Brian Mathews Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Lead the Global Revenue People Business Partners team (myself and 2 People BP's) in Pluralsight with responsibility for aligning the people programs to the strategic goals of the revenue team. Responsibilities include:• Acting as a trusted advisor to Chief Sales Officer, Chief Customer Officer, EVP Sales in EMEA and SVP Global Revenue Strategy and Operations • Coaching, mentoring and being a strategic partner to global and EMEA leaders to ensure all decisions are made in line with the local legislative environment as well as in line with our company values and mission• Talent Planning - Responsible, with leaders, for assessing all talent in the Revenue organisation and working with them to ensure we have the right strategies in place to retain and develop our top talent• Performance management – ensuring globally scalable performance management systems are in place to support the development of our Revenue team members• Work within a Centre of Excellence structure partnering with Talent, Total Rewards, Payroll and People Operations to ensure we are providing a unified employee experience to our team• Continuing to lead through all my interactions with my colleagues with empathy. Understanding that we are all more than how we show up in work and giving as much consideration to the challenges that we overcome in our lives to allow us to be our best selves in work• Whenever possible, try to celebrate the wins and have fun

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

At Pluralsight our mission is To Advance the World's Technology Workforce. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to create progress through technology and develop the skills of tomorrow. With assessments, learning paths and courses authored by industry experts, our platform helps businesses and individuals benchmark expertise across roles, speed up release cycles and build reliable, secure products.In my role as Regional People Lead for Pluralsight in EMEA, I sit on the Leadership team and am responsible for:• Acting as a trusted advisor to the EVP Revenue and the entire leadership team in EMEA• Coaching, guiding and mentoring all leaders within the EMEA region ensuring we are acting in line with our company values and mission• Responsible, with leaders, for assessing all talent in EMEA and working with them to ensure we have the right strategies in place to retain and develop our top talent• Building on the great culture we have co-created in EMEA by ensuring people initiatives have inclusion and belonging at woven through their DNA• Work with my partners in Talent, Compensation & Benefits, Payroll and People Operations to ensure we are providing a unified employee experience to our growing team in EMEA• Represent all things people for EMEA with my global people partners, working to make sure any centre led initiatives are appropriate to be rolled out across the region• Understand and be able to advise leaders on how our policies and procedures can be applied in each of the 6 countries we have employees (France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden and the UK), including global legal counsel when appropriate• Leading through all my interactions with my colleagues with empathy. Understanding that we are all more than we see on the screen in front of us and giving as much consideration as possible to the challenges that we overcome outside of work to allow us to be our best selves in work

County Dublin, Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

Edge by Ascential™ delivers some of the industry’s most accurate and actionable sales-driving data, insights and advisory solutions for global brands and retailers looking to win in today’s ecommerce-driven world.We are 440 people globally across 6 countries (China, Germany, UK, France, Ireland and the US). The team is made up of Sales, Tech, Data Science, CS, Data Ops and support functions. In September 2018 four companies (One Click Retail, PRNG, Clavis Insight and Brandview) were integrated to form the globe’s largest provider of ecommerce insights.• Act as a trusted advisor and coach to fellow members of the Leadership team challenging them respectfully when appropriate• Work with leadership team to understand current challenges and develop knowledge-based, cross geography solutions • Work closely with SVP Revenue to re-org and align sales team of approximately 70 people appropriately to meet business objectives• Responsible for the HR integration of the 4 companies including all aspects of org design• Work with fellow leaders to understand business priorities and build headcount and recruitment plans that will deliver on those objectives• The migration of all employees to one HR system• The standardisation and harmonisation of benefits by geography including a bonus buy out initiative• Building strong relationships and understanding with HR Centres of Excellence located in London• Responsible for the launch of internal communications initiatives to ensure alignment to overall brand mission, a better understanding organisational progress and take steps to creating a high trust environment• Use strong business knowledge and data to guide HR priorities and solutions • Support manager development creating and delivering training to meet business needs • Lead and deliver all aspects of HR in Ireland from onboarding, training, comp & ben and involvement in recruitment for senior roles• Provide coaching to all employees and lead a team of 2 HRBPs

County Dublin, Ireland

Clavis Insight is a global E-Commerce leader empowering manufacturers with consistent performance reporting, identification of actions that drive growth, and content auditing that helps to protect and enhance brand equity.I am responsible for providing all aspects of HR support and guidance to our local and global teams.

