Chanel

Senior Group Director, US Diversity & Inclusion 

At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to CHANEL. 

About the Role:

Chanel is looking for a Senior Group Director, US Diversity & Inclusion to join our People & Organization Team in New York. You will play a leading role in providing leadership, strategy, and coordination to advance Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) at Chanel. At Chanel, we are on a mission to foster an environment where we can continue to: feel our voices will be heard; know that we are represented; and trust that together we will strive to provide the conditions to be at our best so Chanel can be at its best. We are looking for an inspirational visionary and connector who can help shape and evolve the future of D&I at the organization. This Senior Group Director, Diversity & Inclusion will foster Chanel’s culture, mission, purpose, and values to our internal employees as well as external candidates. In collaboration with managers and employees at all levels, this role develops and implements D&I strategies, particularly in the areas of leadership and team development, psychological safety, employee resource group programming, and impactful team initiatives across the organization. 

What impact you can create at CHANEL: 

We believe strongly that the diversity of our people across the full spectrum of human differences is essential to our organization and the connections we have with our clients. This role's impact can be realized by promoting inclusion, increasing the diversity of our leadership and teams, increasing accountability through our people practices and evolving social norms through deliberate programs. 

D&I Strategy & Advisement 

• Collaborate with impassioned employees, People & Organization, Global D&I, and key stakeholders in order to understand the ongoing needs of the organization, evolve the D&I strategy, and communicate effectively against those needs 
• Leverage business data, employee feedback, and best practices to influence and collaborate with cross functional teams to identify and drive action items to increase inclusion and drive initiatives through key cross-functional working groups across organization 
• Tap into the external market to bring best in class thought leadership and a range of D&I expertise in to the organization 
• Manage & leverage D&I Dashboard to measure D&I progress against our goals and analyze effectiveness of D&I programming 
• Fully own the US D&I strategy, including prioritization and implementation of D&I initiatives and programming – ensuring we are best supporting the needs of our employees and continuing to drive long-term and scalable impact 
• Lead the US D&I community and resource groups and evolve priorities according to needs 
• Partner with People & Organization centers of excellence and business partners to ensure integration of D&I work into broader talent strategies and recruiting and career development processes 
• BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF Chanel’s Global D&I Community to encourage alignment, connection, and knowledge sharing across regions 
• Provide strategic leadership on policies, best practices and change management in D&I to foster a climate of inclusiveness 
• Provide policy updates to colleagues, ensuring legal compliance 

Development & Engagement 

• Work with leadership at all levels to support inclusive leadership concepts, encouraging brave conversations and fostering a workplace where employees can bring their whole selves to work 
• Facilitate learning programs and influence thinking during dialogue and meetings 
• Leverage learnings from employee perspective and feedback to create and facilitate D&I curriculum across a wide range of topics and facets throughout all levels of the organization 
• Advise Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) ON the strategy for diversity & inclusion, in alignment with the organizations mission, including frequent interactions with ERG leadership and members 
• Support ERG programming and events to ensure sustainable internal resourcing as well as alignment to the organizational D&I mission 
• Support formation of new ERG’s as well as upkeep of ERG policy and procedure 
• Develop clear guidance, tools and resources to better support our key D&I stakeholders 
• Develop key internal and external relationships to deliver D&I initiatives 
• Manage external vendors, stretch assignments, and potential interns who are brought onto the team to support our D&I vision and initiatives 

You are energized by: 

• Working in a highly collaborative and matrixed environment 
• Networking with interesting people both in and outside the organization and industry 
• Fostering meaningful connections centered around inclusion and belonging 
• Building and nurturing trust-based relationships with D&I stakeholders/ partners 
• People leadership, development, facilitation 
• Collaborating and engaging with employees at all levels on needs and organizational optimization 
• Finding opportunities to optimize the team’s operating model to streamline ways-of-working and implement them 
• Dreaming big, defining the strategy - as well as, building and executing against that vision 

What you will bring to the team: 

