Jean Powers Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

*Provided strategic talent acquisition support to scale our Commercial Operations business across the US.*Managed a high performing team that consistently exceeded hiring targets, with an average offer acceptance rate of 88-91% YOY.*Focused team on operational excellence, quality of hires, process efficiency and creating a superior candidate experience.*Created a diversity action plan with an emphasis on pipelines for top of funnel candidates and provided continual thought leadership.*Chosen for a project team to select and deliver requirements for a new ATS for the company.

San Francisco, California, Us

*Focused on hiring talent at Director level and below for Marketing, Communications, People, Design, Product Development. Consistently met or exceeded offer acceptance targets with 85% average YOY. *Partnered with Operations to deliver new processes around candidate experience, requisition approval process, and offer training. Delivered Hiring Manager Fundamentals training quarterly and assisted in program redesign. *Trained and mentored new recruiters on a team that grew more than 100%.*Nominated as a Social Impact Ambassador for Cruise, participating in key events by speaking and representing Cruise at community events. Spoke at career panels, performed mock interviews, and advised on overall career strategy for candidates from underserved communities.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

*Hired for a newly created role that managed global Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partners for a rapidly scaling organization, doubling in size in 3 years. *Due to high hiring targets and the goal of creating a game studio, developed an RPO solution to which grew our Technology organization 43% in one year. *Responsible for creating and delivering global programs – leadership development, executive recruiting, manager 101, diversity training. *Partnered with HR peers on all cross-organization initiatives: annual performance review, bonus and merit programs, and large-scale company events. *Trained and mentored my team on more complex employee relations issues and terminations.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

*Joined Zulily at a time of tremendous growth and change across the company – at times, led the entire recruiting organization of 30 while hiring additional HR leadership. *Created strategies to grow the Engineering organization 100% in one year.*Responsible for transforming a recruiting team to drive increases in high volume growth. Hired, coached and mentored recruiters for optimal customer satisfaction through quality recruiting strategies. *Drove corporate wide recruiting programs to achieve increased hiring targets. Took over the Relocation and Immigration programs, partnered with the Technology organization on re-launching our career site, and drove our social sourcing strategy.

Redmond, Washington, Us

*Accountable for driving people initiatives with all levels of management for a worldwide sales and support organization – annual review, career discussions, performance management and succession planning. *Supported leadership with forecasting headcount, team reorganizations, retention strategies, and facilitated workforce reductions and talent movement as part of fiscal planning. *Managed employee relations issues, provided analysis on attrition and performance trends and created a strong focus on talent management. *Project managed multiple large international reduction-in-force events. *Led the Diversity & Inclusion strategy for our organization. *Participated in cross group teams on Microsoft Poll, Manager Excellence, Seattle Women’s Group, and Leadership Forum.

Redmond, Washington, Us

*Managed a team of recruiters while recruiting for core technical positions for the Windows Live Development Platform team. Consistently met or exceeded hiring goals with Offer Acceptance average of 80%. *Responsible for full cycle recruiting for MSN Search (Bing) from requisition review, sourcing/screening to interview and offer/decline. *Selected to be Acting Staffing Manager for Windows Live China for a 7 month stretch assignment in Beijing. *Created standardized headcount process, co-managed contractor conversion project with HR Manager in Beijing and assisted in global leveling transition for China R&D organization.

Seattle, Wa, Us

*Was responsible for the overall recruitment process for Engineering. Sourced candidates, conducted phone interviews, held onsite interviews with assigned competency-based questions per interviewer, negotiated offers, and ensured hires a smooth orientation to the company. *Provided support through several group downsizings by working with managers on employee communication and process. *In time of expansion, became Amazon’s first Executive Recruiter, hiring 10 VP+ roles globally.