Manager, Strategic People Initiatives
Position Summary
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) is a leader in mobile technologies, consumer electronics, home appliances, enterprise solutions, and networks systems. For more than four decades, SEA has driven innovation, economic growth, and workforce opportunity across the United States, investing over $100 billion and employing over 20,000 people nationwide.
Role and Responsibilities
- Lead executive-sponsored special projects and emerging people initiatives.
- Translate ambiguous requests into clear objectives, work plans, deliverables, and measures of success.
- Build trusted relationships with executives, HR Business Partners, business leaders, managers, and employees.
- Identify opportunities to improve employee engagement, trust, and the overall employee experience.
- Design and facilitate executive sessions, workshops, leadership meetings, employee events, focus groups, and working sessions.
- Prepare executive presentations, recommendations, talking points, toolkits, and implementation plans.
- Support Employee Experience and Talent Development during major programs, launches, and peak workload periods.
- Improve existing programs by strengthening participation, relevance, efficiency, and impact.
- Use approved AI, large language models, analytics, and automation to support research, content development, reporting, and project execution.
- Track outcomes, stakeholder feedback, risks, decisions, and follow-up actions.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, Organizational Psychology, or a related field.
- 6-8 years of experience in HR consulting, employee experience, culture, engagement, talent, communications, or program management.
- Experience leading executive-sponsored, cross-functional, or high-visibility initiatives.
- Strong executive presence and the ability to establish credibility with senior leaders.
- Strong relationship-building, consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Able to structure ambiguous assignments and move them quickly toward execution.
- Strong business judgment and the ability to balance employee and organizational needs.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation-development, and executive-communication skills.
- Experience using AI, automation, analytics, or digital tools to improve research, communication, reporting, or project workflows.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
Skills and Qualifications
- Experience in a global, matrixed, or Korean-headquartered organization.
- Experience partnering directly with executives or global headquarters stakeholders.
- Experience across multiple HR disciplines.
- Korean-language proficiency is helpful but not required.
Life @ Samsung
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Benefits @ Samsung
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Regular Full-Time Employees
Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 12 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 12 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more.
Reasonable Accommodations
To request reasonable accommodations during the application process, please contact the Reasonable Accommodation Team at 855-557-3247 or SEA_Accommodations_Ext@sea.samsung.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and its subsidiaries are committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.