Consults with companies to define their optimal workplace strategy to achieve their company goals and help lay the foundation for productive and engaging work environments.Founding team member laying a healthy foundation of business operations for scale.

Creating a trusted network where dynamic workplace leaders go to enhance their impact.

Defined strategies to create an optimal employee experience for the global corporate population (~1,300 employees) for site-based and remote employees; scope encompassed initiatives for Workplace Experience, Employee Engagement, and Executive Support functionsRedefined company values and cultural tenets under new CEO and Chief of People, facilitated multiple Executive team workshops to identify and define values, project managed employee facing launch and ongoing education & engagement plan; included updates to all People & Culture team programs and materials and internal communication strategyManaged international corporate office real estate portfolio of 5 properties (~170,000 sf), driving recommendations for long term footprint needs and executing acquisitions, office closures, and sublease strategies as neededImplemented centralized approach to celebration and recognition for the full employee population (~6,000 employees) to drive efficiency in both cost and program management by streamlining four programs into one; strategy resulted in improved employee feedback on consistency & personalization and cost savings of ~$350K; developed multi-channel engagement campaigns to reach hourly and salaried audiencesManaged and developed a distributed team of nine across varying levels and roles; thoughtfully restructured team and defined roles through critical business shiftsDrove the adoption and implementation of ongoing company culture & values work; facilitated monthly employee focus groups and shared insights and actions with CHRO, CEO and Chief of Staff; advised Internal Comms on tone and critical talking points for key channels based on employee insights and company valuesConducted full analysis of space requirements to support Future of Work strategy and developed final recommendation of footprint needs and subleasing strategy to support the corporate team’s distributed workforce for the next 5 years

Project managed implementation of the company’s remote work strategy; outlined needs for policy and infrastructure, detailed new ways of working required, developed a robust employee 'hybrid working guide', and successfully launched the program to employeesDeveloped and implemented COVID health & safety processes for corporate office environments allowing teams to responsibly gather onsite and received positive feedback on clarity & effectiveness of procedures

Scaled strategies and operations as team to support corporate population as it grew from ~700-1200 employeesOwned strategy and planning for employee engagement and company events, designing with culture and inclusivity at the center; efforts ranged from large 500+ in person events and fully virtual large-scale celebrations, to slack engagement campaigns and educational newslettersManaged corporate real estate transactions end-to-end from space selection, contract negotiation, design & build projects, and move in for expansions to our US footprint and the opening of our first international office in London

Implemented and scaled all day-to-day office operations (food & beverage, reception operations, space management, employee onboarding, etc), as the corporate population rapidly grew from ~100 to 700 employeesDeveloped organization structure for Office Operations team and stood up Executive Assistant function to support the scaling business; managed the end-to-end recruiting process for roles and created functional capabilities to develop team membersManaged implementation of space build outs of new sites & expanded facilities in San Francisco and Austin; designed layouts and selected furniture & finishes with external partners, tracked construction progress and budgetsLed organizational change management strategies for office moves and openings ensuring employees were informed, excited, and invested in the company’s plansProject managed implementation of company Intranet; led cross functional group (IT, HR, Finance, departmental leads, etc) through tool training, acted as expert on content and site structure, conducted user testing and built plan for launch and governanceLed annual process to develop People & Culture team strategic plan under CHRO for three years; created offsite agendas and facilitated discussions, outlined frameworks to track initiative progress

Hired by CEO to build office management function from the ground up, creating community for employees and laying foundation for internal operationsOversaw HQ facility and daily operations, managed reception and all vendors, managed build out & office move of first office expansionBuilt trusted relationships across departments to effectively influence leaders and rally employees; became known as cultural steward and employee engagement leader by implementing weekly internal newsletter