Karen Stevens Email & Phone Number

Morrisville, Nc, Us

New York, New York, Us

Interim chief people officer for Motive portfolio company: InvestCloud.

Dublin 2, Ie

-Led the change journey for transformation across multiple global strategic priorities, involving a number of senior leaders and large organizational effectiveness initiatives; served as advisor and sounding board to senior leaders and HR leaders across entities -Created and led the implementation for the Boundaryless Opportunities Experience - a personalized transition journey, using the metaverse and in-person approaches, for employees who need to be redeployed within the company-Conceptualized, designed and implemented a highly effective, year-long senior leader onboarding program with the mission of setting newly hired executives up to thrive in the organization-Advocate for the Future of Work, including presenting thought leadership as key note speaker-Lead the teams at Accenture responsible for the experience design of each inflection point in an employee's career for more than 700,000 employees: -Global Onboarding - creating a world class experience in the Metaverse leading to multiple Gold Medal recognitions from Brandon Hall -Global Internal Mobility (inclusive of LOA) - creating a global experience for employees to find their next career opportunity inside Accenture and ensuring that managers have ongoing career conversations with each of their team members, including when someone returns from LOA -Exits - voluntary and involuntary - with the vision of creating an experience regardless of geography that leaves an exiting employee with a great last impression and leaves the door open for them to return -Accenture Global Alumni Network - fostering ongoing relationships with former employees through regular broadcasts on career topics, thought leadership, and our technology vision and provides a platform with interesting content, career opportunities and a networking platform to connect with former colleagues -for each of these inflection point areas, review collected data looking for insights and opportunities-Sponsor Women's ERG

Dublin 2, Ie

Served as advisor to HR Leaders across Accenture on career strategy, talent mobility, and transition experience for more than 600,000 employees.In spring of 2020, was chief architect of a global approach to caring for grieving families of our employees: steeped in compassion, this approach to bereavement outreach included personalized support for families and teams taking into account the added pressures of the pandemic.Co-architected an advocate program for employees reporting highly sensitive concerns such as racism, sexism or sexual misconduct. (And, in some instances, participated in investigations as employee relations representative)Created and led global programs for leaders to build the skill of delivering difficult but important messages.Created and implemented a robust retirement experience for senior leaders.Part of the team creating succession plans for senior leaders.Served as executive coach, utilizing Gallup Strengths, to Leaders requesting Strengths coaching.Continued to lead the teams responsible for global internal mobility, LOA, exits (including outplacement) and Accenture's global alumni network - including designing these experiences in Workday, Service Now and People Path.

Dublin 2, Ie

Responsible for the employee experience of all career transitions at Accenture - encompassing more than 400,000 employees worldwide, including:- Internal career mobility- Internal career marketplace- Transitioning out of Accenture- Leave of Absence re-entry- Global exit process and exit survey - Global Alumni NetworkAt Accenture we believe that everyone should be working at the intersection of their strengths/passions/interests and the needs of the business. We are striving to create a seamless experience of career mobility and transition that encourages every employees to align their career on a trajectory in which they will thrive. Whether those transitions take an employee from one business focus to another, another business unit altogether, or it means its time for them to look at opportunity outside of Accenture (hopefully temporarily!) - or if it means realigning their career to the needs of other areas of their life - we are creating a Truly Human approach to empowering our employees to seek the guidance they need, and make the choices that are right for them.In 2017, selected to participate in Accenture’s coveted Leadership Development Program. Working in a team of six, developed a solution to an assigned business problem and, out of 75 teams, was awarded first place for innovation, application and the ability for this platform to be used both internally and by clients. Continuing on as one of two teammates leading the project to bring the winning prototype to life, the platform has recently been rolled out in North America with plans to take the solution global. (This platform continues to be used by the campus recruiting team across North America as of 2023).

Vice President, Practice Development and Strategy March 2013-April 2015Leading the team responsible for ongoing development of our core methodologies in all of RiseSmart's practice areas - ensuring that we continue to lead the industry with the most current and best of breed career management and career transition practices and continue to develop best practices recommendations for HR leaders as they tackle career management and career transition challenges for their employees.As part of the senior leadership team, directly engaged in strategic decision making including program strategy, product strategy, corporate development and the hiring of executives, sales professionals, and other mission critical roles.Director, Client Services Feb 2009-March 2013Created and led the client services function, playing a key role in new customer acquisition, account management and client retention success - achieving 100% customer retention. Built and managed team of Client Services Managers and held direct responsibility for a number of key Fortune 500 accounts. RiseSmart's Client Services team is responsible for the day-to-day oversight and project management of service delivery to customers and ensuring service excellence to both the customer organization as well as the employees they entrust with RiseSmart. Directly involved in recruiting and hiring for members of the executive team, sales professionals, and other mission critical roles within RiseSmart.Director, Recruiting Services Sept 2008-Feb 2009Managed the sourcing and recruiting team responsible for providing Sales/Executive recruiting support to Fortune 500 customer organizations.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Worked closely with Practice Director to mentor Direct Hire Recruiting team.Partnered with client companies to find them the most talented candidates to fill their open positions. Highest fill rate on the west coast - often more than 200% of quota.

San Jose, California, Us

Worked with hiring managers to create recruiting strategies for their open positions. Recruited for & filled engineering, QA, Finance & Accounting, Sales & Marketing and Human Resources positions. Improved fills by internal referrals by more than 25%.

Executive, Professional and Personal Development CoachingWorked part time for several years with private clients on their professional and personal goals.

San Jose, California, Us

Sourced, screened, interviewed, schedued candidates, coached hiring managers, extended offers. We hired over 100 people in less than 12 months. (start up environment)

Us

Recruited & filled for Engineering, Marketing and Human Resources positions.

Woburn, Ma, Us

Managed client relationships with many Silicon Valley technology companies, recruiting top Accounting and Finance talent and placing them with client companies. Placed candidates in roles in high level positions including CFOs, Controllers, VPs Finance, Senior Financial Analysts and Accounting Managers.Achieved 120% to 300% of quota every quarter.Held the record for highest sales in a single quarter for over six years.

Foster City, Ca, Us

While at Gilead Sciences, I took operations to a new level of efficiency and relevance for this emerging biotechnology company. As Information Center Administrator, I conceptualized and created the Gilead Information Center providing scientists easier access to the information they needed to conduct their work as the company grew from 50 to 350 employees. Here, I designed a physical library and Information Center that is still in use today.

Ba, Theater

Ma, Psychology

Theater

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