About Docker

Docker has been one of the most loved brands in developer tooling, trusted by more than 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls. From solo founders to the world's largest companies, developers rely on Docker to build, share, and run their applications across our suite of products including Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout.

We are a globally distributed, remote-first team building the tools that define how software gets built and delivered. As AI agents redefine software development, Docker is at the center of that shift, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default.

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The Role

As a Senior People Partner at Docker, you will partner closely with leaders, managers, and employees across Marketing, G&A, and Products to connect business priorities to people strategy.

This is an experienced individual contributor role for someone who brings strong HR judgment, clear communication, business acumen, and steadiness in complex situations. Supporting several functions requires curiosity, flexibility, and the ability to understand different business needs while maintaining consistent expectations across Docker. You will build trusted relationships, coach leaders, and bring practical recommendations that help teams perform and grow.

What you’ll do

• Partner with Marketing, G&A, and Products leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, talent planning, engagement, performance, and team health.

• Build a strong understanding of each function’s priorities, team dynamics, and measures of success. Use that context to recommend people strategies that address their needs.

• Provide clear guidance and practical recommendations on complex employee matters, balancing employee experience, business needs, risk, and consistency.

• Proactively build relationships with leaders, managers, and employees across your client groups. Make sure they understand how you can support them and when to involve you.

• Coach leaders and managers on setting expectations, giving actionable feedback, developing talent, and addressing performance concerns promptly and fairly.

• Raise concerns, ask hard questions, and challenge decisions respectfully when they may create risk, inconsistency, or unintended consequences.

• Bring calm, structure, and sound judgment to difficult conversations and situations involving urgency, emotion, or competing priorities.

• Lead and support core people processes across your client groups, including performance reviews, talent reviews, compensation cycles, promotions, employee development, engagement planning, and organizational changes.

• Use data, employee feedback, and business context to identify patterns and recommend actions that improve retention, engagement, and team effectiveness.

• Help leaders clarify roles, responsibilities, and ways of working within and across functions.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Legal, Finance, People Ops, Total Rewards, and other internal teams to coordinate decisions and follow through on people priorities.

• Support global and distributed teams, accounting for regional requirements, cultural differences, and employee experience across locations.

• Contribute to People Team programs and practices by sharing insights from your client groups and helping improve how we work across Docker.

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What you’ll bring

• Strong experience as a People Partner, HR Business Partner, or in a similar role, preferably in a technology company or fast-moving global environment.

• Experience supporting Marketing, Product, G&A, or a combination of corporate and technical functions is strongly preferred.

• Strong HR knowledge across employee relations, performance management, talent management, compensation, organizational design, change management, engagement, and leadership coaching.

• The ability to support several functions with different priorities, manage competing demands, and maintain consistent standards while adapting your approach.

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain sensitive information clearly, tailor messages to your audience, and help stakeholders work through disagreement.

• The confidence to push back respectfully, name risks, and offer a clear recommendation.

• Sound judgment and the ability to navigate complex, sensitive, and ambiguous situations with care, discretion, and a practical understanding of business impact.

• Strong ownership and follow-through. You gather the facts, assess the broader implications, act with appropriate independence, and escalate promptly when needed.

• Experience supporting global or distributed teams and partnering across regions, cultures, and time zones.

• Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to identify trends, explain what they mean, and recommend action.

• A collaborative approach and the ability to build credibility across the People Team and the business.

What success looks like

In the first month, you will learn Docker’s culture, People Team practices, and the business priorities, leadership structures, and team dynamics across Marketing, G&A, and Products. You will connect with leaders across your client groups and understand their current people needs.

In the first three months, you will be actively partnering with leaders and managers, providing clear guidance, and following through on priorities. You will identify patterns and risks across your client groups and demonstrate sound judgment in sensitive or complex situations.

In the first year, you will be seen as a trusted advisor to leaders, managers, and employees across your client groups. You will operate with strong independence, bring recommendations leaders can act on, and help improve leadership effectiveness, talent decisions, and team health.

Visa sponsorship: Not available for this role.

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Compensation & Equity

All full-time roles include equity. Final compensation is determined on factors including but not limited to experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

United States: $132,650 – $189,500 base

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Posting Information

• Open vacancy: This posting is for an existing open role.

• AI in hiring: Docker may use AI-assisted tools during our recruiting process.

• Interview recordings: Candidates will be invited to opt in to interview recordings to support interviewer calibration and consistent evaluations. Recordings are optional and require explicit consent.

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Perks & Benefits

• Remote-first by design – Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and collaboration.

• Flexibility that fits your life – We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.

• Time to recharge – Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year Whaleness break.

• Home office support – Set up your workspace for comfort and success.

• Technology stipend – Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.

• Learning & development – Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning.

• Parental leave – 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.

• Equity for all full-time employees – Share in Docker's long-term success as we continue to grow.

• Comprehensive benefits – Medical, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country.

• Docker swag – Because representing the whale never gets old.

Docker is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe diverse teams build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our global community.

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