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Join the team as our Director, HR Business Partner (HRBP), Global Sales, serving as the single-threaded HR leader for our Global Sales Organization. In this role, you will support a high-impact team of 500+ employees distributed across NAMER, EMEA, LATAM, and APJ. You will partner with global and regional sales leaders, our Self Serve business, and our Local HRBPs to drive the people strategy for a book of business currently at $4B with the ambitious goal of scaling to $10B over the next 3 years.
Job Responsibility
Serve as the trusted HR advisor to the SVP Global Sales and leadership team, shaping talent strategies that drive growth, innovation, and organizational performance
Proactively learn the business—including products, customers, and revenue levers—to anticipate business shifts and adjust people strategies in advance
Develop a deep understanding of Twilio’s sales models, and regional dynamics to forecast talent needs and guide workforce planning (WFP)
Provide data-driven recommendations and strategic tradeoffs on organizational design, talent allocation, leadership development, and long term capability planning
Navigate complex transformations—workforce planning, AI adoption, reorganizations—with empathy, clarity, and influence to drive alignment and adoption across key stakeholders
Provide confidential one-on-one coaching to senior leaders to enhance strategic thinking, drive change management initiatives, and improve performance
Integrate organizational design considerations into talent planning, aligning structure, scope, and skill needs to support evolving business priorities
Assess talent gaps and bench strength, leveraging frameworks to identify critical skill needs and successor readiness for continued business growth and scale
Partner proactively with Talent Acquisition teams to shape pipeline health and ensure talent investments are hyper-aligned with business needs
Map dependencies across teams for major initiatives, ensuring resourcing, skills, and governance are in place to accelerate product and service delivery
Pioneer and lead succession planning, leadership development, and retention strategies for critical roles
Bring forward proactive insights, trends, and business-relevant narratives rather than just delivering data when asked
Partner closely with the People Data Solutions & AI team to develop and scale tools—including AI-powered assistants and data orchestration frameworks—to optimize insights, streamline analytics processes, and integrate multiple data sources
Translate complex data into clear, cohesive narratives for executives, influencing decision-making on talent, structure, and organizational design
Advise early on change implications and facilitate workshops to help sales leaders evaluate tradeoffs during our ongoing transformation
Partner with Finance, Legal, and other People Team stakeholders to integrate design changes into the broader operating model, balancing business objectives with People Team priorities
Promote initiatives that embed equity, inclusion, and belonging across the global operations organization
Continuously educates themselves on external industry trends and benchmarks externally to inform better practices
Collaborating with peers to share and implement strategies for fostering an inclusive and high-performing culture
Requirements
10+ years of HRBP or equivalent experience in fast-moving, global, high-growth organizations, ideally in SaaS/CpaaS or customer-facing functions
Sophisticated understanding of sales motions across small-business and enterprise scales
Experience supporting global revenue organizations and a familiarity with the levers that drive sales performance and growth
High level of curiosity and practical experience using AI tools to inform strategy forecast capability gaps, or synthesize insights
Ability to advise senior leaders on workforce strategy, organizational design, and leadership development
Nice to have
Experience leading HRBP strategy for a Global Sales orgs of 500+ employees, spanning multiple regions (NAMER, APJ, LATAM, EMEA)
Prior experience with change management, digital transformation, or AI adoption initiatives into a global sales or related business functions
Advanced analytics or people insights experience, including using AI or automation to inform workforce decisions