Strategic People Initiatives Lead

Samsung Electronics America

Plano (TX)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 140,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is seeking a Manager, Strategic People Initiatives to lead high-priority HR initiatives from senior executives, acting as an internal consultant and relationship builder across the organization.

The role emphasizes translating broad priorities into practical programs, building credibility with leaders, and delivering hands-on results, with a focus on engagement and employee experience. This is an individual-contributor role with broad exposure.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Communications, Organizational Psychology, or 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 ability to establish credibility with senior leaders.
Strong relationship-building, consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to structure ambiguous assignments and move quickly toward execution.
Strong business judgment and balancing 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.

Responsibilities

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.