Our explosive growth is your opportunity to accelerate your career in a high-impact, Senior Events and Engagement Manager role on our Marketing team. We’re looking for candidates willing to go above and beyond to improve employee engagement and retention through planning and executing company events across departments and office locations. This position also oversees the office engagement function. You’ll thrive in this position if you’re a creative thinker, problem solver, and thoughtful relationship builder.
What You’ll Do
- Manage the daily operations of the department. Evaluate performance, hold direct reports accountable and address any issues appropriately. Hire, promote and performance manage as needed.
- Strategically partner with Leadership, HRBP team, Facilities and Marketing to understand opportunities to improve employee engagement. Align with Marketing to plan events that align with and enhance company brand and culture. Develop event and office culture based solutions to improve engagement and retention.
- Plan and execute employee events at the department, office location and company levels. Measure event success related to participation, cost, brand enhancement and impact to engagement and retention.
- Work with leadership to establish department goals and objectives. Detail steps to achieve objectives and delegate tasks appropriately.
- Oversee Employee Experience Associates and related responsibilities. Ensure office operations run efficiently and smoothly. Evaluate and implement areas of opportunity. Select vendors that enhance the employee experience.
- Oversee weekly employee meal program. Evaluate cost effectiveness, vendors and administrative efficiencies.
- Responsible for managing events and office engagement budget. Partner with Finance team to align spending with overall procurement strategy.
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external key stakeholders.
- Other duties and responsibilities as needed or assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in engagement and events planning.
- 2+ years of experience in management.
- Creative thinker with focus on problem-solving and right sized solutions.
- Strong commitment to customer service.
- Ability to build positive and productive working relationships across a variety of teams and partners.
- Detail-oriented and strives for continuous improvement.
- Effective time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
The Perks of Working With Us
- Take advantage of excellent benefits, including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.
- Invest in your future with our matching 401K program.
- Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work-from-home schedule based on position and tenure.
- Build relationships and find your home at Arrive through our Employee Resource Groups.
- Get recognized through our employee rewards program.
- Leave the suit and tie at home; our dress code is casual.
- Eat for free on Mondays and Fridays! Snack and lunch options are also available daily.
- Work in the booming city of Austin, TX – we are in a convenient location close to the airport and downtown.
- Park your car for free on site!
- Sweat it out using local gym discounts or with the team at our onsite gym.
- Maximize your wellness with free counseling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
- Start your morning with a specialty drink from our fully stocked coffee bar, Broker’s Brew.
- Get paid to work with your friends through our Referral Program!
- Get relocation assistance! If you are not local to the area, we offer relocation packages and have a Relocation Specialist who can help you along the way.
Your Arrive Experience
When we say “award-winning culture,” we mean it. We’ve already earned “Best Place to Work” honors from Inc. Magazine (three years in a row!), Austin Business Journal and the Chicago Tribune. We intend on topping many more of those lists in the years to come, but we’re not in it for the trophies. We’re committed to culture because it keeps us connected to each other and invested in our shared success while having a blast along the way. Our employee-founded resource groups create communities within Arrive’s walls, including Women in Logistics, Emerging Professionals, PRISMS, Black Logistics Group, and Salute.