Paypal Careers – Inclusion Initiative Leader In New York

Overview

Position Title: Inclusion Initiative Leader

Company: PayPal

Location: New York, NY, US

Job Description:

At PayPal, we believe that Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging (DIE&B) are critical to our success and help drive our company’s mission forward. The DIE&B team focuses on building a workforce with diverse perspectives and a unique PayPal culture that intentionally advances an inclusive and equitable agenda where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We are looking for a Global Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Leader to join our team! In this role, you will be responsible for further developing and supporting PayPal’s ERGs, including advancing the ERG strategy, advising ERGs and their leadership boards, and ensuring that ERGs produce visible business impact. You will also assist the DIE&B team in implementing programs and initiatives based on corporate priorities and liaise with internal businesses and functions – such as HR, Talent Management, Legal, Communications, Government Relations, and others. The ideal candidate for this role has experience overseeing ERGs and establishing strategic partnerships with management to connect diversity initiatives to business goals and objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic guidance and oversight to ERGs and their leadership boards, ensuring alignment and integration of ERG plans, budgets, and programming with the overall DIE&B strategy.
• Manage key ERG components, including leader selection, appointments, onboarding/training, developing ERG performance metrics, facilitating the ERG budgeting process, and tracking ERG spend.
• Collaborate with ERG leadership, the DIE&B team, executive sponsors, and other stakeholders to develop new opportunities to drive business outcomes and execute strategies for retaining, engaging, and promoting diverse talent.
• Partner with the communications teams to develop a voice and communication strategy for our ERGs and create guidelines and templates.
• Serve as the central DIE&B leader of the Candid Conversations program.
• Serve as a champion, strategic partner, and thought leader of DIE&B by staying informed of best practices and benchmarks and developing relevant approaches that align with the organization.
• Work on other projects that drive PayPal’s DIE&B strategy and goals forward.

Requirements:

• Possesses 5-7 years of experience successfully leading employee networks or communities or leading a business function with a focus on inclusion.
• Demonstrates awareness and understanding of multiple facets of diversity with a focus on intersectionality: cultural, ethnic, racial, religious, gender, age, sexual orientation, linguistic, and other differences that make us unique
• Has the ability to draw energy and support from a broad array of distinct stakeholders to get things done, create leverage and mobilize internal advocates
• Collaborates with others and is able to lead in an ambiguous and fast-changing environment
• Has excellent project management and organization skills, with exceptional attention to detail
• Possesses strong verbal and written communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Can work strategically with cross-functional teams to drive overall solutions while appropriately managing issues and risks and large-scale change management.