Director, People Partners

Pure Storage•Santa Clara, CA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Everpure is building a connected, high-impact HR organization to support its rapidly growing global workforce. Positioned between HR Operations and HR Business Partners, the People Partner Specialist team provides scalable, specialized expertise to leaders and managers. The Director, People Partner Specialist will establish this function from the ground up, lead its team, and create a global support model during a period of strategic modernization. The role owns the team’s charter, budget, staffing plans, and performance standards; establishes global coverage, tiering, and routing; and leads the pilot, measurement, and expansion of the service model with HR Operations and HRBP leaders. Success measures include resolution time, manager satisfaction, and HRBP capacity. The Director also oversees global labor and employment compliance in partnership with Legal and works councils, advises senior leaders on complex people matters and organizational change, and governs manager-facing playbooks, tools, enablement, and programs. This is primarily an in-office role based at Everpure’s Santa Clara, California office, subject to company policies and approved absences. The annual base salary range is $211,000–$274,000 USD. The position may also be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity.

Requirements

Track record leading HR service delivery, HR business partnering, or employee relations work in complex, fast-moving environments, with demonstrated outcomes.
Experience leading and managing teams, particularly distributed or matrixed teams, and building their capability and performance.
Experience designing, launching, and scaling a tiered support model, specialist function, or shared service, including defining the work assigned to each tier.
Working knowledge of employee relations sufficient to route matters effectively.
Deep understanding of employment law across multiple countries and experience partnering with Legal and works councils.
Experience as the accountable owner for manager-facing talent programs or large-scale change, such as reorganizations or reductions in force.
Ability to influence senior leaders using sound judgment and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

Build and lead the People Partner Specialist team, owning its charter, budget, staffing plans, and performance standards.
Shape a global coverage model that provides a consistent, high-quality experience across regions.
Design the global tiering framework and routing logic, collaborating with HR Operations and HRBP leaders and owning final decisions with executive sign-off.
Lead the pilot, measurement, and scale-up of the service model with HR Operations and HRBP leaders, tracking resolution time, manager satisfaction, and HRBP capacity.
Oversee global labor and employment compliance, partnering with Legal and works councils to translate regulatory changes into policy and manager guidance.
Advise senior leaders and managers on complex people matters and organizational change, including management practices, team dynamics, and conflict resolution.
Set standards and govern playbooks, tools, and enablement to build manager capability across the organization.
Lead manager-facing programs, including performance management, talent reviews, and engagement.