Senior DEI Business Partner

About the role:

The Senior Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Business Partner, will support company-wide DEI efforts while closely partnering with senior leadership and HR. Reporting to the Senior Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the DEI Business Partner will have a strong delivery record and proven DEI stakeholder management, leadership business partnership, and project management experience to own strategic, cross-functional DEI initiatives and programming.

This role is open to candidates residing in the US except the San Francisco Bay Area (125 mi. radius from 1 De Haro St, San Francisco) and NYC Metro Area (50 mi. radius from 131 W 55th St, New York).

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best. 

Click here to learn more about Samsara's cultural philosophy. 

In this role, you will: 

• Represent diversity strategy efforts amongst technical teams to engage and retain world-class talent by ensuring awareness, involvement, and contributions as appropriate.
• Leverage data -- quantitative, as well as anecdotal -- to identify root causes and barriers to inclusion, and to define and evaluate the success of structural, and programmatic interventions.
• Define key performance indicators by partnering with People Operations, Leadership, and cross-functional teams to develop OKRs and metrics for core programs and processes and track delivery against program objectives.
• Leverage data analysis using people metrics dashboards to inspire action and drive outcomes, which will include preparing meaningful diversity metrics and reports and communicating progress against plans that reinforce accountability.
• Scoping and creating project plans, research and data analysis, developing processes, and driving execution.
• Partner with recruiting to drive ongoing success in inclusive hiring practices.
• Project manage and influence cross-functional working teams, including both HR and business team members, to launch on-time, effective DEI programs.
• Engage effectively with senior leaders, utilizing facilitation, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Communicate new/updated programs, policies, and processes to leaders, employees, and cross-functional organizations.
• Support & participation in companywide internal and external large-scale DEI initiatives (i.e. Diversity Recruiting Events, ERG Events, DEI & People Programs, etc.).
• Facilitate and drive bi-directional communication within technical teams at Samsara:
  • OKR progress
  • Interface with department-specific DEI Champions
  • Solicit feedback
  • Drive change management and comms as goals/circumstances change
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of experience working specifically in Inclusion & Diversity; Consulting, Tech/Engineering DEI industry experience is preferred.
• Effective communicator; demonstrates the ability to clearly and concisely articulate ideas, concepts, and proposals to engage team, peers, and management. Demonstrates strong presentation skills, and excellent oral and written communication.
• Results-oriented and experienced in project management; influences others to achieve solutions to meet the organization’s objectives. Proactive in providing solutions, resolving issues, and overcoming hurdles to demonstrate results.
• Strong analytical skills: Ability to translate metrics, research, and trends into strategy and improvement opportunities.
• Intentionally collaborative; effectively works with partners to resolve issues. Ability to motivate, influence, and optimize senior leadership, stakeholders, and peer groups.
• Demonstrates attention to detail, and a highly organized, process-focused aptitude are required to manage numerous responsibilities and deliverables. Ability to navigate ambiguity and potentially complex situations.
• Strong interpersonal awareness, with particular emphasis on decisiveness, supportiveness, confrontation, listening, and group process. Demonstrates strong contracting skills. 

An ideal candidate also has:

• Advanced degree is a plus but not mandatory.
• Experience working in the tech/consulting industry.
• Tableau/DEI Data platform super user.
• Multiple language skills are a plus but not mandatory.