Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
- Partnered with stakeholders to assess and understand business strategy, candidate requirements as well as develop sourcing and interviewing strategy to target and assess top talent. Businesses supported include Customer Experience, Marketing & Advertising Technologies, Data Ventures and US Omni & Platforms.- Negotiated complex compensation packages and closed candidates, continuously delivered high quality candidates and fulfilled businesses’ recruiting goals.- Utilized data and insights to create a narrative around hiring, diversity and inclusion, and candidate experience.- Was frequently called upon to coach and mentor new joiners and continue to provide guidance in Teams group chats with regard to process/logistics/information.- Co-founded Slack channel with a colleague in Marketing related to hiring/recruiting and regularly advise internal associates who have questions regarding navigating the job search process, including eligibility requirements and other topics. In 2+ months the channel has grown from 200+ to 4000+ members.- Assumed responsibility of recruiting for Marketing & Advertising Technology over the course of 14 months in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, partnering with stakeholders, project managers and coordinators. Traveled to Sunnyvale to facilitate jobseeker introductions to hiring managers during a 2022 recruiting event. Highlights included a total of 25 offers extended in July 2022, with 21 acceptances.- Participated in BEYA (Black Engineer of the Year Awards) in Washington DC, conducting interviews during 2023 career fair and making offers to qualified candidates.- Roles filled include: Software Engineer III, Senior Software Engineer, Staff Software Engineer, Principal Software Engineer, Senior Manager/Software Engineering, Director/Software Engineering, Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager, Senior Product Manager, Senior/Staff/Principal Data Scientist, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Quality Engineer.