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Role Overview
This is a contractual role.
We are seeking a proactive and strategic Engagement and Events Coordinator to drive team cohesion, cross-functional collaboration and organizational culture for 500+ members organization. This role is central to fostering a connected, engaged workplace through thoughtfully planned events, celebrations and collaborative initiatives.
Key Responsibilities: - Design and execute quarterly town halls, offsite and team celebrations that align with organizational objectives - Manage end-to-end event logistics including venue selection, vendor coordination, budgeting, and post-event analysis - Coordinate milestone celebrations including team birthdays, work anniversaries and organizational achievements (promotions) - Ensure seamless execution across multiple concurrent initiatives with attention to detail and quality
Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with regional RMs and sourcing leads to understand engagement priorities and cultural initiatives - Facilitate cross-functional participation in events and collaborative activities. - Build relationships across organizational silos to amplify engagement reach and impact - Serve as a liaison between leadership and teams to ensure alignment on engagement strategy
Team Engagement Strategy - Develop and maintain a comprehensive engagement calendar covering town halls, celebrations, and team-building activities - Gather feedback from teams to continuously improve engagement initiatives, team culture and event experiences - Identify emerging engagement opportunities, including training, team bonding exercises and propose innovative initiatives to boost teams’ morale - Track engagement metrics and participation rates to demonstrate program impact
Core Competency - The role holder will be required to create and execute a team engagement strategy for a remote first strategy as one of the core responsibilities. - Pro activity - Anticipate needs, identifies opportunities and drives initiatives with minimal supervision and direction - Cross-Functional Excellence - Builds strong relationships across team and facilitates seamless collaboration - Event Management Mastery - Demonstrates exceptional capability in planning, coordinating, and executing complex events - Stakeholder Management - Communicates effectively with diverse audiences and manages competing priorities. Curate and organize quarterly manager review sessions according to strategic priorities - Attention to Detail - Ensures flawless execution and high-quality experiences. Aligns engagement initiatives with organizational objectives to drive culture and team bonding, fostering a culture of collaboration and boost engagement levels
Operational Excellence and Rigor - Manage engagement budgets and vendor relationships efficiently - Maintain and drive detailed documentation of events, attendance and outcomes - Coordinate with HR and leadership on policy alignment and compliance for yearly offsite requiring team travel - Proactively anticipate organizational needs and propose solutions
Location & Timing: Locations: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Delhi (Remote role)
About the team The role holder will be a part of Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS) team, which is a central sourcing team for WW Amazon Talent Acquisition (ATA) team. We scout bar raising talent spanning across Americas (NA, LATAM), Europe, AMET and India, to enable and scale cost-efficient sourcing solutions in Tech, Non-Tech and High volume space.
- Experience managing large-scale projects from end to end - Experience working on and delivering end to end projects independently - Bachelor's degree - 5+ years of experience in event planning, team engagement and organizational development - Exceptional organizational and project management skills with ability to manage multiple initiatives - Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management capability - Excellent attention to detail and follow-through on commitments - Proficiency in event management tools and basic data analysis
- Experience in a fast paced, dynamic organization - Knowledge of employee engagement best practices and culture-building initiatives - Experience with virtual and hybrid event management - Familiarity with engagement metrics and ROI measurement
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