VP, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

GitLab's DevOps platform empowers 100,000+ organizations to deliver software faster and more efficiently. We are one of the world’s largest all-remote companies with 1,400+ team members and values that guide a culture where people embrace the belief that everyone can contribute .

The Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIB) team builds an environment where all team members feel they belong: they are recognized, allowed to express their thoughts, have the ability to make contributions and are able to bring their best selves to work every day. As GitLab continues to grow, we look for people from a wide range of backgrounds to reflect the global nature of our customers and we want to have the tools and resources available to support that growth. It takes diversity of thought, culture, background, and perspective to build a truly global company. The DIB team members build and work with external partnerships as well as closely with internal departments such as Recruiting, Marketing, Communication, Talent Brand, etc to help shape the overall DIB strategy that creates, supports and fuels GitLab’s growth.

The Vice President, Diversity Inclusion, and Belonging reports to the Chief People Officer

Responsibilities

• Define the right Key Performance Indicators for GitLab globally.
• Develop and execute the DEIB people, culture and content strategies across GitLab to achieve the assigned key performance indicators.
• Bring strong awareness of global diversity issues and remediation approaches to the team
• Integrate DEIB with People strategies, practices and processes at every stage of the team member lifecycle (i.e. hire, engagement, retention, learning and development).
• Inspire and empower leaders to develop and drive DEIB strategies within their business including to build annual goals and plans that achieve results based on identified needs
• Develop GitLab strategies, programs, training, and frameworks aimed at improving and promoting a culture based on values, belonging, and inclusion
• Build trusted partnerships with other teams to further advance our ability to tell authentic and inclusive stories.
• Provide oversight for our advisory board and team member resource groups and provide coaching and thought partnership on programming
• Identify, develop and foster relationships with industry thought leaders, consultants and partners to apply best practices and help drive an inclusive culture.
• Craft policies, programs, and other resources to educate team members about diversity and inclusion standard methodologies and behavior
• Develop and analyze metrics on an established schedule to measure progress and effectiveness of the diversity and inclusion strategy
• Incorporate global perspectives to implement DEIB programs at global scale
• Use the unique product opportunity that GitLab has in the market to ensure our product teams are keeping accessibility of our product portfolio top of mind
• Partner with our product teams to ensure innovation and iteration as we develop of portfolio
  

Requirements

• Expert Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI ) industry knowledge and the implementation of best practices with measures of success, having directly worked and led in the diversity space
• Strong written & presentation communication abilities to reach broad audiences
• Skilled coach and mentor as well as developer and facilitator of DEI enablement
• Ability to manage large projects holding yourself and others accountable to timelines and results
• Deep understanding and application of change management concepts and how they relate to transformation efforts
• Ability to build strong relationships across all levels within the organization as well as cross functionally and cross culturally
• Strong community organizing and action skills and ability to elicit participation with DEIB efforts across an organization

Compensation

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