Senior Manager, People Partner - LATAM

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

Snowflake is in the middle of one of the most significant transformations in its history: becoming an AI-native company. This is not just a technology project — it is a people, culture, and organizational change program, and the Senior People Partner Manager – LATAM will lead it from the front across key markets including Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile.

This role is Snowflake's senior HR leader for the region — a strategic thought partner who can both set direction and get into the weeds to drive real change. Reporting to the Revenue organization People Partner leader, this role will partner with LATAM leaders and the global People team to shape people strategy, drive organizational effectiveness, and deliver a world-class employee experience.

AS A SENIOR PEOPLE PARTNER MANAGER – LATAM AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:

• Act as a trusted advisor to LATAM leadership, offering actionable guidance on organizational strategy, key people priorities, and leadership development while championing change across the region.

• Champion Snowflake's AI transformation in LATAM by fostering AI literacy, easing adoption through clear communication, and implementing rapid, evidence-based pilot programs to drive alignment.

• Maintain a hands-on approach by staying deeply connected to daily team operations, earning the trust of managers and individual contributors to execute initiatives efficiently.

• Execute strategic, data-informed talent initiatives—including succession planning, retention strategies, org design, and executive coaching—to enhance team capability throughout the region.

• Oversee core regional HR services—spanning total rewards, performance management, employee relations, and workplace safety—ensuring strict alignment with local labor regulations.

• Collaborate across global COEs (Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Operations, Analytics and Employment Legal) and business units (Product, Engineering, GTM, G&A) to build tailored regional people solutions.

• Lead regional compliance efforts by staying current on LATAM employment laws and partnering with Legal, Finance, and local counsel to maintain compliant operational standards.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• 10-12+ years of broad HR leadership experience with extensive client-facing strategic advisory and executive coaching, including regional or multi-country oversight.

• Proven expertise across LATAM markets with deep understanding of local employment laws, regulatory compliance and compensation practices across key jurisdictions (e.g., Brazil, Mexico, Colombia).

• Proven track record of supporting international growth, including setup of new legal entities, country entry strategies, and operationalizing HR infrastructure across new LATAM jurisdictions.

• Experience operating in fast-paced, high-growth tech environments with comfort managing cross-functional initiatives across global time zones and dispersed teams.

• Action-oriented player-coach mindset with a track record of rapidly piloting, launching, and iterating initiatives to deliver practical business solutions.

• Robust business acumen and analytical capability, translating people strategy into clear, quantifiable business results.

• Demonstrated ability to cultivate credibility and influence key stakeholders at all levels—from frontline management to executive leadership—within matrixed organizations.

• Fluent in English; professional fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is highly preferred.

BONUS SKILLS:

• Coaching certification or formal executive coaching practice.

• Program or change management certification.

• M&A or integration experience in a LATAM context.

• Direct experience deploying or scaling AI tools within an HR or people function.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company's data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

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