Senior People Partner - Engineering

Snowflake Inc.; Bellevue, Menlo Park (WA, CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowflake Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior People Partner to serve as a strategic advisor to our Engineering leadership.

You will shape people strategy, scale world-class teams, and partner with COEs to translate business priorities into workforce design and leadership development. This role emphasizes curiosity about AI, executive presence, and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive HR/People experience, including supporting VP leaders.
• Strong experience partnering with Engineering organizations and understanding technical talent.
• Proven ability to influence Engineering leadership and drive data-driven people decisions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to Engineering leadership on organizational, talent, and leadership decisions.
• Translate priorities into an integrated people strategy across design, workforce planning, and leadership development.
• Lead high-impact initiatives including organizational design, succession planning, and retention strategies.
• Coach leaders to elevate performance and organizational health.
• Partner with COEs to deliver scalable people solutions for Engineering.
• Apply data and AI capabilities to improve decision-making and scale impact.

Skills

HR Leadership

Engineering partnership

Executive presence

Data-driven decisions

Talent strategy

Organizational design

Leadership development

COE collaboration

AI curiosity

Job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don't just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset - who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

Snowflake is seeking a Senior People Partner to support our Engineering organization as a strategic advisor to Engineering leadership and their teams. This is a unique opportunity to partner at the heart of innovation-helping shape how world-class engineering teams scale, evolve, and deliver in a rapidly changing technology landscape.

We are looking for a People Partner who is deeply curious, energized by complexity, and excited about the transformative impact of AI on both the business and Snowflakes around the world. You bring a strong point of view, a bias for action, and a genuine enthusiasm for building alongside leaders who are defining the future of data and AI.

This role is based in either our Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA office, with in-office attendance required three days per week.

The Senior People Partner will partner closely with Engineering leadership, the broader People Partner team, and People Centers of Excellence (COEs) to shape and execute a people strategy that enables innovation, scale, and organizational effectiveness.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Engineering leadership, providing candid, data-driven counsel on organizational, talent, and leadership decisions.
• Translate business priorities into a clear, integrated people strategy across organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, and leadership development.
• Lead high-impact, data-driven initiatives including organizational design, talent assessment, succession planning, and retention strategies.
• Coach Engineering leaders to elevate leadership effectiveness, team performance, and organizational health.
• Guide teams through growth and transformation, helping leaders navigate ambiguity while maintaining momentum and engagement.
• Partner closely with People Centers of Excellence (COEs) to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions tailored to Engineering.
• Apply data, insights, and emerging AI capabilities to improve decision-making, scale impact, and evolve People practices.
• Assess organizational health and deliver clear, actionable insights across engagement, performance, attrition, and diversity.
• Contribute to broader People Partner initiatives, helping shape how we support technical organizations across Snowflake.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 8 years of progressive HR/People experience, including direct support of VP leaders.
• Strong experience partnering with Engineering organizations, with a clear understanding of technical talent, team structures, and operating models.
• Proven ability to build credibility and influence Engineering leadership.
• Demonstrated success in fast-paced, high-growth technology environments.
• Strong business and data acumen, with the ability to translate insights into clear recommendations and actions.
• Experience leading organizational design, talent strategy, and leadership development initiatives.
• Track record of partnering effectively with COEs to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions.
• Curiosity and applied interest in AI and emerging technologies, particularly in how they shape talent and organizations.
• Exceptional communication skills and executive presence, with the ability to influence and challenge constructively.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments, balancing strategic thinking with hands‑on execution.

WORK MODEL & LOCATION

Snowflake operates a hybrid work model, with employees working in-office three days per week in either the Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA office.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company's data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.