Culture & Engagement Partner

Sonatype

About The Position

The Culture & Engagement Partner strengthens organizational culture, employee engagement, and employee experience across Sonatype. The role partners with People leaders, managers, Communications, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and other stakeholders to design, implement, and scale initiatives that reinforce the company’s mission, values, leadership expectations, and ways of working. It operates across culture strategy, employee listening, manager enablement, organizational effectiveness, and employee experience execution, balancing strategic awareness with hands-on delivery across distributed and global teams. The position assesses culture and engagement, gathers and analyzes employee feedback, and turns workforce insights into practical recommendations for leaders and People stakeholders. It supports engagement and employee experience programs, organizational change and communications, manager resources, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement. The role is expected to provide actionable recommendations with rationale and business impact considerations, rather than focus solely on administrative execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Psychology, Communications, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 5 years of experience in Employee Engagement, Employee Experience, Organization Development, Talent Management, HR Programs, or 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.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Conduct organizational culture and engagement assessments to identify trends, strengths, risks, and opportunities across teams, functions, and regions.
Gather and analyze employee feedback through engagement and pulse surveys, listening sessions, focus groups, eNPS data, and continuous listening methods.
Ensure employee listening and reporting adhere to global employee data privacy regulations, including GDPR, and maintain employee anonymity and trust.
Translate employee sentiment and workforce insights into actionable recommendations for leaders, managers, and People stakeholders.
Build dashboards, reports, executive summaries, and presentations to support data-informed decisions and action planning.
Monitor engagement, retention, and employee experience indicators to identify morale, leadership, communication, or organizational effectiveness concerns.
Apply evidence-based approaches and industry practices to assess organizational readiness for change, culture initiatives, and transformation programs.
Support the development, execution, and continuous improvement of culture and engagement initiatives aligned with company mission, values, business priorities, and employee experience strategy.
Coordinate enterprise and function-level initiatives that strengthen employee connection, inclusion, collaboration, accountability, and trust.
Partner with leaders and People stakeholders to translate company-wide engagement strategies into business-level and regional action plans.
Support employee experience initiatives across lifecycle moments, including onboarding, manager enablement, learning and development, recognition, and offboarding.
Reinforce organizational priorities and ways of working through community and culture campaigns, communications, and employee engagement activities.
Facilitate the exchange of best practices, lessons learned, and success stories across teams and regions.
Support organizational change initiatives through communication plans, stakeholder engagement, rollout support, and adoption efforts.
Partner with Communications and HR stakeholders to strengthen employee communication channels, engagement campaigns, and leadership messaging.
Develop manager-facing guidance, toolkits, resources, and enablement materials to improve manager effectiveness and consistency.
Support initiatives that help employees understand and adopt organizational priorities, performance expectations, and operational changes.
Contribute to capability-building initiatives focused on leadership effectiveness, inclusive workplace practices, employee engagement, and team effectiveness.
Align communications and engagement initiatives with Sonatype’s evolving HR operating model and organizational transformation priorities.
Partner with People Operations, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Inclusion & Belonging, Communications, and business leaders on coordinated employee experience initiatives.
Collaborate with managers and People Partners to identify engagement gaps, workforce trends, organizational risks, and improvement opportunities.
Support global and regional HR initiatives while balancing enterprise consistency with local employee experience needs.
Provide stakeholders with practical recommendations based on employee feedback, participation metrics, workforce trends, and organizational data.
Improve coordination between culture strategy, engagement initiatives, manager enablement, and operational execution across the People organization.
Research and apply emerging trends, methodologies, and best practices in employee engagement, organizational culture, employee experience, and organizational development.
Recommend improvements to engagement programs, communication effectiveness, manager capability, and workplace culture initiatives.
Promote a workplace culture grounded in respect, inclusion, accountability, collaboration, transparency, and trust.
Use sound judgment, analytical thinking, and solution-oriented problem solving in support of organizational and employee experience goals.
Deliver recommendations with rationale, business impact considerations, and actionable next steps.