About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

We are seeking a Global Senior Manager of Leave of Absence to join our team in a hybrid capacity—based out of our Santa Clara, CA or Bellevue, WA offices (in-office Tuesday–Thursday)—or as a Remote (US) team member. Reporting directly to the AMS Director of Benefits within the Total Rewards department, you will serve as the strategic architect and hands-on operational lead for our global leave, time off, and disability programs. In this high-impact role, you will design, implement, and scale leave policies and processes tailored for a diverse, rapidly growing global workforce. Your mission is to ensure our programs remain highly market-competitive and legally compliant, while championing an "employee-first" philosophy that deeply reflects our core values.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

Design and standardize global leave frameworks that balance statutory requirements with company benefits, serving as the lead SME for complex ADA cases and regulatory consistency
Build and implement Leave of Absence & Time Off and disability process and polices; implementing new vendors and solutions as necessary
Manage Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) by enforcing SLAs, leading Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), and conducting audits to ensure service excellence
Oversee the end-to-end leave lifecycle, partnering with HRIS to automate tracking and ensure seamless integration across vendors, Workday, ServiceNow, and payroll systems
Leverage analytics and dashboards to identify bottlenecks, automate manual tasks, and continuously improve program performance and the employee experience
Cultivate a high-performing, inclusive global team that drives results through cross-functional relationships, leading through ambiguity and demonstrating a “one team” mindset

Who You Are (Success Profile)

You thrive and can deliver results in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
You act like an owner and hold yourself accountable. Your passion for the mission and objective fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves

Global Senior Manager, Leave of Absence