Head of People Partners, R&D

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. Together, you'll shape the people strategy for R&D, while focusing on executive partnership, organizational evolution, leadership effectiveness, and long-term workforce strategy. We're looking for a leader who brings conviction, humility, and an enterprise mindset—someone who will advocate passionately for R&D while always thinking first about what's best for Asana.

This role is based in our San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.

What you’ll achieve

• 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, enabling them to deliver exceptional partnership while continuing to raise the bar across the R&D organization.

• Partner with your People Partner leadership peers across GTM, G&A, and International to continuously evolve the People Partner function, bringing an enterprise-first mindset and helping build a consistent, high-impact team.

• 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, providing thoughtful challenge, practical guidance, and candid feedback to help them and their teams perform at their best.

• 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 and continuously improve organizational effectiveness.

• Help shape what great People Partnership looks like in an AI-first company by experimenting with new approaches, evolving how we work, and exploring how technology can amplify the impact of the People function.

• Collaborate across the broader People team to deliver exceptional company-wide people programs while ensuring the evolving needs of the R&D organization are represented.

About you

• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.

• 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 and influence executive decision-making.

• 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, with the ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of the organization.

• Leads with high conviction and low ego, naturally collaborating across teams, elevating others, and prioritizing enterprise outcomes over functional boundaries.

At Asana, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

What we’ll offer

Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.

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. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified.

In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

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

These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

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About us

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. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong.

We believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive. Our goal is to ensure that Asana upholds an environment where all people feel that they are respected and valued, whether they are applying for an open position or working at the company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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