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Cloudflare

Principal People Team Business Partner - GTM

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hybrid senior full-time Austin, TX

First indexed 23 Jun 2026

Description

Cloudflare is growing its People team and is looking for a trusted business partner who is naturally curious about what the company does and driven to help its people thrive. As a Principal People Team Business Partner - GTM, you will report to the Senior Director, GTM People Team Business Partner and support strategic initiatives, partnering closely with Go-To-Market leaders.

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 teams thriving and well-supported.

The ideal candidate has a minimum of 12 years of experience on a People/HR team, with at least 5 years as a business partner. You have a successful history of developing strong relationships and operating effectively through virtual support and in a distributed environment.

Responsibilities include:

  • Developing and implementing proactive solutions for a broad scope of activities
  • Ensuring alignment on initiatives and priorities
  • Maintaining open and transparent lines of communication
  • Keeping teams thriving and well-supported
  • Serving as a strategic partner with strong client partnership based in business acumen
  • Focusing on organisational design, talent management, and driving initiatives and change leadership

Requirements:

  • Minimum 12 years of experience on a People/HR team
  • Minimum 5 years of experience as a business partner
  • Successful history of developing strong relationships and operating effectively through virtual support and in a distributed environment
  • Ability to link HR Strategy to business outcomes
  • Business-first mindset, always looking for ways to enable the business to meet its goals
  • Entrepreneurial spirit, always looking for ways to innovate, improve, and operate independently
  • Experience participating in large-scale change initiatives
  • Keen business acumen and a track record of partnering closely with business leaders
  • Ability to articulate how People teams bring value to an organisation
  • Experience building scalable programs from the ground up
  • Influencer that leads with empathy
  • Skilled in implementing workforce plans, leveraging subject matter experts, and network to enable programmatic solutions
  • Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing

Benefits:

  • Equity plan participation
  • Comprehensive benefits package, including health and welfare benefits, financial benefits, and time-off programs
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