HR Business Partner

NetApp; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

NetApp seeks a strategic, commercially minded HR Business Partner to support the Commercial, Partners & Ecosystems (CPE) organization. You will advise the SVP and senior leaders, shaping people and organizational strategies to accelerate growth and improve leadership effectiveness.

The CPE function drives partner ecosystem growth, alliances, and go-to-market execution. This role represents HR on the Global Partner Leadership team and collaborates with executives to ensure leadership, talent, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive HR Business Partner experience.
• Experience partnering directly with VP- and SVP-level leaders.
• Proven success leading large-scale business and culture transformation or operating model change.
• Proven experience influencing executive decisions in complex environments.
• Strong track record translating business strategy into measurable people outcomes.
• Experience supporting global, matrixed organizations across geographies and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic advisor to senior leaders translating business priorities into people strategies.
• Facilitate senior leadership team effectiveness through alignment, decision quality, and accountability.
• Lead organizational transformation, operating model changes, capability modernization, and workforce evolution.
• Lead workforce planning and organization design with the CPE org and field Partner roles.
• Coach senior leaders to maximize impact and leadership performance.
• Design talent and succession strategies to support long-term business strategy.

Skills

HR Business Partner

Executive partnership

Org transformation

Global HR

Influence decisions

Job description

Job Summary

NetApp is seeking a strategic, commercially minded HR Business Partner to support our Commercial, Partners & Ecosystems (CPE) organization. In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to the SVP and senior leadership team, shaping people and organizational strategies that accelerate growth, strengthen leadership effectiveness, and enable transformational change.

Job Summary

NetApp is seeking a strategic, commercially minded HR Business Partner to support our Commercial, Partners & Ecosystems (CPE) organization. In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to the SVP and senior leadership team, shaping people and organizational strategies that accelerate growth, strengthen leadership effectiveness, and enable transformational change.

The CPE organization is central to NetApp's long-term growth strategy as we evolve our partner ecosystem, scale strategic alliances, expand routes to market, and enhance NetApp’s Commercial segment strategy and execution. This role will represent HR on the Global Partner Leadership team and partner directly with executives and to ensure the organization has the leadership, talent, capabilities, structure, and culture required to deliver its strategy today and prepare for what comes next.

This is a hybrid role in San Jose, CA or Seattle, WA.

What You'll Do

• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders by translating business priorities into people strategies that improve organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent strategy, transformation, and execution.
• Facilitate senior leadership team effectiveness through improved alignment, decision quality, accountability, role clarity, and team dynamics.
• Lead organizational transformation efforts, including operating model shifts, redesigns, capability modernization, workforce evolution, and change strategies that improve agility, effectiveness, and business performance.
• Lead workforce planning and organization design efforts with the CPE organization and the Partner roles in the field to optimize structure, roles, spans, decision making, analytics, and scalable models to support current priorities and future growth.
• Coach senior leaders to maximize their impact, alignment, and decision effectiveness, strengthening leadership performance, organizational health, and the quality of critical talent decisions.
• Design talent and succession strategies that strengthen leadership depth, accelerate development of critical capabilities, and build the skills required to support long‑term business strategy and organizational success.
• Shape and steward a high-performance culture by holding leaders accountable for behaviors, talent decisions, and organizational practices that align with company values and performance expectations.
• Synthesize people data, business performance indicators, workforce trends, and external market intelligence into actionable insights that influence executive decisions, mitigate risk, and drive sustainable business outcomes.
• Act as the integrator across the business, HR COEs, and key stakeholder groups, connecting business priorities with the right expertise and ensuring coordinated, high-impact solutions.
• Influence outcomes beyond the immediate client organization through enterprise thinking, cross-functional partnership, and contribution to broader HR and strategic workforce priorities.

Required Experience

• 12+ years of progressive HR Business Partner
• Experience partnering directly with VP and SVP-level leaders.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale business and culture transformation, organizational redesign, or operating model change initiatives.
• Proven experience influencing executive decisions in complex and fast-paced environments.
• Strong track record of translating business strategy into measurable people outcomes.
• Experience supporting global, matrixed organizations across multiple geographies and cultures.

Compensation

The target salary range for this position is 170,000 - 218,500 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off, various Leave options, Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s), with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in‑office and/or in‑person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You'll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise‑grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision‑making.