Dublin

The openeir team are responsible for designing, building and maintaining the Telecoms network within Ireland. Full HR lifecycle support provided to all team members including I.T., Sales, Senior Management and Field Technicians.• Partner with senior open eir and HR leadership to define and implement HR strategy to ensure business priorities are supported• Diagnosis of overall HR support identifying areas for improvement, developing customer focused solutions and delivering all changes to ensure improved support to the business (Performance cycle, HR communications, policy review)• Coach and support Business Managers in all aspects of HR from Workforce Planning to Performance Management• HR lead for all elements of National Broadband Plan bid including policy development & advice, company structure & resourcing plans • Project lead on Multigenerational Workforce initiative (Capability Assessment and Accommodation streams) • Built strong relationships with all internal and external stakeholders taking a partnership approach to ensure calm Industrial Relations landscape• Created HRBP group to promote team building, knowledge sharing and identification of development opportunities for a relatively new HR team • HR partner for ♯sheleads group promoting opportunities for female employees within eir• Provide end to end HR support for all levels of the open eir team (1,800 employees nationwide) ensuring a thorough understanding of requirements at all levels of the organisation

Dublin, Ireland

The People Operations Team are responsible for the day-to-day HR operations, HR process improvements and key HR project delivery.• Lead a team of 15 people, including 5 direct reports to deliver day to day HR support for the business including HR Admin, Payroll and Benefit Management• Oversee the delivery of HR projects that support the People Strategy including the delivery of a new HR People System (Core HR)• Lead HR improvement programmes such as the annual performance cycle and drive cost saving initiatives • Partner with Senior Business and HR Leadership to ensure alignment of HR projects to company goals

Oak Brook

• Provided HR support for the development team responsible for building and developing restaurants in the US – 330 employees working in 22 sites across the US - after a major rationalisation.• Partnered with Development team and Talent Acquisition team to move staffing levels from 90% to 100% in 3 month period.• Identified and prioritised HR strategies to support strategic business objectives following agreement with senior development leadership.• Designed processes for recruitment, on boarding and separation.• Created and delivered HR training programmes to enhance the ability of employees to cope with major cultural and structural change within the organisation. • Dealt with employee issues including non-performance, employee relations and highly sensitive personal situations.• Advised, supported and influenced the senior team on all HR related matters, including employment law, reward and recognition, diversity and workplace enhancements to increase employee engagement.

Oak Brook

Led large-scale employee engagement global projects while also operating as key HR expert on the design and delivery of global operational programmes.Employee Engagement Projects• Led a number of successful major global cross-functional employee engagement projects including a singing competition called ‘Voice of McDonald’s’ (VOM)– across 70 countries.• Energised, motivated and aligned a team of 20+ people from diverse functions.• Developed implementation plans and managed resource allocation, risk identification, communications and a budget of $2.1m.• Increased global entrants from 21,000 to 58,000, increased social media metrics and delivered project on time and in budget.• Other global engagement projects included ‘Olympic Champion Crew’ and a new initiative ‘Crew World Cup’ for restaurant employees.Global Operational Improvement Projects• Worked as part of a global project team to redesign the restaurant management structure to improve the talent pipeline, accountability and development opportunities for restaurant management teams.• Created a global plan for use in 119 markets (35,000 restaurants) when transitioning from the old structure to the new structure, which included compensation roadmaps, legal implications and stakeholder management.• Wrote Global Job descriptions, including competencies and performance review guidelines for use by international markets. • Chosen to work on a global Brand Protection in store audit to ensure that both regulatory and McDonald’s standards were being met in all markets.• Created a people audit based on global HR best practice. Worked with global HR partners to adapt it to ensure it was relevant and met legal local requirements.• Delivered McDonald’s HR training courses to US and global HR employees including strategic management, situational leadership and goal prioritisation.Promoted from Global HR Design Consultant to Global HR Design Manager in 2014.

Dublin

• Worked as part of a team of 3 handling all HR matters for 22 Franchisees, 85 restaurants, Irish head office with a total of 4,000 employees.• Coached and mentored Business managers when dealing with HR related issues, including employment law and complex disciplinary cases.• Reduced annual restaurant turnover from 110% in 2006 to 60% in 2011.• Represented McDonald’s in the Employment Appeals Tribunal and Rights Commissioner hearings.• Managed employee benefits (Pension, Health Insurance, Mobiles Phones and Fleet) including supplier negotiation, communication and issue resolution.• Oversaw the annual compensation and benefits cycle for McDonald’s Head Office and company owned restaurants.• Managed insurance programme including monitoring and management of all 3rd party claims against McDonald’ s.• Designed and delivered over 500 hours of HR related training to 400 senior restaurant employees.• Created and implemented a restaurant employee audit to ensure compliance with legal minimums and corporate standards.• Led a project which delivered an employee engagement portal (ourlounge.ie). Managed all aspects of the project including planning, resource allocation, communication, and vendor management. • Developed training programmes and user guides to assist user take up and to ensure maximisation of employee benefit from use of portal.• Project managed the Great Place to Work with initiative, which resulted in the European award for “Developing the Full Potential of our Employees” 2011 – one of only 4 companies in Europe to be recognised.• Awarded Significant Contributor for McDonald’s Ireland in 2010 and Global Circle of Excellence winner in 2012.Promoted from HR Generalist to HR Consultant in 2008.

Dublin

Had responsibility for the operational running of a busy HR department for Ireland, totalling over 100 employees in 19 branches. Assisted and advised with best practice solutions to managers on employee relations issues. Formulated and reviewed policies and ensured they were in line with legislation and company policies. Managed redundancy Programmes. Managed the recruitment lifecycle for senior personnel i.e. Branch Managers and Regional Managers. Managed the grievance, disciplinary and termination procedures.

Recruitment

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Human Resources Management

Leaving Certificate, General