Global Employee Experience and Inclusion Leader
- Avalara
- 15 - 20 years
- Pune
- 3 months ago
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Job Description
What Youll Do
As the Global Employee Experience and Inclusion Leader, youll lead the implementation of scalable programs that enhance employee engagement, advocate a culture across regions, and help Avalara operate as one, globally distributed team. Youll work across HR, business leaders, and employee communities to deliver programs that are practical, aligned with our goals, and make it easier for people to do great work.
You bring both strategic depth and operational thoughtfulness. You know how to build programs that improve the employee experience without adding unnecessary complexity. Youre energized by designing practical solutions that help leaders lead better, teams collaborate more effectively, and employees navigate their careers with fairness.
Youre not here to promote youre here to embed what works. You bring a systems mindset, experience leading transformation, and the credibility to partner across HR and business teams. You understand that inclusion and engagement are not separate workstreams theyre foundational to how great companies scale and succeed.
What Your Responsibilities Will Be
This is a leadership role with global scope and regional impact, reporting into a US-based global People & Culture leader. Youll be based in India and help shape the employee experience across Avalaras important regions: India, the US, LATAM, and EMEA.
Build a Global Strategy That Works at the Local Level
- Design and implement a globally consistent employee experience strategy that reflects Avalaras values and priorities, while adapting to local needs across India, the Americas, and EMEA.
- Connect efforts directly to Avalaras transformation goals, helping simplify processes, support performance, and increase clarity around how people grow and succeed.
Embed Fairness and Consistency Across Talent Practices
- Partner with Talent, HRBPs, and COEs to embed fairness and equity into programs like performance management, promotions, career development, and recognition.
- Build practical guidelines that help teams make consistent, and scalable decisions across regions and departments.
Shape and Support the Employee Journey
- Identify moments that matter across the employee lifecycle onboarding, development, feedback, and recognition and ensure these experiences are aligned with our values and performance culture.
- Create resources that make it easier for employees to navigate us, understand expectations, and find opportunities to grow.
Use Engagement and Feedback Data to Lead Action
- Partner with local leaders and COEs to review engagement and other feedback data as inputs to employee experience, inclusion, and culture efforts.
- Translate insights into targeted, practical actions that improve how teams operate and feel supported locally and globally.
Support Belonging and Collaboration Across Regions
- Strengthen employee communities and support cross-regional collaboration by building programs that promote cultural understanding and team effectiveness.
- Provide simple tools and support to help these groups operate without becoming overly resource-intensive.
Drive Social Responsibility Through Understanding
- In partnership with the ESG leader, develop CSR programs that reflect Avalaras values and help employees contribute to their local communities in meaningful, scalable ways.
- Ensure these programs are in consideration of our priorities with clear measures of success.
Bring Data, Not Just Ideas
- Use data and insights to evaluate the effectiveness of programs, identify areas for improvement, and demonstrate Value to partners.
- Promote accountability through measurement and adjust based on whats working and whats not.
What Youll Need to be Successful
- More than 15 years of HR experience, including senior roles in employee experience, talent management, or HRBP.
- Expertise building global programs that are practical, with care for our needs, and scalable across geographies.
- Experience with how to build systems that promote fairness and consistency without bureaucracy.
- Experience working in global tech or SaaS companies undergoing growth or transformation.
- You understand how your work ties to retention, productivity, and culture.
- Program and change management capabilities across departments, geographies, and partners.
- Global mindset and cultural awareness youve led or partnered with teams across India, the US, LATAM, and EMEA.
- Comfort with data you can draw meaningful insights from feedback and metrics to lead action
How Well Take Care of You
Total Rewards
In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
Inclusive culture and diversit y
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.
Learn more about our benefits by region here: Avalara North America
What You Need To Know About Avalara
We re Avalara. We re defining the relationship between tax and tech.
We ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year, and this year we became a billion-dollar business
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Our growth is real, and we re not slowing down until we ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world. We re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.
We ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.
We re An Equal Opportunity Employer
Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company we don t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
- More than 15 years of HR experience, including senior roles in employee experience, talent management, or HRBP.
- Expertise building global programs that are practical, with care for our needs, and scalable across geographies.
- Experience with how to build systems that promote fairness and consistency without bureaucracy.
- Experience working in global tech or SaaS companies undergoing growth or transformation.
- You understand how your work ties to retention, productivity, and culture.
- Program and change management capabilities across departments, geographies, and partners.
- Global mindset and cultural awareness youve led or partnered with teams across India, the US, LATAM, and EMEA.
- Comfort with data you can draw meaningful insights from feedback and metrics to lead action
This is a leadership role with global scope and regional impact, reporting into a US-based global People & Culture leader. Youll be based in India and help shape the employee experience across Avalaras important regions: India, the US, LATAM, and EMEA.
Build a Global Strategy That Works at the Local Level
- Design and implement a globally consistent employee experience strategy that reflects Avalaras values and priorities, while adapting to local needs across India, the Americas, and EMEA.
- Connect efforts directly to Avalaras transformation goals, helping simplify processes, support performance, and increase clarity around how people grow and succeed.
Embed Fairness and Consistency Across Talent Practices
- Partner with Talent, HRBPs, and COEs to embed fairness and equity into programs like performance management, promotions, career development, and recognition.
- Build practical guidelines that help teams make consistent, and scalable decisions across regions and departments.
Shape and Support the Employee Journey
- Identify moments that matter across the employee lifecycle onboarding, development, feedback, and recognition and ensure these experiences are aligned with our values and performance culture.
- Create resources that make it easier for employees to navigate us, understand expectations, and find opportunities to grow.
Use Engagement and Feedback Data to Lead Action
- Partner with local leaders and COEs to review engagement and other feedback data as inputs to employee experience, inclusion, and culture efforts.
- Translate insights into targeted, practical actions that improve how teams operate and feel supported locally and globally.
Support Belonging and Collaboration Across Regions
- Strengthen employee communities and support cross-regional collaboration by building programs that promote cultural understanding and team effectiveness.
- Provide simple tools and support to help these groups operate without becoming overly resource-intensive.
Drive Social Responsibility Through Understanding
- In partnership with the ESG leader, develop CSR programs that reflect Avalaras values and help employees contribute to their local communities in meaningful, scalable ways.
- Ensure these programs are in consideration of our priorities with clear measures of success.
Bring Data, Not Just Ideas
- Use data and insights to evaluate the effectiveness of programs, identify areas for improvement, and demonstrate Value to partners.
- Promote accountability through measurement and adjust based on whats working and whats not.
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & ConsultingFunctional Area / Department: Human ResourcesRole Category: Recruitment & Talent AcquisitionRole: Leadership RecruiterEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: AvalaraLocation(s): Pune+ View Contact
Keyskills: Career development Change management Usage Performance management Employee engagement Global Strategy Wellness HR Talent management Operations
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