Sr Manager Community Impact

Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.

Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.

Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better™ - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.


About the opportunity
The Senior Manager, Community Impact will play a pivotal role as part of Dayforce's high-performing Sustainability and Impact department. In this role, you will join a small but mighty team of seasoned professionals leading Dayforce's expanding global community impact efforts. You will help shape and execute purpose-driven strategies that make work life better for our colleagues while strengthening the communities we serve.
This role is ideal for a strategic and operational leader who can translate a bold and ambitious vision into reality. This includes the ability to build scalable programs, manage complex global initiatives, and inspire others to engage in meaningful action. You will bring a strong blend of subject matter expertise, program leadership, stakeholder management, and analytical rigor, while helping Dayforce be a force for good around the world. The overall Community Impact program should meet the high expectations of internal and external stakeholders and align with Dayforce's mission, vision, and values.

What you'll get to do
• Execute Dayforce’s giving and volunteering strategy by successfully building and managing the company’s employee giving and volunteering programs, events, and communications
• Develop and maintain a Community Impact calendar that tracks key programs, campaigns, events, holidays, milestones, and business moments.
• Lead and execute Dayforce's Impact Month and other signature programs and initiatives, while continuously identifying opportunities to improve and expand our global Community Impact programming.
• Build and scale a new global grantmaking program that aligns with Dayforce’s Makes Work Life Better mission.
• Build and scale a new global skills-based volunteering program that aligns with our company’s mission and successfully leverages the subject-matter expertise of Daymakers in key departments.
• Coach and manage a broad network of employee volunteers and other internal champions, fostering a culture of engagement, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with executives and other key internal stakeholders, serving as a trusted advisor and collaborator.
• Manage Community Impact’s relationships and operational responsibilities with key external partners and vendors
• Track, measure, and regularly report on performance against KPIs and targets, using data and insights to identify gaps, refine strategy, and improve outcomes.
• Support budget management, reconciliation, expense tracking, and related financial processes with a high level of accuracy and accountability.
• Proactively monitor emerging issues, trends, and best practices in community impact, employee engagement, and nonprofit operations, integrating relevant insights into program design and execution.
• Initiate and coordinate Community Impact responses to natural disasters, crisis situations, and other urgent moments where support for Daymakers and communities is needed.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Communications, HR, Health and Safety, and other relevant teams.
• Represent the Community Impact function in strategic planning discussions and help communicate progress, priorities, and opportunities clearly to a range of audiences, including senior leaders.
• Provide advanced support and guidance for strategic and special projects and take on other community impact initiatives as required.
Skills and experience we value
• Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• 8-10 years of experience in community impact, nonprofit leadership, or a related role or field.
• Deep and wide-ranging expertise in community impact strategies and employee engagement in the private sector.
• Proven ability to design, build, launch, and scale programs that align organizational values with business goals and deliver measurable impact.
• Strong program and project management capabilities, with the ability to lead multiple complex initiatives simultaneously and deliver against tight timelines.
• Experience participating in quantitative and metrics-based program performance evaluation and goalsetting.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, w