Copado · 7 hours ago
People Partner, Performance & Development
New Orleans, LA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expCopado is the #1 DevOps Platform for Salesforce and the Cloud. The People Partner, Performance & Development role focuses on enhancing manager effectiveness, improving employee experience, and ensuring the successful execution of people programs within the organization.
CollaborationDeveloper PlatformDeveloper ToolsDevOpsIT ManagementSoftware
Responsibilities
Partner directly with managers to improve leadership capability, decision-making, and people management fundamentals
Coach managers on performance conversations, feedback quality, goal setting, team dynamics, and accountability
Provide practical, real-time guidance on people challenges, not theoretical frameworks
Identify patterns in manager effectiveness and proactively address gaps through coaching and targeted development
Serve as the primary people partner for assigned teams, balancing employee experience with business needs
Support managers through performance management, employee relations situations, and team transitions
Partner with centralized People Ops, Legal, and Total Rewards to ensure consistent and compliant execution while owning the local manager experience
Ensure people processes are applied fairly, clearly, and with good judgment
Design and deliver manager development initiatives focused on core leadership skills and consistency
Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and coaching forums for people leaders
Identify development needs across teams and translate them into scalable learning solutions
Ensure learning efforts are practical, measurable, and tied to improved manager outcomes
Own engagement efforts from survey design through action planning and follow-through
Partner with managers to turn engagement insights into concrete actions, not one-off programs
Design experience initiatives that improve clarity, connection, and retention without adding unnecessary complexity
Continuously evaluate what is working and adjust based on feedback and results
Own multiple people initiatives end to end, including planning, execution, communication, and measurement
Create structure, timelines, and accountability for people programs across the business
Balance reactive needs with proactive priorities while maintaining momentum on core work
Improve and simplify people processes over time to reduce friction for managers and employees
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience across people partnering, manager development, learning and development, or related roles
Demonstrated experience coaching managers and influencing leader behavior
Strong project and program management skills with a bias toward execution
Comfort operating in ambiguity and making sound judgment calls
Strong facilitation, communication, and relationship-building skills
Based in New Orleans and onsite five days per week
High ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently
Comfort handling real manager and employee issues, not just programs or strategy
Demonstrated comfort navigating conflict, providing direct feedback, and holding managers accountable
Preferred
Experience working closely with leaders in an onsite environment
Company
Copado
Copado is an end-to-end native DevOps platform built for Salesforce.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$270.83MKey Investors
Insight Partners
2021-09-13Series C· $140M
2021-02-17Series B· $96M
2020-06-18Series B· $26M
Leadership Team
Ted Elliott
Chief Executive Officer
Walker Mitchell
CFO
Recent News
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