Job Summary

About Team & About Role:

Rubrik is revolutionizing data security with Zero Trust Data Protection™, enabling organizations to safeguard their most critical assets from cyber threats, operational disruptions, and data loss. As the leader in data security and cloud management, Rubrik empowers enterprises to simplify and secure their digital infrastructure.

The Senior Director of People Operations is a pivotal executive leadership position, responsible for shaping the strategic direction and operational excellence of Rubrik’s global HR infrastructure. This role is a key member of the People Leadership team and reports to the VP & Head of HR. The ideal candidate will be a visionary leader willing to be very hands-on to drive the transformation of our operational functions into a world-class strategic asset that supports and enables our ambitious growth objectives.

What You’ll Do: 

  • Strategic Leadership and Organizational Development: Direct and inspire a global team to execute on a strategic vision for People Operations. This includes fostering a high-performance culture, mentoring managers across different regions, and ensuring operational alignment with the company’s strategic goals and core values.
  • Global Program Management and Transformation: Provide executive oversight and strategic insight for critical global programs, including our contingent workforce, immigration, and M&A integration initiatives. Lead the charge on centralizing and standardizing these functions to mitigate risk and improve visibility.
  • Technology and Process Innovation: Pioneer the modernization of our HR service delivery model. This will involve moving from reactive, email-based support to a proactive, scalable, and technology-driven platform utilizing advanced tools, including AI, to enhance the employee experience.
  • Data Integrity and System Optimization: Act as the steward of our people data, championing a culture of accuracy and leveraging our core HRIS (Workday) to drive efficiency and enhance employee self-service capabilities.

Strategic & Operational Oversight: 

  • HR Helpdesk: Drive the global strategy for employee support, focusing on scaling the HR Helpdesk through technology and process optimization. Transition from an email based ticket model to Jira + AI solutions and robust knowledge base.
  • Onboarding, Offboarding & Alumni Relations: Partner closely with the TA Operations team to ensure a smooth hand-off from offer/hiring to onboarding.  Take ownership of the entire employee lifecycle from onboarding to departure. Drive operational excellence in onboarding and offboarding.  
  • Data Management: Champion data integrity across all HR managed systems. Ensure processes are designed to capture accurate data and that the team maintains up-to-date process information for Workday transactions.  Drive Workday enhancements with the HCM team to reduce transaction time and move some transactions to self-service where appropriate. 
  • Compliance & Policy:  Partner closely with the Legal team to manage policy updates, and support key company compliance programs such as employee handbook acknowledgement, I-9 audits, etc.  Working to streamline delivery and developing creative solutions to drive 100% compliance.
  • Contingent Workforce Management: Jump in to support and provide strategic insights to an inflight project to fully centralize a global program for managing contingent workers. This includes strategy for engagement, onboarding/offboarding processes, risk mitigation, and system implementation to ensure visibility and consistency.
  • Immigration: Provide strategic oversight of the Global Immigration & Mobility program, partnering with the Immigration Manager to ensure processes are optimized to support future growth and enhance the employee experience.
  • M&A: Act as the primary People Operations lead for all M&A activities. Project manage all operational workstreams from due diligence through integration, ensuring a seamless and positive experience for acquired employees. Review and enhance M&A process documentation and educate stakeholders.  Note: many of these responsibilities may be managed by a Senior Manager level direct report.

Experience You’ll Need: 

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
  • 12-15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with extensive experience managing global or cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated expertise in large-scale project leadership, particularly in areas such as M&A due diligence, global contingent workforce programs, and immigration policy.
  • Proficiency with Workday is required, with a history of leveraging technology to drive operational efficiency and improve the employee experience.
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and executive presence, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
  • The ability to work onsite in Palo Alto 3+ days per week and accommodate a flexible schedule for global team collaboration.

 

Inclusion @ Rubrik: 

At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data.

Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.

Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:

  • Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.
  • Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.
  • Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.

About Rubrik:

Rubrik is a rapidly expanding global company headquartered in Silicon Valley, revolutionizing data protection and management in the emerging hybrid and multi-cloud world. We are a leader in cloud data management, enabling enterprises to maximize value from data that is increasingly fragmented across data centers and the cloud. Enterprises choose Rubrik to help develop ransomware remediation strategies, simplify backup and recovery, accelerate cloud adoption, and enable automation at scale. We’ve been recognized as a Forbes Cloud 100 Company and as a LinkedIn Top 10 startup.

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The minimum and maximum base salaries for this role are posted below; additionally, the role is eligible for bonus potential, equity and benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the role based on U.S. location. Within the range, the salary offered will be determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US Pay Range
$254,000—$310,900 USD

Join Us in Securing the World's Data

Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI company, operates at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience and enterprise AI acceleration. The Rubrik Security Cloud platform  is designed to deliver robust cyber resilience and recovery including identity resilience to ensure continuous business operations, all on top of secure metadata and data lake. Rubrik’s offerings also include Predibase to help further secure and deploy GenAI while delivering exceptional accuracy and efficiency for agentic applications.

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Inclusion @ Rubrik

At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data.

Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.

Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:

  • Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.

  • Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.

  • Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.

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Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Rubrik provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Rubrik complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at hr@rubrik.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

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