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Cloudflare

Principal People Team Business Partner - R&D

Cloudflare
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hybrid senior full-time Austin, TX

First indexed 22 Jun 2026

Description

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet.

Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.

As a Principal People Team Business Partner - R&D, you will report to the Senior Director, People Team Business Partners and serve as a heavy-hitting strategic partner to our senior leadership across Product, Engineering and Security.

You won't just execute HR programs; you will actively architect them.

You will focus on macro-level organisational design, sophisticated talent management strategies, systemic change leadership, and workforce planning that aligns directly with our aggressive business goals.

Who You Are

Motivated by cultivating high-performance culture, building great businesses, and helping people do their best work, you are a seasoned, consultative People leader.

You don't just adapt to the future of work,you actively leverage modern tools and a relentless curiosity to shape it.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Advisory: Act as a trusted advisor to R&D executive leadership, translating business objectives into long-term workforce strategies, organisational designs, and succession plans.
  • Insight-Driven Problem Solving: Synthesise complex qualitative and quantitative data,leveraging AI-driven insights and engagement analytics,to proactively identify trends, mitigate risks, and design predictive people solutions.
  • Change Leadership: Guide leadership and teams through structural evolutions, hyper-growth scaling, and shifting business priorities with minimal disruption to engagement and output.
  • Talent & Capability Building: Partner with business leaders and People team Centers of Excellence (COEs) to design high-impact initiatives around talent development, performance elevation, and total rewards.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.

Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun!

The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

Health & Welfare Benefits ● Medical/Rx Insurance ● Dental Insurance ● Vision Insurance ● Flexible Spending Accounts ● Commuter Spending Accounts ● Fertility & Family Forming Benefits ● On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program ● Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits ● Short and Long Term Disability Insurance ● Life & Accident Insurance ● 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan ● Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off ● Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave ● Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

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