Senior Corporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager

Are you passionate about advancing equity and creating meaningful change to support employees and the communities where we live and work? At Washington Dental Service (WDS), our vision is for everyone to enjoy good oral and overall health, with no one left behind. Achieving this requires both external advocacy and internal growth, and our success in promoting oral health equity depends on a diverse, inclusive team that reflects the communities we serve.

In this role, you will collaborate across two teams:

• Mission Impact: Partner with the Chief Mission Officer to support the Board’s DEI Committee, implement leadership learning opportunities, and advance oral health equity initiatives.
• Human Resources: Strengthen company culture, processes, and daily operations to foster an inclusive, equitable workplace across all three Washington campuses.

We seek a strategic, adaptable leader who can manage multiple priorities, collaborate effectively, and drive equity-focused initiatives.

Washington Dental Service and its affiliates, including Arcora Foundation, Delta Dental of Washington, and TriForza believe everyone deserves good oral and overall health, with no one left behind. We succeed because of a shared commitment to a set of values that guide everything we do – for our customers, for our communities, and for each other. We are Accountable. We lean in with Courage. We stay Curious. We are Inclusive. We act with Integrity.

We offer a highly competitive medical, dental and vision plans as well offering a generous 401k match and all employees start accruing vacation and sick time from their very first day. We empower employee development through our tuition reimbursement plan, professional development plans, and employee-led communities.

The pay range for this position In Western Washington varies between $109,000.00 – $155,000.00, and for Eastern Washington varies between $92,000.00 - $132,000.00. Washington Dental Service and its affiliates, including Arcora Foundation, Delta Dental of Washington, and TriForza intends to offer the selected candidate a base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. Base pay will also be adjusted based on the candidate's geographic location.

Essential Responsibilities include the following: The list of responsibilities listed is not intended to be comprehensive. Washington Dental Service and its affiliates, including Arcora Foundation, Delta Dental of Washington, and TriForza reserve the right to change the responsibilities at any time with or without notice. 

Leadership and Strategy

• Recommend strategic goals and road map for how WDS/Delta Dental of Washington can address systemic barriers to achieving our vision.
• Design and implement a learning agenda, tools/resources, and evaluation methods for the WDS/DDWA Board of Directors that prepares them to govern with a DEI lens.
• Lead engagement with our Senior Leaders support their DEI learning and commitment and impact for their teams.
• Advise our internal planning and budgeting processes with a DEI lens.
• Liaise with Arcora Foundation DEI leader to learn/share and collaborate on efforts that cross both organizations.

Promoting Oral Health Equity

•  Play a central role with our Sales team to implement programs with employer group customers to foster oral health equity for our members.
•  Gain deep understanding of oral health equity initiatives across the company to ascertain ways to support their leaders by being a thought-partner and providing resources.
•  Advise on external communications related to DEI.

Fostering Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

•  Use multiple data sources to maintain and report to leadership a dashboard of the employee lifecycle through a DEI lens, identify areas for improvement and recommend strategies to do so.
•  Develop and lead strategy for supporting our employee resource groups (ERGs)
• Collaborate with the Senior Learning and Talent Manager to support and provide education and training opportunities for ERGs and all employees.
•  Advise on internal communications related to DEI.
• Work with people leaders to build engagement strategies and programs to support building an inclusive culture

Experience, skills, and education do you need to have to succeed in the position: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to successfully perform the essential functions of the position.

• A bachelor's degree (B. A. or B. S.) and 7 years’ experience with demonstrated growth in responsibilities or 12 years of relevant experience with demonstrated growth in responsibilities is required.
• Deep knowledge of the DEI space with experience successfully designing, leading and implementing strategies including analysis of power structures and systemic inequities.
• Experience working with senior leadership teams and board of directors.
• Strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal awareness and skills with empathy, caring, assertiveness, supportiveness, confrontation, listening, and group process.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate relationships with tact, and to work effectively and respectfully with politically, ideologically, culturally, and geographically diverse people and communities.
• Strong group collaboration skills and ability to work across teams to develop aligned goals and implementation plans.
• Ability to gather and analyze data (qualitative and quantitative), think strategically and creatively, and manage projects and execute initiatives.
• Ability to represent Delta Dental externally and with our members, providers and employees.
• Experience demonstrating high judgment and working with confidential or highly sensitive subject matter
•  Deep commitment to equity, alignment with the WDS vision, mission, and OneTeam Values: Accountability, Courage, Curiosity, Inclusion, and Integrity.

Washington Dental Service and its affiliates, including Arcora Foundation, Delta Dental of Washington, and TriForza are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Salary : $92,000 - $132,000