Vice President, Human Resources Position Profile
ABOUT JFROG
At JFrog, they’re reinventing DevOps to help the world’s greatest companies innovate -- and they want you along for the ride. This is a special place with a unique combination of brilliance, spirit, and just all-around great people. Here, if you are willing to do more, your career can take off. And since software plays a central role in everyone’s lives, you’ll be part of an important mission. Thousands of customers, including the majority of the Fortune 100, trust JFrog to manage, accelerate, and secure their software delivery from code to production -- a concept we call “liquid software.” Wouldn't it be amazing if you could join them in their journey?
JFrog’s Culture is one of humility, team spirit, integrity, innovation and creativity, client service, fairness, caring for each other, and “doing whatever it takes” to serve clients and team. JFrog members work for the benefit of the organization, teams, and clients, and encourage servant leadership throughout the organization. Agility and Compassion are also key culture ingredients.
JFrog’s Vision is to “Power all Software Updates. To Create a world of Liquid Software.” As our Co-Founder and CEO, Shlomi Ben Haim said: “The JFrog team has always been passionate about helping developers transform their organizations through continuous innovation.” Recently JFrog was recognized for the fourth year in a row by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ as one of the fastest growing companies in America.
JFrog’s Mission is to be the universal, hybrid, and end-to-end DevOps platform, enabling IT professionals and developers to manage, maintain, and secure their workflows.
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JFrog believes in choosing courage and professionalism over comfort, and they practice these values every day. They engage the community’s wisdom to impact their roadmap. Over the years, they’ve gained the trust of the DevOps market and have become the worldwide industry standard for empowering binary management.
POSITION OVERVIEW
JFrog is looking for a Vice President of Human Resources, North America to join their U.S. HR team. Based in Silicon Valley, CA and reporting to the CHRO, the Vice President of Human Resources will be responsible for providing strategic HR Business Partner support for the U.S. business units at JFrog. This is a role for someone who would be excited about contributing at both firsthand and strategic levels and have a proven track record of positively influencing teams and their leaders.
The ideal candidate will be a well-rounded human resources executive with deep organizational design, recruitment, and development experience. They are looking for someone who possesses a ‘can-do’ approach and the ability to manage multiple and competing priorities in a dynamic environment. The Vice President will provide leadership in establishing optimal organizational design wherein the alignment of its infrastructure and business processes ensures world class performance. The Vice President will be the lead advisor to the executive management team in building organizational capability and processes. A key priority will be to continue the development of each individual staff member while enhancing the overall capability and capacity of the U.S. team.
BLOG POSTS
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
STRATEGIC
- Collaborates with executive leadership to define the organization's long-term mission and goals; identifies ways to support this mission through talent management.
- Acts as a trusted advisor and strategic HR partner to the business units.
- Lead and participate in cross-functional working teams on strategic initiatives.
HR LEADERSHIP
- Build, develop and lead a strong, effective, and respected Human Resources team that is business savvy, proactive, responsive, helpful, and anticipatory. At all levels, the Human Resources function should be viewed by its clients as confident, expert, strategic, effective, and vital to the organization’s success.
- Partner closely with business leaders across the U.S. team to help managers with developing and growing their teams.
- Provide guidance and leadership to the HR management team; assist with resolution of HR, compensation, benefits questions, concerns, and issues.
- Partner with the executive clients, ensure excellent planning and implementation of key HR activities.
- Work with the Global HR department to develop and implement initiatives, processes, and systems.
TALENT
- Build the quality and depth of talent within the organization through innovative recruitment and retention programs that ensure organizational readiness to achieve targeted business objectives.
- Understand the existing competencies and talent needs of various teams and identify and address talent gaps before they impact the business.
- Work with the leadership team to put in place proactive talent management plans (skills/leadership development and succession planning)
COMMUNICATION
- Work to drive clear communication to ensure clarity of the strategy and drive accountability throughout the organization.
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT (O.D.)
- Actively engage with senior management as a change agent in the provision of solutions that support organizational and cultural cohesion, enhancing overall business performance.
- Provides change-management counsel and support
ACCOUNTABILITY & FEEDBACK
- Identifies key performance indicators for the organization’s human resource and talent management functions.
- Assesses the organization’s success and market competitiveness based on metrics.
CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS
Results-Oriented
The Vice President of Human Resources must be performance-driven and able to provide measurable results. The successful candidate will be resourceful, action-oriented, as well as a flexible and decisive leader who establishes clarity in the midst of distractions to produce results in a timely fashion. They will provide clear direction and establish achievable goals and will actively lead cross-functional teams to ensure their success.
Communication
This individual should possess very strong communication, listening, and persuasion skills, in order to truly partner with the CHRO. They must be comfortable, dynamic, and an effective presenter in front of both external and internal audiences including employees, senior management, and customers and public forums. This individual should have a broad perspective on the impact of Innovation, Operations, Sales, Finance, Information Technology, and Executive Management. A willingness to engage in a broad range of topics and discussions across all constituents.
Perspective
This individual will provide a worldly perspective of macro and industry influences to assist in guiding the company in new directions. They will provide perspective coming in from outside the organization to aid in the collective leadership team’s understanding and acceptance of trends, insights, changing business perspective and management strategies. This keen perspective should be presented with patience and guidance rather than brute authority.
Mission Driven
This individual must be intellectually sharp and clearly capable of thinking on their feet while demonstrating outstanding business judgment. The Vice President of Human Resources will possess the analytical skills to improve overall productivity and elevate the company’s human resources efforts as a point of differentiation in the marketplace. This person must not only embrace change, but be entrepreneurial in nature, creating and altering the road map along the way.
Compassion and Caring
This individual will be caring, compassionate, and concerned for other members of the JFrog team and organization. We build, grow, and succeed as a team and want to protect our unique culture of caring as we grow and prosper.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- 15+ years of experience as an HR professional in a fast-paced environment.
- An agile and continuous learner with personal resilience and ability to deal with ambiguity.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and collaborative skills (including presentation skills) across levels. An ability to persuade, influence, and build enthusiasm and commitment.
- Experience driving business strategies through creative Human Resource processes and initiatives. Strong business and financial acumen, preferably within the TECH industry.
- A successful record of developing leading-edge, cost-effective, action- focused programs and policies that reflect future plans and philosophies concerning growth, profitability, employee development and customer service.
- Goal-oriented, proactive, accountable, and passionate about driving results.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Human Resources, or related field required. Master’s Degree or MBA a plus.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Title: Managing Director Email: pherrerias@comharpartners.com Direct: (415) 483-4116 Mobile: (415) 302-5300
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Direct: (312) 313-8458
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