at Yahoo Holdings Inc. in Champaign, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Yahoo is a global media and tech company that reaches hundreds of millions of people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love-from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news-with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.
Reporting to the Head of Global Diversity and Culture, you will plan, manage, and execute a yearly strategy and engagement plan. You are a critical point person, responsible for supporting Yahoo's culture and engagement through employee engagement and events across the globe. You will partner closely with stakeholders across the business and lead Culture Force to deliver and optimize events to drive employee engagement, enhance connectivity, and help employees understand Yahoo!'s culture strategy, purpose and values while fostering a sense of inclusion and belonging.
Responsibilities
- Create yearly strategy and engagement plan for Yahoo and the framework for which events are executed on a global and local basis
- Partner with internal and external teams including IC, HR, marketing and local offices to build out an engagement and events framework as well as the execution
- Lead Culture efforts including guidance for offsites and town halls.
- Drive best-in-class employee experiences based on industry insights
- Develop, direct and monitor strategic operating goals, objectives and budget
- Report operational performance and drive data driven decision making
- Develop, communicate, and execute the events strategy and objectives while ensuring strategic alignment across other department's projects
- Monitors progress of events from start-to-end
- Maintain and deliver best practices for use across department and organization areas
- Bring a passion for the employee experience
- Manage a team of events professionals
Qualifications
- At least 6+ years of experience working in the event industry primarily focused on the management of teams, global events and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in a business or communications-related field or equivalent experience
- Experience and deep understanding of change management, organizational culture, community, social impact, and workplace issues and changes
- Strong organizational, editorial, project management, discussion, writing, and communication skills with the ability to guide and participate in a wide range of interactions
- Experience developing internal strategies for and working directly with CEOs, vice presidents, or other executives
Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html ) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive...
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