Senior Manager, Employee Experience

Applecart; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Applecart, a leading technology company, is hiring a Senior Manager, Employee Experience in our NYC office. You will own end-to-end employee experience programs, from large off-sites to daily touchpoints that feel thoughtful and timely.

You will shape how teams connect, collaborate, and build community, ensuring programs land well and align with our people strategy. This hybrid role requires 6+ years in relevant roles and a proactive, detailed approach to execution.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in event program management, employee experience, or a related operations role.
• Proactive, 'no task too small' mindset.
• Experience in a high-growth startup, scaleup, or similar environment.
• Thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic, and ambiguous environment.
• Impeccable attention to detail; superior organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of in-office events and experiences, including recurring programs and culture moments.
• Organize monthly off-site experiences, such as attending sporting events and Broadway shows.
• Partner with department leads on planning team events, sourcing, budgets, and agenda logistics.
• Track spend in real time against event budgets with Finance.
• Manage logistics, communications, and scheduling for company-wide initiatives.
• Own recognition and swag fulfillment end-to-end.
• Gather post-event feedback through surveys and check-ins to iterate programs.
• Develop narratives and recommendations to move leaders from data to action.
• Build and refine processes to scale with the company.

Skills

Event program mgmt

Proactive mindset

Startup experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Collaboration

Job description

About Us

Applecart is the leading technology company that C-suites rely on to reach business-critical decision makers. The most important decisions are made by the hardest people to reach and influence. Historically, C-suites have lacked the tools to reach the stakeholders who matter most to their business. The C-suites of hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, major agencies, trade associations, nonprofits, and governments use Applecart to put their best content in front of business-critical decision makers and those they trust — from policymakers and investors to CEOs, key employees, members of the media and more. Decision makers are informed by what they read, learn from advisors, hear from colleagues, and discuss with family and friends. To break through to them, you must reach them through the only channel that really moves them: those they know and trust. Applecart’s platform uses publicly available data to map billions of social relationships between nearly every American adult and enable clients to deliver content directly to decision makers and those who matter most to them.

We are hiring a Senior Manager, Employee Experience in our NYC Office.

About The Role

You will be responsible for managing how Applecart employees come together. You will shape how our team connects, collaborates, and builds community. You'll own the end-to-end execution of our employee experience programs, from high-impact company off-site events to happy hours and department gatherings. Beyond events, you’ll keep our core People & Culture initiatives moving seamlessly day-to-day, ensuring every touchpoint lands on time and feels intentional and thoughtful.

What You’ll Do

• Lead planning and execution of in-office events and experiences, including recurring programs (ie: Team Events, Happy Hours, etc), team gatherings, and culture moments.
• Lead and organize monthly off-site experiences, such as attending sporting events, Broadway shows, and other engaging initiatives.
• Partner with department leads on planning their own team events, including sourcing, budget guidance, and acting as a sounding board for the agenda and logistics.
• Track spend in real time against event budgets and reconcile with the Finance team.
• Manage logistics, communications, and scheduling for company-wide initiatives.
• Own recognition and swag fulfillment end-to-end.
• Gather post-event feedback and actionable data through surveys and team check-ins to continuously iterate and elevate future programs.
• Develop clear narratives and recommendations that help leaders move from data to action.
• Build and refine processes that hold up as the company grows.

Experiences And Capabilities You Bring

• 6+ years in event program management, employee experience, or a related operations role
• A proactive, 'no task too small' mindset
• Experience working in a high-growth startup, scaleup, or similar environment
• Thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic, and ambiguous environment
• Impeccable attention to detail; superior organizational and project management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and maintain strong internal working relationships

This is a hybrid role. Work from home on Monday and Friday and in Applecart’s New York City office Tuesday through Thursday.

Compensation

Our compensation package consists of three components: (i) a base salary, (ii) annual cash bonus, and (iii) generous equity compensation.

The base salary range for this role is between $120,000 - $135,000, based on the candidate's experience and skills relative to the requirements listed above. The salary range provided is exclusive of discretionary annual cash bonus and equity compensation. The salary range provided for this role is specific to candidates located in the New York City area.

A Few Facts About Us

• Applecart’s platform has been used by hundreds of industry-leading clients spanning Fortune 500 companies like Blackstone and Intuit, leading nonprofit organizations like the Environmental Defense Fund, and top-tier advertising and communications agencies like Teneo, FGS, Weber Shandwick, and OMD.
• Applecart is growing quickly — over the last 3 years, we’ve increased our bookings by 10X, grown our headcount by 4X, and we’re cashflow positive.
• Our senior leadership team includes two members of the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Marketing and Advertising, the former Head of Product at Moat, Oracle’s online ad measurement platform, a former senior White House advisor, early sales and talent leaders from Google and Twitter, two of the Democratic Party’s most successful pollsters and strategists, a former CRO of a high-growth tech company with hundreds of millions in ARR, and alums of top-tier organizations like Bain, Amazon and Simpson Thacher.
• Our investors include Bain & Company, global sports, entertainment and marketing giant Endeavor, KKR Co-Founder Henry Kravis, entrepreneur Chris Burch, a founder of Palantir, senior engineering leaders at Twitter and Yelp, former Fortune 50 and advertising agency CEOs, and a number of well-known venture capitalists. Ari Emanuel, CEO of TKO and Executive Chairman of WME, and Jennifer Fonstad, Owl Capital Managing Partner, serve on our board.
• Our work has been featured on Morning Joe on MSNBC, BloombergTV and The Colbert Report, and in Axios, BusinessWeek, the Associated Press, Forbes, the Washington Post, and Politico, among many others.