LinkedIn Looking for Program & Event Manager, Employee Experience at Sunnyvale, CA Full Time

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

This role will be based in San Francisco or Mountain View.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.

LinkedIn is on a mission to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. The employee experience team at LinkedIn is focused on creating exceptional experiences for employees that reinforce LinkedIn’s unique culture.

The Employee Experience team at LinkedIn is seeking an energetic program manager to join the team and focus on delivering inspiring events and programs in our Bay Area offices (San Francisco and Mountain View). At LinkedIn the Employee Experience team creates inspirational and transformational employee experiences that reinforce LinkedIn’s culture and inspires employees to be active participants in creating and nurturing that culture.

In this role, the successful candidate will contribute to both strategy and execution of our Bay Area Employee Experience programs. Our Employee Experience programs include our InDay program (once a month we give back to employees to invest, inspire and to innovate), milestone events, Culture Champion Events, Year End Events, Office Socials, Alumni events and R&D events.

Our ideal candidate will enjoy working with employees and cross functional partners at all levels of the organization and be energized by being a part of a fast-moving, creative team. They’ll be passionate about using their skills to amplify our culture and drive results in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities:

• Work with local Culture Champions [Employee Volunteers] – to plan & execute InDay program events in our San Francisco and Mountain View offices.
• Be a champion for our culture.
• Lead, coordinate, and cultivate relationships with our Culture Champions as they are key to the success of our employee programs
• Plan year end events, milestone events and other employee events in our Bay Area offices.
• Collaborate with team members to creatively formulate new ideas for all programs to ensure each is meaningful, personal and supports the overall goals of the organization.
• In partnership with the communications team, create marketing materials and communications for our Bay Area programs and events.
• Build relationships with key partners, both internally and externally.
• Event management including inventory management, timeline management, budget tracking, event planning, printing materials, shipping supplies, and responding to employee requests.
• Assist with other global Employee Experience programs when required including LinkedIn Alumni, Speaker Series, etc.
• Develop and implement activities, services and programs to enhance the employee experience, communications, retention and engagement.
• Keep key stakeholders informed of the status of Employee Experience programs in the region.
• Work cross-functionally with various departments and individuals on different levels within the organization.
• Evaluate and utilize tools, vendors and technologies to support the overall team.
• Initiate, track, and follow up on budget expenses for employee experience programs in the Bay Area.
• Measure the success of each program; create and manage event surveys; analyze feedback and provide recommendations to improve programs in the future.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years experience planning various types of events with an emphasis on internal employee events.
• Experience managing projects or events across multiple locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to develop effective relationships and partnerships at all levels within the organization
• Extremely organized and detail oriented.
• Excellent team player but also has the ability to work independently and make decisions.
• Demonstrated track record of coordinating and supporting successful events and communications.
• Proficient in Powerpoint, Outlook, Sharepoint, Google Docs & Excel.
• Proactive, quick learner, who can operate in a fast paced, ever changing environment.
• Willing and able to travel when needed.
• Attended or planned events for a technical company.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong customer orientation.
• Experience managing vendors to optimal productivity and performance.
• Experience in contracts and negotiating.
• Demonstrates confidence, credibility, good judgment.
• Proven ability to improve and create processes within the organization to create efficiencies and clarity.
• Experience working on a global team and building relationships virtually.

Suggested Skills

• Program Management
• Strong Communication skills
• Stakeholder Management
• Ability to influence others (volunteers)
• Budget Management

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $89,000 to $145,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Statement

LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: EEO Statement_2020 – Signed.pdf.

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• Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
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A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates

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Equal Opportunity Statement
LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: https://lnkd.in/equalemploymentopportunity2017. Please reference http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf and https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf for more information.

LinkedIn is an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected]. This email box is designed to assist disabled job seekers who seek a reasonable accommodation to the application process. Emails sent for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

In your email, please include the following: (1) confirm you have a disability; (2) identify the disability-related limitation that needs to be accommodated, and (3) if known, describe the specific accommodation requested for the disability-related limitation. A response to your request may take up to three business days.

LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn’s legal duty to furnish information.

Pay Transparency Policy Statement
As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency.

Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates
This document provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://lnkd.in/GlobalDataPrivacyNotice