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Founding Talent member brought in to build recruiting processes, scalable onboarding, and assist with People Ops.

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Contract hire to fill in for maternity leave. Focused on Finance, Marketing, & Strategic Ops.

Acquired by Calendly October 2022 & Impacted by acquisitionFounding Talent & People Team member hired to architect and transform recruiting and streamline company processes. Responsible for evaluating employment issues, reviewing applicable company policies, state laws, and partnering with leaders to determine appropriate objectives. Integral part in facilitating company transition during acquisition by Calendly in October 2022. • Oversaw strategic direction of scaling company headcount• Owned design and deployment of new hiring processes, improvements, and initiatives• Consulted and provided solutions to business leaders on workforce, talent, and operational matters• Built out a new hire onboarding process and advised managers on deployment and training • Partnered and co-designed recruitment marketing and employer brand campaigns • Go to knowledge expert on hiring, compensation, benefits, employee engagement and relations, and People/Talent systems

Oversaw and managed end-to-end corporate GTM and G&A recruiting function and led a 4-person team of recruiters and coordinators. Heavily partnered with stakeholders and led headcount planning to improve hiring processes and reduce friction, resulting in the successful new buildout and growth of all customer-facing and revenue teams. • Redesigned and launched a collaborative enterprise-wide recruiting playbook• Built a pipeline model reporting used to provide hiring visibility and improve pass-through rates• Created, designed, and led all recruitment marketing initiatives and campaigns• Initiated, led, and fully implemented BrightHire, reducing bias and improving overall interview quality and training• Restructured and implemented cross-functional new hire offer and onboarding process• Trained and mentored team in new skill sets and tools to influence two promotions and 50% growth of the team

Founding talent hire that led enterprise Talent Acquisition function for telehealth start-up and its subsidiary, Vida Medical. Built and managed a 15-person high-performing team that hired over 1500 individuals (1099, PTE, FTE) since May 2020. Strategically scaled organization resulting in company quarterly/yearly revenue goals being exceeded. Executed headcount program and functional budget process for corporate growth focusing on Engineering, Sales, Product, & Marketing functions.• Researched, built, and completed full implementation of new ATS (Lever) in 2 months• Overhauled and rebuilt recruiting processes, eliminating over 5 hours of manual work per hire• Spearheaded, designed, and deployed new hire onboarding program• Created and launched a successful company referral bonus program• Successfully built and implemented values-based interview program and led enterprise-wide interview training

Impacted by COVID-19Partnered with internal clients in Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Sales, Analytics, and Music departments on fulfilling their talent acquisition and talent management needs. Oversaw full-cycle recruiting initiatives and mentorship of Talent Managers and Coordinators. Advised executive team on new-hire negotiations and compensation package composition. Supervised ongoing optimization of Applicant Tracking System (ATS) operation, section, and screening criteria, and reporting. Project lead across Global Talent Team (EMEA, APAC, LAD, NA).• Guided hiring leaders through difficult negotiations result in 98% acceptance rate of offers.• Led initial project planning for Global Internship Program.• Introduced competency-based training and coaching for hiring managers and interview teams across the enterprise worldwide.• Streamlined interactions between Recruiters and Coordinators, making global recruiting process more efficient for the team and candidates; saving 48 hours in communication turnaround.• Advised management on hiring “best practices.”

Moved into dual role to expand skillsets and build SDC's first compensation structure & philosophy enterprise wide from scratch.

Headed corporate recruiting team of Recruiters and Coordinators who grew organization from 200 to 5,000 employees, as well as spearheading international recruitment during company’s global expansion.

SPIN-OFF OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS (CHS)Chosen by leadership to orchestrate strategic HR initiatives that included creation of Talent Development, Executive-level Recruiting, and Compensation functions, as well as created RMS database from scratch prior to supervision of the Applicant Tracking System implementation for hospital corporation spun off from CHS. Oversaw full life-cycle executive recruitment for affiliated hospital Operations, Financial, and Clinical positions in addition to Quorum Health Resources’ (QHR) management contract facilities openings. Regularly collaborated with individual hospitals’ executive leadership on TA resource needs. Streamlined recruitment processes across both organizations; conceptualized metrics to track, and report on recruiting, turnover, retention, headcount forecasting, and succession planning. Originated and managed annual recruiting budget.• Saved $1.5M in TA costs by eliminating third-party recruiting fees.• Reduced $250K in spend through negotiations with Indeed and CareerBuilder while increasing productivity and job board use across organization’s portfolio.• Created recruiting legalities training for leadership and human resources across organization.• Streamlined recruitment across both Quorum Health and QHR.

Replenished senior executive-level talent in corporate and community hospitals, filling CEO, COO, and ACEO openings. Collaborated with each management team to identify potential candidates for contact. Networked within company and industry nationwide to generate referrals; leveraged established relationships and engaged third-party search firms for additional candidates. Extensively interviewed candidates and checked references. Coordinated Preceptor recruiting events and ACHE Congress scheduling.• Cultivated positive working relationships with Division Presidents and VPs through responsive customer service on recruitment and retention.

Managed full life-cycle recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, and talent strategy for exempt and non-exempt positions in corporate departments across Transportation, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Solutions, Project Management, and Implementation. Successfully implemented strategic recruiting plan for Transportation business unit, winning 4 new customer contracts, while co-developing OHL’s Leader-In-Training program.