The Sr. Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Outreach in collaboration with EA’s Executive Team and Chief People Officer will lead a global approach for hiring, engaging and retaining diverse talent while overseeing community engagement and charitable partnerships. The leader will drive global diversity and outreach initiatives and programs in close partnership with the business, ensuring enterprise focus on key priorities. Outreach represents EA’s commitment to corporate social responsibility through employee and player engagement with charitable organizations. EA is committed to creating an inclusive culture for employees and a creating a diverse workforce today and in the future that can best serve our global community of players. This position will manage a team of 5 and report to the VP Learning, Engagement and Performance.
Evolve the diversity, inclusion and outreach strategy to propel EA into an industry leading position for workforce diversity, inclusion and outreach aligned with overall business direction
Lead the Diversity and Inclusion Council to set company-wide goals and establish metrics to monitor progress and performance of all programs and initiatives
Cultivate the mindset and capabilities to be an inclusive culture through learning initiatives, including unconscious bias and cross-cultural communication.
Provide a framework and support of EA’s employee resource groups with charters focused on increasing employee engagement and business impact
Develop key external partnerships to create access to diverse talent today and in the future through long-lead partnerships with EA Play to Learn with primary and secondary schools
Advocate and drive EA partnerships with global philanthropic organizations, including UN He For She, that further EA’s commitment to gender equality in the workplace
Work with business leaders to foster diversity within their organizations through specific diversity plans that are aligned with their business objectives
Collaborate with talent acquisition and talent development functions to embed diversity strategies into all programs and activities
Partner with our Legal and Government Affairs teams on external events and legislation that has an impact on our employees and/or our business
Partner with Corporate Communications to engage employees in our diversity, inclusion and outreach work internally and with external partners and players
Candidate Profile:
The ideal candidate is highly collaborative, working effectively and efficiently with all functions. S/he has experience in successfully leading, building, and maintaining a global diversity and inclusion strategy, and has a demonstrated ability to influence at the executive level. S/he has a successful history of demonstrated involvement and leadership in philanthropic efforts on a global scale and understands how to measure the impact of these partnerships. S/he is an innovative leader with the ability to execute at a high level and manage a team of motivated individuals.
For the performance and personal competencies required for the position, we would highlight the following:
Experience delivering strategic diversity initiatives across a global organization with business leader support.
Demonstrated success in developing and optimizing diversity related programs with metrics to inform decisions
Be willing to experiment and implement new practices to evolve EA’s programs while embodying EA’s purpose and beliefs
Ability to influence and drive action at all levels of the organization
Uses strong communication, listening, and negotiation skills to deliver messages in a clear and compelling manner
10+ years of relevant experience preferred
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