Global Director Inclusion, and EMEA Lead in London

Location: London or Cambridge, UK - Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-time, permanent

You will lead Inclusion globally and have specific responsibility for driving impact in inclusion in EMEA. You will line manage the Inclusion Leads in the Americas and in APAC. Above all they will continue to drive Inclusion work at AVEVA globally building on the foundations established in the past 6 years.

Key responsibilities

• Work proactively with the Inclusion team (2 colleagues) to operationalise AVEVA’s Global Inclusion Plan, ensuring clear priorities, ownership, and measurable outcomes for APAC, the Americas, as well as drive impact across EMEA.
• In close partnership with colleagues across the world, plan, develop and deliver a programme of pragmatic and impactful interventions to advance the Global Inclusion Plan and our inclusion maturity.
• Interventions may include partnerships with national agencies to improve representation, inclusion briefings, speaker events, communications campaigns, and leadership and manager training programmes.
• The postholder will apply strong diplomatic and strategic capability to tailor interventions to local context while maintaining global consistency and momentum.
• Collaborate with leaders and teams across AVEVA to advance inclusion, engaging with senior leaders, providing practical guidance, and influencing decision-making to drive accountability, tangible results, and an inclusive culture.
• Increase colleague engagement across all countries on inclusion, embedding inclusive practices across countries and functions, partnering with relevant stakeholders, holding owners accountable for delivery of their plans, and ensuring a consistent cadence of internal and external communications that supports awareness and action.
• Partner with a broad range of teams, particularly Legal, Workplace Experience, Communications, People Tech, Data Analysis, Reward & Benefits, Talent Acquisition and Talent Development, to ensure inclusion is embedded into policies, processes, programmes and ways of working.
• Provide budget oversight and cost control, including monitoring expenditure for global activity and Employee Group programmes.
• Support the collection and analysis of employee demographic data and inclusion analytics.
• Lead the translation of insights into strategic priorities, ambitions and actions, tracking progress and impact over time.
• Work with Employee Groups to support the coordination and delivery of their activity globally, enabling strong governance, appropriate support, and alignment to AVEVA priorities while protecting authenticity of colleague voice.
• Maintain oversight of the Inclusion OneSpace (Intranet) pages, driving regular refresh of content (e.g., articles, videos, blogs) and ensuring all countries and communities have a voice and representation.
• Lead inclusion across EMEA, working in partnership with leaders and stakeholders to ensure each country has the right plans, support and accountability in place to deliver meaningful impact.
• Ensure compliance with country-specific legislative requirements globally, and lead these for EMEA, including those related to the employment of people with disabilities and statutory reporting, while continuously identifying opportunities to enhance our practices and outcomes.

Essential requirements

• Deep knowledge of inclusion and broader diversity topics, with the credibility and judgement expected of a subject matter expert.
• Strong understanding of intersectionality and the complexities of inclusion in a global organisation.
• Experience working in inclusion in the corporate sector and/or within a global, matrixed organisation.
• Experience working with diverse teams across countries/cultures and supporting Employee Groups.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Experience organising both in-person and virtual events.
• Knowledge of statutory reporting requirements (e.g. gender pay gap reporting, EU Pay Transparency, disability employment requirements in individual countries).
• Knowledge of ESG reporting is desirable.
• Knowledge of Executive Orders relating to 'DEI' in the US.

Behaviours and values

• Lives by AVEVA values (Impact, Aspiration, Curiosity and Trust).
• Builds rapport and trust with colleagues at all levels and across cultures.
• Works collaboratively to build shared agendas aligned to business objectives and inclusion priorities.
• Curious learner who scans the external environment and brings thoughtful insight and innovation to strengthen our approach.
• High levels of autonomy and accountability, able to lead multiple priorities in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Inclusive leadership mindset: high emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, resilience and adaptability.

Desired skills

• Exceptional stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Strategic thinking and long-term planning capability.
• Strong diplomacy, tact and judgement.
• Ability to build strong partnerships across the business.
• Strong data fluency: comfortable using quantitative and qualitative insights to inform decisions.

People at AVEVA We’re focused on the single most important part of AVEVA’s business: our employees. From recruitment and reward to experience and engagement, our partnerships across the business create and enable the conditions for every individual to thrive.