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Roles and Permissions Overview

Explore Culture Amp roles to manage user access and permissions. Get a quick overview of roles like Admin, HR Partner, and Survey Creator.

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Written by Jessie Walsh
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Important Update: Transition to Group Goals Admin Role

Starting March 27th, 2025, the Group goals admin role will replace the Group goal creator role, offering expanded control and cascading permissions for managing goals at the group level (e.g., departments). This upgrade provides more granular access compared to the previous Group goal creator role.

While the Group goal creator role will be deprecated, your current Group permissions remain intact until you choose to opt in to the new Group goals admin role. For more details on what this means for your account and how it affects current users, visit our Group goal creator role deprecation notice.

Understanding the roles within Culture Amp is essential for effectively managing your organization's account. Roles help control access and permissions, ensuring secure data handling and efficient task delegation. Below is a quick reference overview of the available roles in Culture Amp.

Tip: Explore the detailed feature breakdown to see the specific access and permissions associated with each role.

Category

Role

Overview

Account roles

Account administrator

Full access to all account settings, surveys and employee data management.

Employee data administrator

Manage employee data and HRIS integrations without survey or performance access.

Survey roles

Surveys administrator

Full admin access to all surveys and survey reports.

Survey admin

Admin access to specific surveys they’ve been invited to, including associated reports.

Survey creator

Can create new surveys and have full admin access for their own surveys.

Survey HR business partner

Access to manage report viewers & owners for survey reports and view the Action Dashboard, but cannot create new surveys, manage settings or share reports.

Other Survey roles

Survey comment replier

Can reply publicly to comments left on surveys.

Survey data analyst

Can extract raw data from surveys where enabled.

Performance roles

Performance administrator

Manage all performance cycles, including reviews, self-reflections, and goals.

Performance HR business partner

Restricted access to performance data within assigned departments.

Development roles

Develop administrator

Manage aspects of employee development, including viewing reports and administering Skills coach, without accessing sensitive performance data.

Goals roles

Goals administrator

Can create, manage, and oversee all goals across the organization. Cannot create or manage the organizational structure.

Group goals admin

Can create and manage goals for specific groups of people (e.g., a department). Has admin access to all group and individual goals in and below the assigned group.

Group goal creator (Deprecated)

Can create and manage goals for specific groups (e.g., department). This role is being deprecated and cannot be assigned to new accounts.

Other Goals roles

Department goal creator (Goals classic)

Can create and manage goals for their assigned departments.


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