Senior Culture Program Manager
Job Description
As our Program Manager - Inclusion & Culture, your mission is to create, manage, and evolve programs that build strong community connections, foster a culture of inclusion, and help every Chainguardian feel engaged, empowered, and supported.
You’ll work cross-functionally to build new programs from scratch, manage our employee communities, lead volunteering initiatives, and create exceptional onboarding and intern experiences. You’re the driving force behind programs that make Chainguard a place where people not only work but thrive.
What You’ll Do
- Lead our communities program: Design and support virtual and IRL clubs where Chainguardians can come together around shared hobbies, interests, and backgrounds. Help build spaces that make people feel connected, whether it’s a book club, a D&D group, or a professional affinity space.
- Create and manage volunteering initiatives: Develop and roll out programs that give back to our local and global communities. You’ll identify opportunities, work with external organizations, and empower Chainguardians to make an impact.
- Manage our onboarding experience: Lead a comprehensive onboarding program for all new Chainguardians, with a core focus on embedding our culture and inclusion principles from day one.
- Lead the intern experience: Work with our engineering org to build a welcoming, enriching cultural experience for our interns, ensuring they feel part of the team from the moment they join.
- Build and grow new inclusion and culture programs: As Chainguard evolves, you’ll analyze employee sentiment and business needs to introduce new programs that keep our culture vibrant and inclusive.
What We’re Looking For
- A culture builder: You’re passionate about building strong, inclusive communities, and you know how to create programs that foster connection.
- A self-starter with a collaborative mindset: You’re proactive and take initiative, but you also thrive in a collaborative environment where you can work with cross-functional teams.
- Detail-oriented with the big picture in mind: You can juggle multiple programs and priorities, without letting anything slip through the cracks.
- A creative problem solver: You’re not afraid to think outside the box to build programs that are both innovative and impactful.
- Strong communication skills: You can work with diverse teams, leaders, and external partners, keeping everyone aligned and engaged throughout the process.
About Us
Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.
Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.
Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.
We live and breathe our company values:
We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
We trust each other and assume good intentions - We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
A few of the benefits we offer:
- Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
- 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians'' with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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