Director, Employee Experience

Maven is looking for a Director, Employee Experience to design and lead a strategy that makes every moment of the employee journey meaningful from onboarding to growth to offboarding. You’ll shape how people experience Maven: how they connect, learn, and belong. Partnering across People and business teams, you’ll turn employee insights into action, drive engagement through authentic programs, and strengthen a culture that reflects Maven’s mission and values. This role reports to the Senior Director, Communications, who leads Internal Communications and Employee Experience at Maven.

As a Director, Employee Experience at Maven, you will:

• Set the vision for an employee experience that reflects Maven’s values and fuels engagement, retention, and performance.
• Translate insights into strategy. Use data and feedback to identify what employees need most – and lead initiatives that meet those needs with measurable impact.
• Be the cultural pulse. Build relationships across every team to understand what drives connection, motivation, and belonging.
• Reimagine key moments. Own the employee journey from onboarding to offboarding so every touchpoint feels purposeful and consistent.
• Champion engagement and recognition. Create programs that celebrate impact, strengthen community, and make people proud to work at Maven.
• Partner with leaders. Coach and advise teams on how to lead with empathy, communicate with clarity, and build trust across the organization.
• Enable growth. Collaborate with the People team to expand opportunities for learning, development, and career mobility.

We’re looking for you to bring:

• 7–10+ years leading employee experience, engagement, or culture strategies that drive measurable impact across complex or high-growth organizations.
• A proven ability to influence senior leaders and align culture, communication, and business outcomes.
• A deep understanding of what shapes culture, from systems and structure to the everyday moments that define how people feel and work together.
• Strong data instincts: you listen through both metrics and conversation, turning feedback into clear priorities and measurable change.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, able to inspire, inform, and connect across all levels of the organization.
• A high-energy, authentic presence that builds trust quickly and motivates teams to engage and contribute openly.
• Experience navigating hybrid and distributed environments, building connections and belonging across time zones and teams.

The base salary range for this role is $174,000 - $200,000 per year. You will also be entitled to receive stock options and benefits. Individual pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, and skillset.