Richard Leong — Program Manager

Hi there! I have over a decade of experience building and managing programs and systems to drive DEI, employee experience, and leadership development. My work has been featured in Fortune Magazine, Business Insider, and the NASDAQ Venture Equity Project Podcast. Some wins I'm most proud of include: • Planning 20 events in 10 weeks for Chegg's Internship Program while also realigning the overarching program strategy, which led to a 100% NPS from interns on post-program surveys • Crafting DEI strategic plans and facilitating workshops for clients like Salesforce, Sephora, and the NYT Games • Building custom reports and dashboards that look pretty enough to be printed out • Teaching 5th grade through Teach for America - my students taught me everything I know about how to build relationships, create community, and beat impossible odds to get things done Independently from my full-time work, I'm also available to book for DEI consulting, guest speaking/facilitation for your ERG, and one-on-one leadership coaching. Please feel free to reach out! Key Skills: • Program/Project Management • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Strategy • Surveys & Data Analysis • Facilitation & Training • Consulting • Employee Experience

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DEI and employee experience specialist with a focus on consulting and program management.

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Experience: 11 yrs 7 mos

Skills

Employee Experience
Program Management
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Strategy
Surveys & Data Analysis
Project Management

Career Highlights

Over a decade of experience in DEI and employee experience.
Achieved 100% NPS from interns at Chegg's Internship Program.
Delivered DEI consulting services valued at over $500k.

Work Experience

Google

Program Manager, Culture and Development (10 mos)

Chegg Inc.

Employee Experience Program Manager (1 yr 4 mos)

Collective

DEI Business Partner & Senior DEI Consultant (7 mos)

Associate DEI Consultant (2 yrs 4 mos)

Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment

Director of Programs (8 mos)

Leadership for Educational Equity

Program Coordinator, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (1 yr 4 mos)

Bright Star Schools

Student Data Coordinator (1 yr 4 mos)

Teach For America

2014 Corps Member | 5th Grade Teacher (2 yrs 3 mos)

Success Academy Charter Schools

Teacher Development Intern (3 mos)

Breakthrough Austin/AmeriCorps

7th Grade Math Teacher (2 mos)

Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute

Undergraduate Campus Intern (8 mos)

California State Senate

Intern, Office of Senator Ted Lieu (2 mos)

Education

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Columbia University

Master of Education (M.Ed.) at University of Minnesota

at Northwood High School

Richard Leong

Program Manager

San Jose, California, United States11 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in DEI and employee experience.
Achieved 100% NPS from interns at Chegg's Internship Program.
Delivered DEI consulting services valued at over $500k.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DEI and employee experience specialist with a focus on consulting and program management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Employee ExperienceProgram ManagementDiversity, Equity, Inclusion StrategySurveys & Data AnalysisProject Management

Other Skills

Early CareersOnboardingEmployee Resource Groups (ERG)FacilitationTraining & DevelopmentConsultingCommunity OutreachEvent PlanningData AnalysisStrategic PlanningDiversity & InclusionTalent ManagementPresentation SkillsAgile Project ManagementExperience Design

About

Experience

11 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 4 mos

Average Tenure

10 mos

Current Experience

Google

Program Manager, Culture and Development

Jul 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Sunnyvale, California, United States · Hybrid

Chegg inc.

Employee Experience Program Manager

Jan 2024 – May 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Santa Clara, California, United States · Hybrid

Onboarding: Coordinate and facilitate weekly new hire onboarding efforts and monitor participant feedback for opportunities to improve content and delivery style, leading to a consistent 90%+ favorability on all participant metrics
Early Careers: Overhauled the flagship summer internship program strategy to better align with organizational business goals by building relationships with interns and intern managers to deeply understand and backwards plan from their needs, resulting in a 100% Internship eNPS score
Learning & Development: Designed three DEI-focused trainings on team leadership, recruiting/hiring, and performance management to be delivered just-in-time for all people managers across the company
Employee Resource Groups: Serve as ambassador for Chegg’s 6 ERGs by supporting 30+ ERG leaders with goal-setting, leadership development, and capacity-building, resulting in ~50 annual events and initiatives with an 87% average event NPS
Data: Led data analytics and custom reporting for the companywide Engagement Survey to support executives and people managers in leveraging employee feedback to improve engagement and productivity
Project Management: Developed project plans, wrote targeted communications, built cross-functional relationships, and tracked metrics and budget to successfully meet all goals and objectives

Employee ExperienceEarly CareersOnboardingProgram ManagementEmployee Resource Groups (ERG)

Collective

2 roles

DEI Business Partner & Senior DEI Consultant

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Aug 2023 · 7 mos · Remote

Led the delivery of DEI consulting services valued at $500k+ for clients across technology, finance, and retail. Clients include Splash, Tango, The New York Times – Games, The Rockefeller Group, and more.
Strategy: Developed 24 organizational DEI benchmarks that were implemented firmwide to guide the assessment of needs and recommendation of services across all clients
Data: Provided tailored recommendations to advance DEI for clients by designing and administering end-to-end culture assessment and reports. Led implementation of surveys, system audits, focus group facilitation, data analysis, and report generation.
Mentorship: Coached and advised ERG Leaders, HR/Talent Teams, and executives to set and achieve DEI goals.
Project Management: Completed all client deliverables on-time and within budget by managing project plans, client communications, and leading check-in meetings.

Strategic PlanningProject ManagementDiversity & InclusionTalent ManagementConsultingDiversity, Equity, Inclusion Strategy