Senior Director, Talent Acquisition and DE&I

At Emburse our mission is to help make our users’ lives –
– and their businesses – better.

We are dramatically transforming how organizations manage corporate expenses and invoices.

We humanize work by automating manual tasks and saving users’ time, so they can focus on what matters most –
– their family, community, or more rewarding work.

We help CFOs give their employees a simple and amazing experience while ensuring compliance and reducing costs. Our solutions are tailored for companies from start-ups to enterprises.

We have more than 16,000 clients and 9 million users globally.

Emburse has offices across North America, including Los Angeles, Montreal, Portland (ME), San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto, as well as locations in the UK, Germany, Spain, and Australia.

Our core values
– Sincerity, Empathy, Empowerment, Individuality, and Teamwork
– reflect who we are as a company.

They are central to the decisions we make and the interactions we have with our teams, customers, and partners.

As a people-focused company, we are seeking candidates who align with our values.

Emburse is a proud recipient of a 2020 Tech Cares Award from TrustRadius and a 2020 IDC SaaS CSAT Award for Travel and Expense. These awards celebrate companies that have gone above and beyond to provide their communities, clients, and front-line workers with support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are a people-first company, and this award is a testament to our mission to humanize work.

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The Senior Director, Talent Acquisition and DE&I will establish and implement strategies and programming across the organization to enhance recruiting and develop a pipeline of diverse talent.

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge in diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices, as well as in employee retention, talent planning and hiring best practices.

You will play a key role in driving Emburse’s core values by championing an environment where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

This unique opportunity provides you with space to grow yourself personally and professionally, while also growing the organization by attracting, developing, and retaining talent reflecting the full diversity of society.

What Youll Do

  • Understands the business needs/priorities; and translates these insights into an executable Talent Acquisition/Diversity and Inclusion/Human Resources strategy 
  • Actively participates in external and internal networks to stay on top of emerging talent and diversity best practices
  • Partner across the People organization to infuse DE&I principles through recruitment, learning and development, onboarding, and talent management
  • Ensures that talent, diversity, and performance outcomes are effectively analyzed, reported and actioned
  • Coach global leaders, hiring managers and recruiters on best practices to improve candidate experience, candidate engagement and evaluate and serve as an advocate for the candidate experience at every step of the recruiting process
  • Enhance campus recruitment efforts by partnering the Talent Acquisition team with business leaders to develop, implement and oversee college recruiting plans that meet diversity hiring goals for graduate hires and internship programs
  • Position and effectively articulate our unique employment brand, playing a key role in increasing awareness and equity of the Emburse brand
  • Establish KPIs and leverage data analytics to tell the story around recruitment metrics and provide actionable insights to drive success
  • Develop and foster strong relationships with external community and professional groups focused on improving diversity representation and inclusive workplace cultures
  • Foster a culture of diversity within Emburse that creates a positive, rewarding, and inclusive work environment 
  • Provide guidance and strategic support to colleagues and leaders to include on-going training and education to ensure a thorough understanding of DE&I best practices 

What Were Looking For

  • 7-10 years related experience as a Talent Acquisition or Human Resources leader with significant autonomy and scope of responsibility
  • 5+ years of demonstrated Diversity Equity & Inclusion experience, with focus on recruitment of underrepresented talent
  • Preferred: CPLP, PHR/SPHR or SHRM CP/SCP 
  • Significant experience in developing and scaling recruitment sourcing strategies, preferably around DE&I
  • Experience in managing DE&I initiatives, ideally on a company-wide scale
  • Experience in negotiating and managing comprehensive contracts and vendor relationships
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to lead group discussions
  • Effective interpersonal, communication and leadership skills in order to influence operational changes and maximize adoption of new ideas, tools and practices
  • Global experience, including regular solutioning with international colleagues and external partners, strongly preferred
  • Experience influencing cross-functional teams and driving a programs/projects against KPIs through to completion
  • Experience partnering with senior leaders of management up to C-Suite
  • Passion for hiring diverse talent across ethnic diversity, neuro diversity, and gender; able to think out of the box to reach broad networks and attract diverse candidates
  • Innovative and open to incorporating new technologies to increase efficiencies in delivering on Talent Acquisition objectives 

Emburse provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

In addition to federal law requirements, Emburse complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

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