Nicole Mason

Global Executive HRBP | GTM, Corporate/G&A, Product & Engineering | Enterprise Transformation, Organizational Effectiveness & AI-Enabled Change

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Greenplum Database by VMwareex-Dell Technologiesex-Pivotal Software, Inc.

I am a global HR executive and business partner who helps companies solve complex organizational problems, build stronger leadership teams, and translate business strategy into the talent, operating model, and organizational capabilities required to deliver

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Throughout my career, I have partnered with CEOs, CROs, EVPs, and senior leadership teams across GTM, Corporate/G&A, Product, Engineering, Technology, Operations, and Business Development. I have led global HRBP teams and supported organizations spanning multiple countries through growth, acquisitions, business-model shifts, leadership transitions, restructuring, and enterprise My strength is not simply implementing HR programs. I identify the business problem beneath the people symptoms, bring the right stakeholders together, and architect practical solutions that create clarity, alignment, accountability, and momentum. I am particularly effective at connecting talent, organization design, leadership, culture, operating rhythms, and change management to outcomes such as growth, productivity, decision speed, customer impact, and My experience includes:• Leading global HRBP teams supporting GTM, Corporate, Product, and Engineering organizations• Partnering with CROs and GTM leaders through SaaS, cloud, solution-selling, and go-to-market transformations• Advising executives on organization design, workforce strategy, succession, executive talent, and leadership effectiveness• Guiding complex integrations, acquisitions, operating-model changes, and large-scale technology transformations• Designing scalable organizational capabilities that strengthen cross-functional execution and business performance• Helping leaders navigate AI-enabled transformation—including workforce implications, role and capability evolution, adoption, experimentation, and the behavior change required to realize valueI am most energized by consequential business challenges: situations where the answer is not obvious, multiple functions must work together, and progress requires both strategic judgment and disciplined execution.

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Time in market 28Y 7MOpen 1Closed 8Stints 9

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  1. Job: Dell Technologies — Senior HRBP and HR Operations, Telco, Media and Entertainment Vertical · 2008 – 2010
  2. Job: Greenplum Database by VMware — Director, Senior HRBP · 2010 – 2013
  3. Job: NetApp — Senior Director, HR Business Partner, Business Technology and Operations & Business Development · 2024-06 – present
  4. Job: Pivotal Software, Inc. — Director, Senior HRBP, Sales, Marketing, Business Development, & Sales Operations · 2013 – 2017
  5. Job: E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley — Senior Human Resources Business Partner · 1998 – 2000
  6. Job: Dell Technologies — Lead HRBP, Engineering & Product, IMSG Business Unit · 2004 – 2008
  7. Job: VMware Tanzu — Senior Director, HRBP Leader, Product & Engineering, GTM and Corporate Functions · 2019 – 2020
  8. Job: Pivotal Software, Inc. — Senior Director, HRBP, Product & Engineering, GTM, and Corporate Functions · 2017 – 2019
  9. Job: Elastic — Global Head of Strategic People Business Partners, GTM & Corporate · 2020 – 2024

Skills

Goal SettingProcess RedesignStrategic InfluenceInternal CommunicationsProfit growthStrategic PartnershipsAttrition ReductionCross-cultural TeamsAcquisition IntegrationWorkforce DevelopmentVision SettingClient RelationsSales GrowthExecutive DevelopmentOptimizationLead ChangeHR ConsultingData-driven Decision MakingBusiness TransformationExecutive Leadership

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