Cloudflare is scaling its global connectivity and security platform while transforming into an AI-native organization powered by our own AI harness and developer infrastructure. As Senior Director, R&D HR Business Partnering, you will lead a global team of embedded HRBPs supporting senior executives across Engineering, Product, Security, and Research.

Key Focus Areas & Responsibilities

Business Acumen & COE Conduction

Partner directly with the Head of R&D and technical VPs to align talent strategy with Cloudflare’s product roadmap, platform architecture, and operational goals.

Act as the chief conductor across People Team COEs—synthesizing R&D’s operational realities to push COEs for tailored, high-impact talent programs while challenging R&D leaders to elevate their organizational standards.

Apply analytical rigor to people metrics, diagnosing organizational health, attrition trends, and productivity indicators to guide business decisions proactively.

Organizational Design & AI Integration

Architect agile, high-velocity R&D structures designed for AI-native workflows, optimizing team size, spans of control, and cross-functional interfaces across platform and product teams.

Partner with engineering leadership to rethink operating rhythms and team structures as development shifts from traditional models to AI-assisted, agent-driven engineering.

Talent Portfolio Management & Human Judgment

Evolve technical career frameworks, leveling, and role definitions to reflect the higher leverage expected in AI-native engineering environments.

Drive succession planning, critical-role mapping, and retention strategies for specialized technical talent across Cloudflare’s global hubs.

Senior Director, R&D HR Business Partnering

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Cloudflare

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