HR Business Partner-US Sales
Lacework
People & HR, Sales & Business Development
Chicago, IL, USA
Posted on Nov 14, 2025
Fortinet is seeking an experienced, customer-focused and results-driven HR Business Partner. Reporting to the Sr. Manager HRBP Sales (Awista) up to VP of Talent Management (Ana), you will provide the full spectrum of HR business partnering, supporting US Sales client groups. You will collaborate closely with the leadership and management team to develop, direct and implement HR strategies, initiatives and programs that align with the organizational goals and objectives. You will be a strategic and trusted advisor to the business at the same time managing and handling day-to-day matters as they arise.
Responsibilities:
- In this key role you will collaborate with our leaders to make certain they have the right resources, in the right place, at the right time i.e., you will proactively engage in workforce planning and skills assessment initiatives.
- You will assist sales leaders in translating their business plans into resource plans that will attract new talent, and develop, motivate and retain our Sales employees.
- You will drive change management initiatives to increase HR effectiveness and efficiency with a focus on data analytics to identify organizational trends.
- You will lead employee relations matters for the client group by partnering with legal and others to drive successful outcome.
- You will leverage and integrate Annual Merit and Evaluation Cycle Programs to reinforce company-wide HR strategy Workforce planning, Performance Management, Career Development, Compensation, Internal mobility and Rewards, Talent Reviews and Talent Attraction.
- You will provide day-to-day consulting to leadership in a variety of areas including employee relations, policy interpretation and application, employee engagement, resource management, talent management and development, and organizational design.
- Advise on talent management, to include rewards, recognition, organizational readiness, and performance improvement.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 5-8+ years of progressive HR Generalist/ HRBP experience in roles of increasing complexity and scope.
- Experience supporting front line and senior leaders and teams in the tech industry strongly preferred.
- Working knowledge of multiple Human Resources disciplines including but not limited to Employee Relations, Compensation, Benefits, HR Operations, etc.
Takes the initiative with a "roll up your sleeves" attitude and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Proven ability to develop relationships and partnerships at all levels of the organization, exhibit strong leadership and influencing skills, and execute, implement, and lead change management initiatives.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills; Innovative problem solver able to quickly assess a situation and provide multiple solutions.
- Comfortable working both tactically and strategically to get business needs met.
- Able to develop and articulate the value proposition of a new process or program to employees at senior and executive levels.
- High proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
- High proficiency in working with HRIS applications, Oracle HCM Cloud a plus.
- Working knowledge of general employment laws, compensation, and benefits practices in a sales environment
- Must have strong analysis/problem solving skills and attention to detail.
- Flexibility to operate well in a rapidly growing environment, as well as be an effective change agent.
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.
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Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
Fortinet is seeking an experienced, customer-focused and results-driven HR Business Partner. Reporting to the Sr. Manager HRBP Sales (Awista) up to VP of Talent Management (Ana), you will provide the full spectrum of HR business partnering, supporting US Sales client groups. You will collaborate closely with the leadership and management team to develop, direct and implement HR strategies, initiatives and programs that align with the organizational goals and objectives. You will be a strategic and trusted advisor to the business at the same time managing and handling day-to-day matters as they arise.