efficiency leave it well positioned to capture further gains in a rapidly growing market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Take-what-you-need vacation: We encourage employees to find a comfortable work-life balance by taking as many days off as they need while still being able to perform their jobs satisfactorily. (We really mean it!)
- Paid maternity & paternity leave: Our global parental leave policy allows up to sixteen paid weeks of bonding leave time for all qualifying new parents.
- Employee benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pension plans in accordance with the market practice in our locations.
- Commuter program: We are flexible about where we work and value connecting at the office. Our commuter benefits program is in place to support team members' commute to work via public transportation without the extra cost burden.
- Wellbeing: Global offerings that provide mental health, childcare and family forming support to our employees across our offices.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Lee Holloway
(Co-Founder & Lead Engineer)Lee began their career as an Engineer at Homewarehouse for a year before working at Unspam Technologies for 4 years. They co-created Project Honey Pot in 2004 and Cloudflare in March 2009, serving as Lead Engineer of both to present.
Michelle Zatlyn
(Co-Founder, President & Co-Chair)Having worked for Investor Economics and I Love Rewards for a combined 4 years, Michelle worked at Toshiba for 3 years as a Product Manager. She then co-founded Cloudflare in 2009 as COO, and has served as President since 2020. She is also a Board Member at Atlassian.
Matthew Prince
(Co-Founder & CEO)Matthew studied for an MBA at Harvard Business School before co-founding Unspam Technologies in December 2001, and Cloudflare in 2009, where he has served as CEO ever since.
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