Zachary Harris

• Spearhead strategic partnerships with senior leaders in Talent Acquisition, Diversity & Inclusion, and Engineering, ensuring alignment with the Brilliant Black Minds initiative, a key program impacting over 9,000 Black software engineers.
• Developed and executed client engagement strategies, connecting top enterprise clients (Uber, Amazon, American Express, & more) with diverse talent & enhanced their employment branding efforts

Senior Program Manager, DEI Partnership & Events (03/20 - 01/23)

• Directed Google's engagement with senior executives from key partner organizations AnitaB.org & Blavity to drive sponsorship event design, & conference strategies impacting our global DEI initiatives
• Oversaw strategic planning & execution of flagship events during the pandemic, including virtual and return to in-person events, ensuring seamless collaboration across multiple internal teams & external stakeholders
• Collaborated cross-functionally with internal teams (Recruiting, Employee Engagement, Comms/Public Affairs, ERG's), created company-wide communications, and developed relationships with industry peers (Meta, Apple, Disney, & others)

Team Lead, Emerging Talent Programs & Events (08/19 - 03/20)

• Coached, developed, & managed two specialists in their planning & execution of five fall conferences
• Created 2020 conference strategy by reviewing prior year outcomes, standardizing the process for soliciting involvement from various business units, & transitioning my directs to a new team (due to an org restructure)

Program Manager, Emerging Talent Programs & Events (04/18 - 08/19)

• Managed cross functional team, oversaw a ~$4.5M programmatic budget for the Grace Hopper Conference (GHC), produced 15+ events during GHC resulting in 360+ hires, 20M+ social impressions, and 95% of volunteer satisfaction
• Strengthened our relationship with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers by hosting their CEO & served as a member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Board of Corporate Affiliates Steering committee upon nomination by NSBE Sr. staff and industry peers

Diversity Specialist, Industry Talent Programs & E (08/14 - 04/18)

• Marketed Google's travel scholarship program for underrepresented groups in tech, leading to 4,000+ applications & provided conference passes & financial grants to more than 275 industry & aspiring technologists
• Program managed International Women's Day summits for technologists in APAC, LatAm, and North America
• Developed social strategy for @WomenTechmakers, leading to a 10x growth in followers & 94.4M impressions for key summits in 2016 & 2017

• Created & tracked a $600K non-payroll budget, maintaining a < 5% variance, to support our day-to-day operations for our 40 staff members & ~450 corps members
• Planned and executed two, week-long, induction experiences for 180 teachers, occurring simultaneously in two cities