Employee Experience Program Manager

Position Overview

dbt Labs is seeking an Employee Experience Program Manager to help make our culture tangible through how we work. This role is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of programs that strengthen connection, build inclusive culture, and support effective ways of working across our global, remote-first team. The position requires a blend of logistics, storytelling, and systems thinking to run and improve global programs that reduce friction, reinforce company values, and help employees do their best work.

About Us

dbt Labs is the pioneer of analytics engineering, helping data teams transform raw data into reliable, actionable insights. Since 2016, we’ve grown from an open source project into the leading analytics engineering platform, now used by over 50,000 teams every week. As of February 2025, we’ve surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and serve more than 5,400 dbt Cloud customers, including JetBlue, HubSpot, Vodafone New Zealand, and Dunelm. We’re backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Altimeter.

Our core beliefs empower data practitioners:

• Code-based data transformations unlock transparency, flexibility, and collaboration.
• Analysts should adopt software engineering best practices to build trusted data products.
• Core analytics infrastructure should be open source and user-controlled.
• Analytic code—not just tools—should be shared and community-driven.

dbt is now synonymous with analytics engineering, defining the modern data stack and serving as the data control plane for enterprise teams around the world. We’re growing fast and building a team of passionate, curious people across the globe.

Responsibilities

Program Management & Delivery

• Run and improve inclusive employee experience programs that support virtual and local connection, recognition, and effective ways of working.
• Build effective communications plans to support program rollout and drive engagement.
• Create self-serve resources that support async-first, globally distributed work.
• Maintain internal documentation in Notion to keep things clear and accessible.
• Own logistics, timelines, and coordination across multiple stakeholders.

Feedback & Iteration

• Gather feedback and track adoption using data (e.g., participation, sentiment, engagement trends).
• Recommend improvements based on what’s working and what isn’t.
• Support pilots and experiments to improve programs over time.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with DEI, Workplace, Internal Comms, and Talent teams to align on messaging, timing, and delivery.
• Support key moments in the employee journey and identify new opportunities to solve friction points, whether in onboarding, day-to-day work experiences, or transitions.

Systems & Operations

• Help build and maintain the systems and tools that ensure smooth program operations and future scalability.
• Oversee daily operations like vendor management, scheduling, ordering, internal comms planning, etc.
• Spot and fix points of friction in how we deliver and scale programs, and identify opportunities to simplify and streamline how we work.

Requirements

• 3+ years in People Ops, employee experience/engagement, internal communications, events, or program coordination roles.
• Strong writing and communication skills, especially in async and remote environments.
• Experience supporting internal rollouts (Slack posts, Notion pages, enablement).
• Comfort managing multiple projects independently and staying organized.
• Familiarity with Slack and Notion, or the curiosity to learn quickly.
• Interest in experimenting with AI and automation tools to work smarter.

How You Work

• You are proactive and detail-oriented, consistently driving progress and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

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