ERG & Community Manager

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About the Employee Experience Team

At Thumbtack a thriving team is the foundation of a thriving business. As a virtualfirst (not virtualonly) company our Employee Experience (EX) team focuses on creating connection recognition and a strong sense of belonging for employeesno matter where they work. We design inclusive programs moments and systems that help people feel supported seen and engaged.

About the Role

Were looking for an ERG (Employee Resource Group) & Community Manager to help bring Thumbtacks inclusion and belonging philosophy to life in ways that are simple human and deeply felt by every employee; someone who believes community should feel personal meaningful and human - not just performative.

In this role youll partner closely with ERG leaders community ambassadors and cross-functional teams to turn ideas into well-run engaging experiences that help employees feel seen supported and connected no matter where they work. Youll own the operations systems and execution that allow employee communities to thrive while also showing up with empathy curiosity and heart.

This is an ideal role for someone who cares deeply about curating environments with a strong sense of belonging loves enabling others and finds energy in turning ideas into well-run and highly engaging programs. A formal background in Inclusion & Belonging is welcome but not required; curiosity sound judgment and a passion for making belonging community and culture tangible matter most. The ERG & Community Manager is expected to contribute ideas surface insights and bring clarity and momentum to complex important and evolving work.

What youll do

• Partner in execution and planning: Bring ideas forward pressure-test approaches and translate inclusion and belonging priorities into high-quality employee experiences that feel thoughtful relevant and worth showing up for.
• Enable ERG leaders to succeed: Serve as the day-to-day operational partner for ERG leaders by supporting planning evaluating impact and helping design intentional outcome-driven programming that empowers leaders and strengthens community connection.
• Build structure and governance: Establish and maintain playbooks documentation communication norms and systems that make ERG work easier to run and easier to scale so leaders can spend more time building community and less time navigating processes.
• Support distributed community engagement: Partner with local and regional community ambassadors to design inclusive accessible programming across a remote workforce with an eye toward connection belonging and participation across geographies ensuring programs are well-supported equitable and thoughtfully resourced.
• Manage program logistics and budgets: Own relationships with vendors event logistics budget tracking forecasting and resource communication across ERG and community initiatives.
• Measure and evolve impact: Track participation engagement and feedback using insights to continuously improve programs and understand what truly resonates with employees over time.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver cultural moments: Work closely with Employee Experience Internal Comms Events and other partners to support recognition engagement and inclusion-related campaigns throughout the year bringing care and consistency to moments that matter.

In order to be successful you must bring

• Relevant experience: 5 years of experience in Employee Experience HR People Operations Community Programs Inclusion & Belonging or a related field within fast-paced evolving environments. Youve owned operational workstreams end to end and work autonomously with a strong sense of responsibility to the people these programs serve.
• Community program experience: Hands-on experience supporting ERGs affinity groups employee communities or large-scale engagement programs with an understanding that trust care and consistency matter as much as execution.
• Strong project execution: Proven ability to manage multiple priorities stay organized and deliver with consistency especially through ambiguous or evolving work without losing sight of the people impacted by the work.
• A systems mindset: You dont just run programs you build repeatable processes scalable frameworks and continuously improve how ERG and community work gets done including thoughtful use of tools and AI. Youre comfortable using tools like Google Workspace Slack and have a strong bias for leveraging AI to enhance workstreams. Youre especially curious experimental and intentional about how AI can make work better.
• Operational rigor: Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail especially around logistics timelines budgets and the systems that support them. You take pride in staying ahead following through and delivering reliably in a high-performing team environment.
• Trusted people-centered partner: Clear communicator with strong interpersonal skills and a genuine commitment to creating inclusive connected employee experiences especially when navigating nuance differing perspectives or sensitive moments.
• Cultural & Employee Experience Awareness: You understand what makes employee group programs meaningful in a distributed or virtual setting and youre motivated by designing experiences that feel inclusive intentional and human.

Expected salary ranges

• For candidates living in Ontario and British Columbia the expected salary range for the role is currently $103500.00 - $126500.00.

Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors such as calibrated job level qualifications skills competencies and proficiency for the role.

Note: Thumbtack uses AI tools to support our resume screening process. However our Recruiting teams expertise and judgment guide hiring decisions.

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