Employee Experience

Decagon • San Francisco, CA

1d • $170,000 - $190,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Decagon is hiring an Employee Experience professional to own the global employee experience across its offices and distributed teams. The role is responsible for the programs, events, recognition, onboarding materials, and communications that shape what it feels like to work at Decagon, with a consistent standard across San Francisco, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, LATAM, and EMEA.

The position sits within Decagon’s lean, Gen AI-native People team, which partners with founders and company leadership on hiring, growth, pay, and employee support. The Employee Experience role will build and scale programs suited to a rapidly growing company of more than 600 people across seven countries, and ensure those programs work beyond headquarters.

Responsibilities include developing recognition programs; planning company rituals, internal events, and office launches; owning onboarding swag from design through delivery; maintaining the People Leaders Hub and employee-facing Notion content; and partnering with Workplace, IT, Finance, and executive assistants on event logistics, vendors, contracts, and budgets. The role also advises leaders on how company values appear in programs and how to communicate change effectively.

Decagon is an in-office company. Compensation is $160,000–$190,000 plus equity. Benefits for full-time employees include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement plan, parental leave, fertility and family-building benefits, a monthly wellness and lifestyle stipend, office lunches and snacks, and a take-what-you-need vacation policy, subject to local requirements and applicable policies.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in employee experience, culture, internal communications, or events roles.
• Experience at a company that scaled past a few hundred employees.
• Has designed, owned, and measured a company-wide recognition or culture program.
• Has produced large internal events end to end, including budget, vendors, and run-of-show.
• Strong writing and editing skills, including producing clear, direct employee communications and editing founders’ drafts while preserving their voice.
• Ability to influence cross-functional partners and leaders without authority and push back when a program or message is likely to land poorly.
• Ability to work independently in ambiguity, define problems, and build plans.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a fast-growing AI or developer-focused company with a dense technical population.
• Prior ownership of an employer brand or internal storytelling program.

Responsibilities

• Own the global employee experience and deliver a consistent standard across offices and distributed teams.
• Build and scale recognition programs, including the Founders Award, peer recognition, work anniversaries, and other milestone celebrations.
• Design and run company rituals and internal events, including all-hands, quarterly or annual offsites, team and office gatherings, holiday events, and new office launches.
• Own onboarding swag end to end, including welcome-kit design and curation, vendor and inventory management, and timely delivery to new hires.
• Develop a repeatable playbook for office leads and remote teams, adapting timing, format, and execution to local cultures.
• Own and maintain the People Leaders Hub and employee-facing Notion content, keeping it current, organized, and searchable and retiring obsolete pages.
• Partner with Workplace, IT, Finance, and executive assistants on event execution, venues, vendors, and budgets.
• Negotiate contracts and manage spending against an annual programs budget.
• Partner with the Head of People and founders to reflect company values in programs and advise leaders on effective change communications.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for the employee and family.
• Life insurance and disability benefits.
• Retirement plan, such as a 401(k) or pension.
• Parental leave.
• Fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot.
• Monthly stipend for wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance.
• Daily lunches and snacks in the office.
• Take-what-you-need vacation policy, subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave.
• Equity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed