Sr. Director - Lift Zones

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Job Summary

At Comcast, we believe our employees are the foundation for our success. It is their unique voices and visions that spur our innovations. Valuing diversity and fostering inclusion are key to Comcast's culture and success. Inclusion, as it pertains to supporting a diverse workforce, is viewed as a business performance accelerator that we strive to evolve and to cultivate. As a core leadership competency, driving Inclusion serves as a critical strategy to retaining key talent across the organization. Comcast believes that having a highly inclusive, diverse, and engaged culture, will build and maintain the workforce of the future. Reporting to SVP, Chief Diversity Officer-Comcast Cable, the Senior Director of Lift Zones - will serve as the lead for Lift Zones within the Comcast Cable DEI Team. In this strategic role, the Senior Director will partner with senior leadership to define Lift Zone priorities and align the strategic plan to create a short- and long-range action plan (with associated tasks, timelines, and methods of measurement), partner with our local teams, community partners and other key teams and work collaboratively to achieve our overall company and team goals. Lift Zones are a part of our larger initiative called Project UP. Project UP is our comprehensive initiative to advance digital equity and help build a future of Unlimited Possibilities. Backed by a $1 billion commitment to reach 50 million people, Project UP encompasses the programs and community partnerships across Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky that connect people to the Internet, advance economic mobility, and open doors for the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, storytellers, and creators. Lift Zones provide communities with free WiFi in a dedicated safe space where community members can learn, connect and grow. They bring high-speed Internet into community-based organizations where students, adults, and seniors can access resources and programming to support their learning journeys. The Sr. Director of Lift Zones will lead and execute the strategic plan for Lift Zones. They will direct both internal and external business-based partnerships, strategic initiatives, insights, and analytics to support the evolution of the Comcast community-based business-driven programs in Lift Zones. In the role, the Sr. Director will collaborate closely with key partners on Internet Essentials, Internet Essentials Plus and the Internet Essentials Partnership Program for awareness and adoption within Lift Zones. In this capacity, the Sr. Director will maintain close business-based partner relationships and partner activations for the Internet Essentials and Lift Zone programs and other program touching income-constrained customers, in collaboration with Sales & Marketing, Product, Consumer Value Proposition, Solution Design, Impact and Inclusion, Government Affairs and Comcast Business teams.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

Manages day-to-day relationships with key internal and certain external Lift Zone business partners-serving as primary point of contact for Comcast Business, Sales & Marketing and Government Affairs, and external vendors.

Works cross functionally to identify risks and opportunities to help drive Internet adoption and enrollment in the Affordable Connectivity Program by leveraging business relationships.

Manages administrative tasks, such as scheduling meetings, briefings, and developing materials specific to business partners and key internal audiences.

Executes macro and tactical strategy around business partnerships.

Serves as a spokesperson for the initiative internally and externally often presenting at conferences and sharing insights with various elected officials and among other teams.

Partners with DEI, Government Affairs, Comcast Business, and Comcast Rise businesses to achieve Lift Zone goals.

Manages business partnerships that promote the overall Lift Zone strategy and the digital equity mission.

Collaborates with internal stakeholder on business plan creation and evolution to partner in driving growth and support our digital equity goals.

Develops a monthly reporting structure for all initiatives/ activities with recommendations on next steps (continue, expand, or discontinue participation; new potential partners identified; key presentations/takeaways).

Oversees new and existing vendor management including monitoring, reviewing, and tracking outcomes.

Identifies opportunities to drive efficiency and growth

Provides general project management support for the Partner Development & Communication Activation team's initiative.

Provides program expertise and ensures knowledge sharing of best practices with Lift Zone, Internet Essentials and ACP stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in initiative execution tactics.

Works collaboratively with the Impact & Inclusion team, our division and regional teams, government affairs, sales and marketing, to monitor, review, and track outcomes of Internet Essentials, ACP and Lift Zone outreach and employee engagement efforts.

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.

Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.

Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.

Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.

Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.

Drive results and growth.

Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.

Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

10 Years

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary (https://jobs.comcast.com/life-at-comcast/benefits) on our careers site for more details.

Company info

Comcast
Website : http://corporate.comcast.com