Principal People Team Business Partner, Cloudflare
R&D
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Web performance and security platform
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Web performance and security platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- Motivated by cultivating company culture, building great businesses and helping people do their best work, you have served on a People/ HR team for 12+ years of experience, 5+ of which have been as a senior business partner
- You have a successful history of developing strong relationships and operating effectively through virtual support and in a distributed environment
- You have an entrepreneurial spirit, are always looking for ways to innovate, improve and operate independently
- You think of and present solutions and don’t get bogged down by problems, rather perceive them as opportunities
- You have participated in large-scale change initiatives and have a few stories about leading a few. You know what complexity looks like and are able to navigate through it to get things across the finish line
- You have a keen business acumen and a track record of partnering closely with business leaders. You can articulate how People teams bring value to an organization and are able to quickly develop the business case for People Team initiatives
- You have built at least one scalable program from the ground up and have a demonstrated history of building relationships and credibility across all levels of an organization
- You are an influencer that leads with empathy. Others have described you as skilled in implementing workforce plans, leveraging subject matter experts and your network to enable programmatic solutions in talent management, workforce planning - think ideation to action on engagement surveys, organizational design, as two examples
- You are a skillful communicator, verbally in small and large groups, as well as written through emails and presentations. Your super strength, especially when the message may be difficult, is face-to-face
- You are generous with your time and earn and maintain the trust that people place with you
- Uncompromising when it comes to your integrity, you speak truth, act with respect and lead with dignity
- You love working with people - you maybe secretly love working with spreadsheets too!
What the job involves
- Cloudflare is growing our People team. Our focus is finding the best people to work at Cloudflare and then allowing you to do your best work. As we continue to build out our Business Partner team, we are looking for a trusted business partner who is naturally curious about what we do and driven to help our people thrive
- In this role, you will report to the Director of People Team Business Partners - R&D (Americas) - and support our strategic initiatives, partnering closely with leadership across our R&D Teams. You will be the People Team Business Partner to help support our Product, Engineering and Security Teams
- You will develop and implement proactive solutions for a broad scope of activities, ensuring alignment on initiatives and priorities, maintaining open and transparent lines of communication and keeping our teams thriving and well supported
- You will serve as a strategic partner with strong client partnership based in business acumen. You will focus on organizational design, talent management, and driving initiatives and change leadership
- We passionately believe in leadership at all levels, and our fast growth has created a special opportunity to really enable our team members to acquire new skills and grow on the job
- You will help us get better at this by spending time with our people and developing and implementing programs that are responsive to our leaders' needs, role model our company capabilities and will scale as we continue to grow an enterprise business
Application process
- *** Please note a cover letter is required to be considered for this position. ***
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.
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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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