• Experience in organizational Diversity & Inclusion, implementing programs, and introducing innovative D&I initiatives to the workplace preferred (including experience designing/ implementing sponsorship/ mentoring programs) 
• Experience in organizational change management; recruitment, retention, people development and implementation and evaluation of programs including facilitation 
• Ability to influence stakeholders, including senior leaders 
• Ability to create and sustain an environment of psychological safety; learning about the needs of all employees with a commitment and passion to those from historically underrepresented groups 
• Ability to bring the outside in – leveraging D&I network/ research and sharing out relevant D&I best practices 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and Excel) 
• Project management skills 
• Data driven approach to drive accountability across the organization, track/ measure progress, and yield longstanding D&I impact 
• Growth mindset – including bringing deep D&I expertise and POVs, flagging risks/ concerns, and providing recommendations on best path forward given identified constraints/ risks 
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills with the ability to positively engage and motivate others 
• Deep understanding of the attributes of Psychological Safety and experience designing and facilitating Psychological Safety trainings 
• Experience working with retail/ field teams preferred 

Position Logistics: 

• Minimum of 12 years' experience leading transformational programs and change management with an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging 
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in a related discipline preferred 
• New York City based
• Travel up to 30% 

Compensation:

• The anticipated base salary range for this position is $166,000 through $215,000. Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position. Other forms of variable pay [may/will] be offered for this position. Other components [may/will] include bonus potential, benefits, and/or perks. 

Benefits and Perks: 

• Flexibility (flexible time and hybrid work options) 
• Wellbeing resources include dedicated paid time off for wellbeing (2-week August Office Closure and Wellbeing Days in Retail) and a Wellbeing fund 
• Family and care giving benefits (inclusive of parental leave, fertility support, MilkStork, and Care.com Membership) 
• Generous paid time off policies to include vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer days 
• 401K, pension and other incentives 
• Robust healthcare offerings; medical, dental, vision, MDLIVE (virtual care), One Medical, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care & Dependent Care), Health Savings Account and Employee Assistance Program 
• Life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Health Advocate, International Business Travel Accident & Medical, and Commuter Transit & Parking 

Additional Information: 

Chanel is a private company whose values are grounded in creating the conditions for people to perform at their best and feel fulfilled and confident in their work. We offer a unique work environment where individuals are encouraged to better understand the brand, the business, and motivations, so that together we can unlock the possibilities of growth. This is reflected in: 

Diversity and Inclusion 

• At CHANEL, we are intentional in promoting Diversity & Inclusion. We foster respect, empathy and dignity for all. We believe strongly that the diversity of our people across the full spectrum of human differences is essential to our organisation and the connections we have with each other and our clients. 
• We offer Employee Resource Groups in the US that are voluntary, open to all, employee-led groups formed around a shared identity or lived experience, whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community aligned with the values and missions of the communities they support. 

Chanel Community

• CHANEL Community empowers our employees to channel their passions, talents and sense of purpose to contribute to and learn from our communities. 
• Employees are encouraged to take time off annually to volunteer through CHANEL Community. CHANEL also matches employee donations to select charitable organizations. 

Sustainability 

• CHANEL Mission 1.5° is our climate action plan. It is focused on transforming the business in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit the average global mean temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. 
• Employees are encouraged to contribute to our US Sustainability efforts at the corporate level and within the divisions, through organized taskforces and initiatives. 

Arts and Culture 

• We are committed to extending our legacy of cultural engagement. Global support includes the CHANEL Culture Fund, which supports a select group of leading art culture institutions across the globe, and the CHANEL Next Prize for the next generation of creative talent. US support currently includes Annual sponsorship of the MoMA film program, Tribeca Film Festival programs and Through Her Lens, Support of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and Sponsorship of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln Center. 

Fondation Chanel  

• Since 2011, Fondation CHANEL’s mission is for women and girls to be free to shape their own destiny. Through multi-year partnerships with financial and technical support, Fondation CHANEL is committed to improving the safety and autonomy of women and adolescent girls around the world, impacting over a million women and girls in its first 10 years.     
• For more information, please navigate to the Fondation Chanel website here   

Career and Leadership Development

• We have dedicated in-house teams focused on supporting the onboarding of employees, developing leadership skills via custom programs like Imagine Chanel People, Heart of Leadership and group and individual coaching, and blended online and live classes offered on our Bloom platform and by skilled trainers, such as Shape Your Career, to develop career building skills. 
• Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.