Culture & Engagement Partner

The Culture & Engagement Partner plays a critical role in strengthening organizational culture, employee engagement, and employee experience across Sonatype. This role partners closely with People leaders, managers, Communications, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and cross-functional stakeholders to design, implement, and scale initiatives that reinforce Sonatype’s mission, values, leadership expectations, and ways of working.

This role operates at the intersection of culture strategy, employee listening, manager enablement, organizational effectiveness, and employee experience execution. The ideal candidate is a collaborative, analytical, and action-oriented People professional who can translate employee insights into measurable improvements in engagement, team effectiveness, communication, and workplace culture.

The role balances strategic awareness with hands-on execution and requires strong judgment, stakeholder partnership, and the ability to drive initiatives across distributed and global teams.

Culture Analysis, Diagnostics & Employee Insights

Conduct organizational culture and engagement assessments to identify trends, strengths, risks, and opportunities across teams, functions, and regions.
Gather and analyze employee feedback using engagement surveys, pulse surveys, listening sessions, focus groups, eNPS data, and continuous listening methodologies.
Ensure reporting strictly adheres to global employee data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR) and maintain employee anonymity/trust.
Translate employee sentiment and workforce insights into actionable recommendations for leaders, managers, and People stakeholders.
Build dashboards, reports, executive summaries, and presentations that support data-informed decision-making and action planning.
Monitor engagement, retention, and employee experience indicators to proactively identify morale, leadership, communication, or organizational effectiveness concerns.
Leverage evidence-based approaches and industry best practices to assess organizational readiness for change, culture initiatives, and transformation programs.

Culture, Engagement & Employee Experience Programs

Support the development, execution, and continuous improvement of culture and engagement initiatives aligned to Sonatype’s mission, values, business priorities, and employee experience strategy.
Coordinate enterprise and function-level engagement initiatives that strengthen employee connection, inclusion, collaboration, accountability, and trust.
Partner with leaders and People stakeholders to translate company-wide engagement strategies into targeted business-level and regional action plans.
Support initiatives that improve employee experience across key moments in the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, manager enablement, learning and development, recognition, and offboarding.
Help reinforce organizational priorities and desired ways of working through community and culture campaigns, communication initiatives, and employee engagement activities.
Help reinforce organizational priorities and desired ways of working through community and culture campaigns, communication initiatives, and employee engagement activities.
Facilitate the exchange of best practices, lessons learned, and success stories across teams and regions to strengthen organizational alignment and consistency.

Change Management, Communications & Organizational Enablement

Support organizational change initiatives by coordinating communication plans, stakeholder engagement activities, rollout support, and adoption efforts.
Partner with Communications and HR stakeholders to strengthen employee communication channels, engagement campaigns, and leadership messaging.
Assist in developing manager-facing guidance, toolkits, resources, and enablement materials that improve manager effectiveness and consistency.
Support initiatives that help employees understand and adopt organizational priorities, performance expectations, and operational changes.
Contribute to organizational capability-building initiatives focused on leadership effectiveness, inclusive workplace practices, employee engagement, and team effectiveness.
Ensure communications and engagement initiatives are aligned with Sonatype’s evolving HR operating model and organizational transformation priorities.

Stakeholder Partnership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner closely with People Operations, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Communications, Inclusion & Belonging, and business leaders to support coordinated employee experience initiatives.
Collaborate with managers and People Partners to identify engagement gaps, workforce trends, organizational risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Support global and regional HR initiatives while balancing enterprise consistency with local employee experience needs.
Provide practical recommendations and insight to stakeholders based on employee feedback, participation metrics, workforce trends, and organizational data.
Help improve coordination and alignment between culture strategy, engagement initiatives, manager enablement, and operational execution across the People organization.

Continuous Improvement & Culture Stewardship

Research and apply emerging trends, methodologies, and best practices related to employee engagement, organizational culture, employee experience, and organizational development.
Contribute ideas and recommendations that improve employee engagement programs, communication effectiveness, manager capability, and workplace culture initiatives.
Promote a workplace culture grounded in respect, inclusion, accountability, collaboration, transparency, and trust.
Model strong judgment, analytical thinking, and solution-oriented problem solving in support of organizational and employee experience goals.
Deliver work that includes clear recommendations, rationale, business impact considerations, and actionable next steps rather than administrative execution alone.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Psychology, Communications, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in Employee Engagement, Employee Experience, Organization Development, Talent Management, HR Programs, Internal Communications.
Experience supporting employee engagement surveys, employee listening programs, action planning, and organizational feedback initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to analyze employee insights and translate findings into actionable recommendations and stakeholder guidance.
Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives and working effectively across distributed or global organizations.
Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, project coordination, and organizational skills.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
Strong judgment, collaboration skills, and ability to influence across multiple stakeholder groups.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in technology, SaaS, cybersecurity, software, or high-growth organizations.
Familiarity with employee engagement platforms, survey tools, listening methodologies, and workforce analytics.
Experience supporting organizational change, transformation initiatives, or manager enablement programs.
Experience partnering with Communications, Learning & Development, or Inclusion & Belonging teams on enterprise initiatives.
Exposure to global employee experience programs and distributed workforce environments.
Knowledge of organizational development, change management, and employee experience best practices.

Things That We Are Proud Of

At Sonatype, we value diversity and inclusivity. We offer perks such as parental leave, diversity and inclusion working groups, and flexible working practices to allow our employees to show up as their whole selves. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Originally posted on Himalayas