Director of Program & Community Engagement, Brilliant Black Minds

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Karat's purpose is to unlock opportunity, and we built the world's first Interviewing Cloud to conduct predictive, fair, and enjoyable technical interviews 24/7. Karat helps companies expand interviewing capacity, unlock developer time, and raise engineering quality so they can hire smarter and grow faster, while creating more opportunities for software engineers. From our industry-leading solutions to Karat's Brilliant Black Minds program, the work we do here matters. We're a passionate, focused, human-centric team, and we want you to join us!
Come join our Brilliant Black Minds team
Our Brilliant Black Minds team is committed to doubling the number of Black software engineers in tech over the next ten years. As our company's flagship purpose program, this team amplifies the brilliance found in the software engineering community of underrepresented minority developers through exposure, access, and fairness. As the only program of its kind, Karat enables its global network of Interview Engineers to make technical interviews more accessible and the interview experience more equitable.
What you will do:
As the Director of Programs & Community Engagement for Brilliant Black Minds, your mission will be to engage and activate the Black software engineering community in support of the expansion of the Brilliant Black Minds program. The Director of Programs & Community Engagement is instrumental in developing and facilitating the programming that drives member connections, interview improvement, and placement. This role is instrumental in establishing our strategy, development, and execution for the Brilliant Black Minds program.

• Di rect and define the overall strategy, goals, and objectives for all Brilliant Black Minds programming
• Develop a university/student pipeline program, supporting aspiring junior and seniors desiring to enter the software engineering field for technical talent roles
• Build and nurture a black engineering professional community by hosting events, curating needs-based and scalable programming, and connecting candidates with peers
• Develop dynamic speaker and programming sessions that are engaging, interesting and compelling to current and future black software engineers to continue community engagement and growth. Facilitate content for in-person event strategies including conferences and HBCU campus visits
• In conjunction with an industry partner (ie, coding school), develop an education/upskilling track to support ongoing skill development
• Develop a repeatable/scalable university model for how we will engage with college faculty and staff to promote Brilliant Black Mind resources that facilitate opportunities to connect with students and integrate Karat into course curriculum
• Develop a cohort based experience for participants, a scalable mentoring/coaching program, and virtual "Tribe" group experience. Manage the BBM Discord community and develop a strategy for promoting authentic engagement and participation
• Manage the collection, maintenance, and reporting of Brilliant Black Minds program metrics and data
• You keep a pulse on what's happening in the black engineering community and are keenly aware of their challenges and skill development needs, and incorporate these needs/trends into BBM's programming

The experience you will bring:

• 10+ years of work experience developing diversity pipeline programs and community engagement, specifically working with the HBCU community, STEM industry organizations, or diverse software developers
• Successful history of building scalable and executing community engagement programs
• Extraordinary program and project management skills
• Passion for driving more diversity in tech, and deep understanding of the early-career Black and/or URM engineering audience
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, prioritizing clarity and brevity
• Comfortable building structure and process, as well as operating in a fast-paced, quick-change environment

This is a Salaried, Full-time position. Immigration sponsorship is not available.
Karat's HQ is based in Seattle, Washington, but our core team is distributed throughout the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom.
Benefits of joining Karat
Karat strives to offer everything you need to best support you today, tomorrow, and beyond.
Compensation / Time Off:

• Highly competitive salary and stock options
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid PTO (see below) and Sick Leave (10 days per year)
• Flexible time off policy for salaried positions
• Three weeks vacation per year for hourly positions
• Global parental leave (16 weeks paid with additional 8 weeks transition back to work in part-time capacity)
• 20 paid company holidays for 2023

Benefits / Wellness:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance via United Healthcare or Kaiser (for CA-based employees)
• 100% premium covered for employees
• 70% premium covered for dependents
• FSA, STD, LTD, Standard Life Insurance, and Optional Life Insurance
• Therapy and coaching for employees and dependents
• $150 per month reimbursement for miscellaneous benefits/wellness purchases

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Statement of Inclusivity:
Karat is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, veteran status or other legally protected status. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Karat.
We value a diverse workforce: people of color, womxn, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at [email protected] .
Karat is an E-Verify company.