Principal People Team Business Partner - M&A / Strategy

Cloudflare
Austin, San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentExperience: 6-10 yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving","Executive presence"]

Lead the People function for Cloudflare’s M&A activities, owning the HR lifecycle from due diligence to day-1 onboarding for acquired teams. Serve as the hub to Corporate Development, Legal and cross-functional teams (Recruiting, Total Rewards, People Ops, Immigration, Employment Legal). Influence deal structures, retention strategies, and integration programs, while scaling the M&A engine and delivering world-class onboarding.

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Principal People Team Business Partner - M&A / Strategy

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Job Summary

Lead the People function for Cloudflare’s M&A activities, owning the HR lifecycle from due diligence to day-1 onboarding for acquired teams. Serve as the hub to Corporate Development, Legal and cross-functional teams (Recruiting, Total Rewards, People Ops, Immigration, Employment Legal). Influence deal structures, retention strategies, and integration programs, while scaling the M&A engine and delivering world-class onboarding.
Location: Austin, San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Strategy & Corporate Development
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as the primary People team representative alongside Corporate Development and Legal from deal kickoff through close.
  • •Lead rapid-fire HR due diligence to assess target company culture, compensation structures, and compliance risks.
  • •Evaluate technical talent density and provide input into deal structures, retention pools, and offer letters.
  • •Partner with finance and legal to analyze equity structures, ensuring alignment on equity rollover mechanics and cash/stock retention incentives.
  • •Mobilize and quarterback cross-functional People teams (Recruiting, Comp, People Ops, Immigration, Payroll) to sequence workstreams and ensure visa verifications before offers.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kEquityPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •6–10+ years of experience across People Operations, HRBP roles, or Program Management, with at least 3+ years directly owning People/HR workstreams for M&A transactions in high-growth tech environments.
  • •Startup Agility: Proven track record of building 0-to-1 processes in fast-moving, unstructured environments where templates are built on the fly.
  • •Execution Under Pressure: Outstanding project management skills; calm under pressure and capable of handling highly confidential data and compressed deal timelines.
  • •Technical & Core HR Fluency: Solid understanding of employment law basics, high-growth compensation structures, and visa/immigration complexities for international or highly technical talent.
  • •Influence Without Authority: Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills to earn trust across elite technical founders and cross-functional executives.
Experience:6-10 yearsHigh-growth techM&AHRBPProgram Management
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingExecutive presence
Languages:English
Tech Stack:HRISWorkdayGreenhouseVisa/immigration processesEquity structuresRecruiting platforms

Company Brief

Cloudflare
Provides a global network and cloud platform that delivers security, performance, and reliability services for web applications, APIs, and Internet properties, including CDN, DDoS protection, DNS, and zero-trust security solutions.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2009
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