Inclusion & Diversity Program Director

Operating Company: Fortive Corporate category: General & Administrative location: Everett, Washington, United States Posting Date: Aug 5th 2021 Job Schedule (FT/PT): Full-time Job Level: Manager with Direct Reports Requisition Number: FOR000773

Inclusion & Diversity Program Director
Why Fortive is a great place to work:
It all starts with the people and the culture.

You will enjoy working with colleagues who have a genuine desire to help you solve challenges.

Our culture is one of continuous improvement.

Every day, we come into work striving to make the organization a little better than it was the day before.

We ask the tough questions and push each other to be bold in an environment that fosters authenticity and transparency.

There are no games.

There is no hidden agenda.

There are no politics.

What you see one day is what you will get any other day.

The role:
You will be a transformational, hands-on leader responsible for bringing to life Fortive’s I&D strategy across the 16 operating companies (OpCo). 
Throughout this journey, you will partner with the VP of I&D on developing and implementing strategies, initiatives, communities of belonging, and partnerships to accelerate Fortive’s achievement of its I&D vision and aspirational goals.

Our approach is to meet each organization where they are at in their I&D journey with a flexible yet common approach.

We seek to create a sense of genuine ownership, empowerment, and community with leaders to enable their organizations to deliver success in concert with Fortive.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Lead the development and implementation of company-wide diversity initiatives, tools, and processes focused on developing a diverse workforce aligned with business strategy.
• Partner with business and HR leaders to designing and implementing strategies to attract, retain, and promote a diverse workforce.
• Maintain a strong awareness of global diversity issues and trends.

  Educate, coach, and mentor the team on diversity issues and trends.

• Develop and implement methods to assess diversity and inclusion strategy effectiveness.
• Conduct ongoing research on best practices and recommend strategies for continuous improvement. 
• Leverage data and analytics to identify actionable insights.

  Use these insights to improve problem-solving and accelerate strategy implementation. 

• Coach and mentor diversity managers and team members; assigns work according to availability, skills, and developmental needs; assesses performance.
• Lead the global framework development for affinity groups and local diversity councils, including ongoing communications; oversees the alignment of work plans; supports the start-up of new groups.
• Oversee the formation and growth of Employee Resource Groups.
• Liaise with ERGs to design and develop research, reports, and/or models required to evaluate the results and effectiveness of ERG plans.

  Identify and implement process improvements.

• Plan events, including preparing budgets, retaining vendors, preparing communications and marketing materials.
• Assist with implementing educational programs and services on diversity, including creating and delivering customized training programs
• Assist with implementing social media strategy for the organization and ERGs.
• Partner with corporate communications and HR during moments of crisis to support the well-being of employees and reinforce our values and beliefs.

The person:
You are an accomplished, inspirational leader and proven strategic partner from a highly regarded company known for excellence in I&D, HR business partnering, and change management.

You have a steep career trajectory, significant breadth of experience, and the ability to succeed in a decentralized, lean environment.

You are a strong communicator with the ability to influence and inspire executive stakeholders and peers.

You are strategic while also detail-oriented and comfortable being hands-on.

In addition, you are highly curious with a desire to learn and continuously improve while delivering value to the business.

 

Professional Background & Attributes:
The successful candidate will possess the following combination of education and experience:

• Have at least five years of experience in human resources with five years’ experience driving strategy and Inclusion and Diversity initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully balance the achievement of short-term objectives with longer-term strategic organizational goals
• Bias for action with strong results orientation
• Ability to play a “long term game” as it relates to influencing executive leaders and shifting corporate culture
• Strong executive communication (written and verbal) and presence
• Demonstrated high-intensity, high-initiative approach towards owning and driving people, culture, and innovation
• Proven ability to generate consensus across diverse parties, influence high-impact decisions, provide critical feedback, and lead difficult conversations
• Strong business acumen and demonstrated ability to establish credibility, trust, and partnership at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to analyze various data and make linkages across complex organizational or business concepts, strategy, structure, and processes
• Ability to switch between strategic thinking and hands-on execution, as needed
• Experience utilizing qualitative and quantitative data to make decisions and measure impact.
• Capacity to think flexibly and move quickly in a fast-growing and ever-changing environment.
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to thoroughly research options in terms of risk and consequence before making recommendations
• A passion for people and a steady focus on the needs of a diverse talent base across the employee lifecycle
• Experience working with diversity, equity, and inclusion in the tech industry a plus!
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required.
• Experience with employment law including but not limited to: ADA, FMLA/OFLA, and FLSA
• Travel: May vary between 10-50

About Fortive:

Fortive is a diversified industrial growth company comprised of global businesses that are recognized leaders in attractive markets.

With more than $6 billion in annual revenues, Fortive’s well-known brands hold leading positions in field instrumentation, transportation, sensing, product realization, automation, health, and franchise distribution.

Fortive is headquartered in Everett, Washington, and employs more than 24,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service, and administrative employees in more than 40 countries worldwide.

Our team grows by tackling challenges that accelerate progress and further their careers.

With a culture rooted in continuous improvement, the core of our company’s operating model is the Fortive Business System.

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Our Values
We build extraordinary teams for extraordinary results.

We believe in growth and invest in our people to make it happen.

We are always leaning into the next challenge, imagining the next breakthrough, and designing the next innovation.

Customer success inspires our innovation.

Our story is intertwined with our customers’.

Their goals are our inspiration.

Our innovations are their path to success.

Together, we make each other better.

Kaizen is our way of life.

Kaizen, or continuous improvement, means we can always do better.

It’s the reason we never settle.

This commitment to better is the key to our growth and deeply ingrained in our culture: learning from our successes and failures, growing as individuals and teams, and always looking for ways to improve.

We compete for shareholders.

Competing for shareholders keeps us on task, always looking for the most efficient ways to improve our companies’ performance.

The better we serve our customers, the more value we create, to fuel innovation across our businesses.

This helps us keep loyal shareholders and employees, for the long haul.

We provide essential technologies for connected workflow solutions across a range of attractive end-markets.

We hold leading positions in precision technologies, advanced healthcare solutions, and intelligent operating solutions.

Our company is headquartered in Everett, Washington and employs a team of more than 17,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service, and administrative employees in more than 50 countries around the world.

Our shared purpose is to create essential technology that helps the world progress.

Our innovations keep the world moving forward.

We work together to accelerate the pace of progress and to make a difference.

 

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