Manager, Strategic People Initiatives

Manager, Strategic People Initiatives

The Manager, Strategic People Initiatives will lead high-priority assignments from senior executives and HR leadership that do not fit within established Employee Experience or Talent Development programs. This role will serve as a flexible internal consultant, facilitator, and relationship builder—turning broad priorities into practical, well-executed initiatives. The successful candidate will build credibility across the business, identify opportunities to strengthen engagement and trust, and move comfortably between strategic planning and hands-on delivery.

This is an individual-contributor role with broad organizational exposure.

Roles & Responsibility

• Lead executive-sponsored special projects and emerging people initiatives.
• Translate ambiguous requests into clear objectives, work plans, deliverables, and measures of success.
• Build trusted relationships with executives, HR Business Partners, business leaders, managers, and employees.
• Identify opportunities to improve employee engagement, trust, and the overall employee experience.
• Design and facilitate executive sessions, workshops, leadership meetings, employee events, focus groups, and working sessions.
• Prepare executive presentations, recommendations, talking points, toolkits, and implementation plans.
• Support Employee Experience and Talent Development during major programs, launches, and peak workload periods.
• Improve existing programs by strengthening participation, relevance, efficiency, and impact.
• Use approved AI, large language models, analytics, and automation to support research, content development, reporting, and project execution.
• Track outcomes, stakeholder feedback, risks, decisions, and follow-up actions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, Organizational Psychology, or a related field.
• 6-8 years of experience in HR consulting, employee experience, culture, engagement, talent, communications, or program management.
• Experience leading executive-sponsored, cross-functional, or high-visibility initiatives.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to establish credibility with senior leaders.
• Strong relationship-building, consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to structure ambiguous assignments and move them quickly toward execution.
• Strong business judgment and the ability to balance employee and organizational needs.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation-development, and executive-communication skills.
• Experience using AI, automation, analytics, or digital tools to improve research, communication, reporting, or project workflows.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

Skills and Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a global, matrixed, or Korean-headquartered organization.
• Experience partnering directly with executives or global headquarters stakeholders.
• Experience across multiple HR disciplines.
• Korean-language proficiency is helpful but not required.

At Samsung, we believe that innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We aim to create a global team where everyone belongs and has equal opportunities, inspiring our talent to be their true selves. Together, we are building a better tomorrow for our customers, partners, and communities.

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