Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Employee Engagement Manager

DEI and Employee Engagement Manager

at Cohesity

United States

Cohesity is on a mission to radically simplify how organizations secure and manage their data, while unlocking limitless value. As a leader in data security and management, we make it easy to secure, protect, manage and derive value from dataacross the data center, edge, and cloud. At Cohesity, we’re a group of builders and go-getters who are committed to doing the right thing. We encourage you to come as you are, as our differences make us stronger.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and are prominently featured in the Forbes Cloud 100 and CRN’s Coolest Cloud companies.

Join us and we’ll lead the way together.

JOB MISSION:

The People & Places team at Cohesity is a catalyst for business success, inspiring a culture that unlocks limitless potential where everyone can thrive. Our team is obsessed with continuously improving our global employee experience, growth, and development. As a member of the Talent and Growth team, you will be surrounded by passionate employee advocates who are building a legendary culture and employee experience.

As the DEI and Employee Engagement manager, you will be an individual contributor who will drive the global implementation of industry-leading employee engagement and diversity, equity and inclusion strategies. You will be an operational leader on Cohesity’s Diversity Council, helping to define strategic plans to implement DEI program initiatives and governance of DEI organizational goals.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/OBJECTIVES :

• Listen to employees. Own and execute the strategy for gathering multi-channel employee feedback, analyzing and translating results into actionable insights.
• Engage more employees. Be a trusted advisor that helps leaders understand “what employees are telling us” and then influence change around “what are we doing to address their feedback.”
• Advocate creative DEI solutions. Develop recommended actions for leaders to shift processes, systems, or policies to increase workforce representation of underserved groups and strengthen our culture of inclusion and belonging.
• Influence organizational change. Partner with the business and People Partners to drive priority actions to improve DEI, engagement, and retention. Orchestrate effective change management strategies to drive adoption and communicate project progress with key stakeholders.
• Collaborate to scale programs with impact. Collaborate across global HR, site partners, and culture ambassadors in the business to scale engagement activities, team-building, community outreach, and impact, along with a suite of toolkits related to engagement and retention, new ways of working, work/life balance, etc.
• Be a metrics maven. Collaborate with the People Analytics team, develop the DEI and Employee Experience dashboards, report cadence, and progress on the metrics.
• Track measurable progress. Leverage relevant tools and resources to plan, monitor, and measure the progress of the Employee Engagement, Culture, and DEI journey.
• Have some fun! Design, organize, and implement employee engagement programs and events (speaker series, recognition, activities that build culture, community, purpose, and belonging).

SKILLS/EXPERIENCES

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, human resources, or organizational psychology.
• 5+ more years of comparable experience, preferably in a high technology environment
• A passion and demonstrated competence in DEI in a global and high-performance culture.
• Ability to lead multiple projects concurrently in a fast-paced and complex environment.
• Strong data acumen capability in leveraging data for quality insights and decision-making.
• Excellent (and creative) problem-solving, project management, execution, and change management skills.
• Effective communication skills include communicating in ways that inform, persuade, and engage stakeholders.

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Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws – This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

US Pay Range

$108,000$135,000 USD