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People Programs Manager

forter
United States - New York
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the role:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Reporting to the Senior Director, Talent Acquisition and Culture, the People Programs Manager will own and evolve the programs and moments that shape how people feel about working at Forter. This is a strategic IC role focused on driving recognition, culture, events, swag, and DEI initiatives while partnering cross-functionally to amplify Forter's employer brand and Employee Value Proposition.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You'll sit on the People team and operate at the intersection of culture, communications, and community, touching every layer of the employee lifecycle from day one through long tenure. You'll own your programs end-to-end, set the vision, manage vendors and budgets, and bring creative thinking to how we show up for our people globally and locally.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you’ll be doing:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Employee Experience Programs</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design and improve core EX programs: Own and continuously evolve recognition, milestone moments, onboarding experiences, and culture moments, ensuring they land with impact across a global workforce.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Shape the global events cadence: Partner with local employee experience teams to develop and evolve a global events calendar, ensuring consistency of experience while preserving local relevance across geographies.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop and manage the swag program: Lead Forter's swag strategy end-to-end, including vendor selection, inventory management, quality standards, and distribution for employees, candidates, and new hires.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Connect programs to company momentum: Design and activate recognition and celebration moments tied to company milestones and wins, from new client launches to product achievements, ensuring employees feel the impact of the company's success.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Identify experience gaps: Audit the employee journey on an ongoing basis and propose scalable, high-impact solutions where gaps exist.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>EVP &amp; Employer Brand</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Activate Forter's Employee Value Proposition: Partner with Marketing and TA to define, articulate, and activate the EVP, ensuring alignment between how we show up as an employer externally and what employees actually experience internally.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Spotlight employee stories: Surface and amplify authentic employee journeys across internal and external channels, including content, social, career pages, and events.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner on brand repositioning: Work closely with Marketing to ensure Forter's brand evolution is reflected internally, embedding updated messaging, values, and identity into employee programs, communications, and key moments across the lifecycle.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead DEI programming: Drive Forter's DEI initiatives with a specific focus on building and enabling Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build ERG infrastructure: Develop the frameworks, charters, governance, programming support, and budget allocation that allow ERGs to operate and grow effectively.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner on priorities and progress: Work with People leadership and business leaders to set DEI priorities, measure impact, and design programming tied to awareness moments and heritage months.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Budget &amp; Vendor Management</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Own program budgets: Manage budget planning, tracking, and reporting across your full program portfolio.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Manage vendor relationships: Lead external partnerships with event venues, recognition platforms, swag suppliers, and ERG program tools, including RFPs, contracts, and ongoing performance management.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drive efficiency: Identify opportunities to improve cost-effectiveness without compromising employee experience quality.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Global &amp; Local Balance</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build programs that scale: Design initiatives that work globally while making space for local culture, office identity, and regional nuance.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner with local Employee Experience teams: Work alongside Employee Experience Partners and office leads to customize programs appropriately across Forter's markets.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Operationalize consistency: Balance centralized standards with decentralized flexibility, ensuring every employee has a connected Forter experience regardless of location.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you’ll need:</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">4-8 years of experience across People Programs, HR, or a related function including but not limited to Employee Experience, Culture &amp; Belonging, and Internal Communications.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated experience running multiple programs simultaneously with strong project management discipline.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience supporting or building DEI initiatives and/or ERGs.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Track record of cross-functional partnership, especially with Marketing, TA, or Communications.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Budget ownership experience; comfortable with planning cycles and spend tracking.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to craft messaging that resonates at every level of the org.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience in a global company with multi-site complexity.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">High ownership orientation; you see gaps and close them without being asked.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to build structure where little exists.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About us:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including: </strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, <a href="https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7039960">2025</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fortune’s Best Workplaces in NYC (2022, 2023, 2024 and <a href="https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/new-york/2024?category=small-and-medium">2025</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, 2022, 2023, </span>2024 and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/?sh=5675f5797d9c">2025</a>)</li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#3 on Fast Company’s list of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90724406/most-innovative-companies-finance-2022">2022</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anti-Fraud Solution of the Year at the Payments Awards (<a href="https://www.payments-awards.com/awards/winners24.php">2024</a>)</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">SAP Pinnacle Awards “New Partner Application Award” (2023)</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fintech Breakthrough Awards –

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