Katie Evans Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

As Director of Talent Assessment and Acceleration, I develop and lead DoorDash’s talent strategy, driving both company-wide initiatives and tailored solutions for specific business and employee segments. Partnering with senior leadership, I align talent efforts with business strategies, guide large-scale changes, and enhance team effectiveness and organizational design. I manage the Talent Management Team roadmap, including OKRs and MBRs, ensuring strategic priorities are achieved and talent decisions contribute to efficiency and long-term business success.

San Francisco, California, Us

As the Director of Talent Management, I established and led the Talent Management Center of Excellence (COE) at DoorDash, laying the foundation for a comprehensive talent strategy. This role was instrumental in building foundational talent management functions, including performance management, organizational design, succession planning, leadership development, talent mobility, and top talent retention.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Focused on designing and implementing strategic initiatives to support the talent strategy for a global 35,000+ employee workforce-Talent Planning: Succession planning, high potential identification, performance management, org design and leadership assessments-Career Development: Strategy, coaching and mentoring programs-Systems Enablement: Design, configuration, implementation and change management for Workday Talent, Performance and Learning modules

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Chief of Staff to the VP of Talent Management.• Designed and implemented the Qualcomm Women's Leadership Experience. A leadership development program specifically tailored for the company's female vice presidents. • Created a strategic framework for Executive Coaching to streamline business process and maximize customer impact. • Oversaw companywide Leadership Development programs.• Key team member of the Strategic Workforce Planning taskforce.• Utilized the results of job analysis to integrate Job Competencies & Behaviors into development programs.• Acquisition Integration Team focused on creating a new culture by design for a combined company of 50k employees.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Responsible for strategic program development, implementing programs and key partnerships to further progress toward a more diverse employee population and inclusive culture. Programs include the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women, IEEE WIE, inclusive leadership and effective team building.• Internal employee development coaching to drive transformational change, leadership development, and employee engagement at every organizational level.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Oversaw the annual development and ongoing compliance monitoring of multiple Affirmative Action Programs (AAPs) and compliance within multiple HR departments and making recommendations to process and system changes in order to achieve objectives.• Led a cross functional HR team to strategically ensure ongoing OFCCP audits in order to drive the resolution in Qualcomm’s favor.• Accountable for partnering with executive management on goals and challenges related to affirmative action obligations, through yearly meetings with the Chief Executive Officer, EVP Human Resources and other executives, as appropriate. • Developed a comprehensive training plan for all HR partners (150+). • Lead the “Our Workplace” committee of the Qualcomm Social Responsibility Report. Oversaw and managed a cross-functional HR team to assemble contributions, plan goals for the year and then communicate progress to the Executive Committee.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Successfully executed the desk audit phases for 3 Department of Labor, OFCCP audits.• Chosen by senior legal counsel to manage a gap analysis of the company’s affirmative action compliance in multiple areas of HR. Worked closely with outside counsel in order to identify and mitigate potential risk with respect to government audits and class action lawsuits. This evaluation process resulted in significant change to the company’s internal processes.• Responsible for investigating statistical disparities in employment practices and then recommended creative solutions for eliminating barriers to opportunity as recommendation for ensuring fairness and equity within employment processes. • Provided consultative HR guidance to larger teams, focusing specifically on performance management and team dynamics.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Managed grievance escalation and advised on matters related to ER cases including: performance management, disciplinary actions, workplace accommodations, sexual harassment, reductions in force and termination recommendations.• Supervised one direct report responsible for federal and state employment posting compliance and EEO/AA data accuracy.• Worked through cross-functional partners to implement new initiatives that support Qualcomm’s affirmative action, equal employment opportunity strategy for compliance and awareness.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Negotiated functional affirmative action agreement with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, FAAP unit in order to better align affirmative action compliance with business operations.• Investigated and provided guidance on employment practices for client groups within engineering. Consulted with all levels of management, through SVP.• Created and facilitated HR trainings for managers and individual contributors.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Interpreted policies and procedures, advised on fair and equitable employment practices, and made recommendations on business unit goals, objectives, and desired outcomes.• Partnered with corporate legal and subject matter experts to review all human resources’ policies and when necessary amend the policy to ensure alignment with regulatory changes and/or best practices.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Implemented Qualcomm’s first strategic diversity scholarship program resulting in 24 diverse intern hires.• Supported Campus Team intern and new grad hiring through participation and coordination of University Recruiting events.• Worked with female engineers to form Qualcomm’s first employee resource group for women, Qualcomm Women in Science and Engineering (QWISE).

New York, Ny, Us

Master'S Degree, Executive Human Resource Management

English Literature

Bs, Psychology

Professional Certificate, Human Resources