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Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, Us

Denver, Colorado, Us

I manage all people functions, including compensation, benefits, learning and organizational development, HRIS and operations, payroll, and people partnering. I develop education and transparency around compensation philosophy, processes, and programs to empower leaders to communicate better with employees.Below listed are my key accomplishments within this role:Built all foundational infrastructure for organizational growth/development, including job architecture, performance management, and total rewards.Created people operations infrastructure to support 38% growth year over year.Increased key engagement factors in the first 9 months, including management scores by eight points, learning and development scores by seven points, and wellness scores by 10 points.Developed a performance management system to align with operating principles and core values with an emphasis on outcomes.Facilitated the hiring of eight new executives within nine months aimed at achieving ambitious objectives.Built team from three to 12 in one year.Onboarded new hires with 95% engagement score at 90 days.

Irvine, California, Us

In this role, along with many other tasks, I oversaw compensation, benefits, HR operations, and people analytics functions to enable Alteryx associates to thrive in work and life. One of my key assignments in this role is to develop and execute a new market-competitive parental leave policy to promote diversity/inclusion.Highlights of my contributions include:Launched global job architecture for 1500 associates with new compensation philosophy and career level structure.Optimized compensation processes and aligned with pay for performance philosophy.Created Emerging Leaders Program from scratch, a 16-week, multi-modality training program targeting anyone interested in leadership; over 200 participants in the first year of implementation and proven impact on career development, management, and engagement.Launched new family planning and fertility benefits platform.

Irvine, California, Us

During this tenure, I collaborated with the chief people officer to create role specific success matrices. I utilized job matrices to support performance driven compensation decisions and build intentional retention strategies.My top achievements within this role are following:Decreased attrition in client groups by 8% in nine months, while leveraging professional expertise.Increased communication score on pulse survey by seven points by developing communication norms to improve visibility and information sharing in close collaboration with leaders of client groups.Improved career development and job mobility by creating competency-based job matrices for each job profile within client groups.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

During this time period, I created an effective people operations strategy during hyper-growth period to drive optimum outcomes. I managed human resources team of 20 to consistently meet and exceed set performance goals.Below listed are my key accomplishments within this role:Achieved 95% positive overall candidate experience on candidate survey by developing and executing recruitment and hiring strategy.Enabled growth from 100 to 500+ employees in three years by building and implementing critical people operations infrastructure.Achieved a 92% positive engagement score on a 90-day onboarding survey by streamlining people operations efficiencies and onboarding/training for 400+ new employees.Improved communication scores on the annual engagement survey by 12 points by executing new internal communications platform.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

During this tenure, I developed all L&D programs and initiatives, including onboarding, leadership development, and strategic learning initiatives. I led customer-facing training for new hires and provided ongoing learning opportunities.My top achievements within this role are the following:Devised orientation program for new hires with over 400 new hires oriented since launch with consistently positive assessment: 90% positive for the welcome and Induction and 99% positive for organizational alignment.Created and facilitated a management training program contributing to an 11-point increase in overall management survey scores.Additional ExperienceDirector, People Experience | Trimble, Inc. – Westminster, ColoradoProfessor | Tulane University – New Orleans, Louisiana

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Political Science

Master Of Arts (Ma), Political Science

Master Of Arts (Ma), Religion/Religious Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Psychology & Communications