Head of People Partners, R&D

Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster.

We're looking for an experienced, strategic People Partner leader to serve as the senior People leader for our R&D organization. You'll partner directly with our CTO and CPO to shape the people strategy across Engineering, Product, Design, and Stack AI, helping one of Asana's most critical organizations evolve through growth, AI transformation, and innovation. You'll lead a high-performing team of experienced People Partners who are trusted advisors across the organization.

• Partner directly with our CTO and CPO as a trusted advisor, shaping people strategy, organizational design, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, and the long-term evolution of Asana's R&D organization.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of two experienced People Partners.
• Partner with People Partner leadership peers across GTM, G&A, and International to evolve the People Partner function.
• Lead organizational transformation across R&D, including organizational design, succession planning, leadership team effectiveness, change management, and workforce planning.
• Serve as a trusted coach to senior leaders.
• Partner on M&A activity, supporting organizational design, talent assessment, change management, and successful integration.
• Use organizational health metrics, business insights, and employee feedback to influence executive decisions.
• Help shape what great People Partnership looks like in an AI-first company.
• Collaborate across the broader People team to deliver exceptional company-wide people programs.

• 10+ years of progressive People experience, including significant experience as a strategic People Partner supporting senior leaders within high-growth technology organizations.
• Proven success leading organizational design, workforce planning, executive coaching, succession planning, and large-scale organizational change.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing People Partners.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect people strategy to business outcomes.
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions or other significant organizational transformations.
• Exceptional executive presence, sound judgment, and the confidence to make thoughtful decisions in complex, ambiguous environments.
• Data-driven, collaborative, and highly influential.
• Leads with high conviction and low ego.

For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $252,000 - $296,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits.

We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include: Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits; Career coaching & support; Inclusive family building benefits; Long-term savings or retirement plans; In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences.

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