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Union City, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

As the enterprise talent leader, designing and implementing scalable programs that position the iRhythm as a highly desirable employer in the competitive global talent market.•Designed, executed and managed best-in-class programs and people to attract and retain the best talent; hiring over 2200 employees in 3 years.•Shaped the enterprise talent acquisition strategy for future growth and efficiency through technology, process, and workflow.•Continuously improved the recruitment process through the use of metrics to measure qualitative feedback and reporting. Offer acceptance above 80%, average Time-to Fill within industry benchmarks for all segments of the business, Hiring Manager satisfaction 80%, 31% reduction in average Time-to-Hire.•Championed a culture of heightened employee engagement where every employee is a talent scout.•Developed and managed an annual budget and operating plan to support the global talent acquisition programs and staff ( TA Operations, Contingent Workforce, Strategic Sourcing, Workforce Planning, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Recruiters and coordinators)

Oakland, Ca, Us

Talent Acquisition leader developing the global recruiting strategies, tactics and execution plans in support of the full talent acquisition life cycle for our offices in US, New Castle, U.K., Utrecht, Netherlands, Melbourne, Australia, Delhi, India, Seoul, Korea and throughout Latin America.

Lehi, Utah, Us

•Built a recruiting engine which resulted in significant company growth (i.e 2X) across Engineering, R&D, Sales, Marketing, CX, Finance and G&A in the US, Canada, Argentina, Europe and Asia.•Managed the full execution of the company-wide recruitment process, increasing velocity by implementing structured interviews, management of the funnel - conversion rates, time and results, improved hiring manager engagement/communications and KPIs.• Successfully partnered with the Head of Growth and the People Success Team to implement company-wide recruitment strategy, staffing technology, vendor management, hiring compliance for talent acquisition team.•Directed all aspects of Elementum’s global Talent Acquisition function including the design and development of programs and process, employment branding, communication, team management, data and analytics, systems…•Partnered with and advised hiring managers and employees alike to keep a pulse on and adapt to the organization’s short and long-term business objectives.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Thought Leader for Talent Acquisition (TA) strategies to support the growth of Pharmacylics.Managed and led full cycle recruitment activities across all functional areas which resulted in consistent productivity and growth.Optimized candidate sourcing model which reduced cost by 30%, increased effectiveness, and focused on hiring the right talent.Developed and managed team tasked with coordinating and executing service activities such as onboarding 300+ new employees (e.g. Biometrics, Data Management, Global Clinical Development, Tech Ops, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Discovery, Clinical Development, Clinical Science, Commercial, Finance, IT, G&A) annually, increased employee referrals, reduced external cost by $500K, maintained agency hires to less than 10% and reduced short term attrition. Led the operational elements of Talent Acquisition, marketing, sourcing, relocation, immigration, contingent/temporary workforce, consultants, internship program, administration, reporting, analytics, Affirmative Action Plan and compliance.Talent Acquisition Brand and Employee Value Proposition Development

• Public and Private Sector Workforce strategy, systems and technology, working with employers to help them increase productivity, strengthen competitiveness, and meet skill and hiring needs. • Talent Acquisition and Talent Mapping Product roadmap for a cutting edge stealth patented “big data” tools technology startup, which is a cloud service that works in tandem with apps for iPhone and Android.

Management and development of the talent acquisition, team, strategies, services and activities for eBay's Marketplaces, Stub Hub, Shopping.com, Rent.com and Global Functions.Filling 1300+ requisitions for Search Front/Back End, Mobile, Product Management, Product Marketing, Risk, Analytics, QE/QA, S/W Development, Cloud, Hadoop, NOCs, Platform Architects, BI, SEO, Legal, HR, IT, Finance, Communications, Operations and Customer Service.

Global Leadership and management of workforce diversity efforts, including staffing operations, Global Business Operations and Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research recruiting and EEO/AAP/ARRA compliance.• Design, execution and implementation of all elements in Staffing Excellence Plan, Global Staffing Process (1023 hires), Staffing Agency vendor management, AAP outreach, sourcing optimization, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) initiative, on-boarding management, behavioral based interview methodology and tools.• Staffing/Recruitment Process improvements on key measures TTF down 26%, Acceptance Rate +94%• Managed temp labor vendor, all service level, policy and delivery escalations, 12.5% cost efficiency (savings+avoidance) on $16M spend.

Overall management of the US professional staffing function, including planning and implementation of all activities related to staffing strategy, sourcing, recruiting, vendor management, candidate development, selection and hiring.• Led and developed a four site team of recruitment and program staff including the development and implementation of staffing budgets and plans.• Managed staffing team which successfully hired 430 associates, including the staffing of the new global headquarters in Cambridge, MA.

Lead the staffing and recruitment function in developing and executing strategies to provide a strong pipeline of highly qualified, diverse talent for the entire BSC organization at all sites.• Led and developed a staffing team, recruiters. sourcers and coordinators focused on delivering top talent to the organization in a timely manner for all BSC Sites. (10 Direct reports, 1400+ FTE hires)•Continually developed sources, recruiting channels and outreach programs to meet diversity goals and objectives. (50% Diverse hires)

Oakland, California, Us

Providing Strategic leadership in Workforce Planning for the East Bay Service Area covering four Medical Centers.• Developed and implemented short and long term service area workforce plan for critical, hard-to-fill Clinical and Allied Health disciplines.

Provided full-service recruiting organization responsible for the total workforce staffing solution - sourcing, recruiting, research, interviewing, hiring and on-boarding throughout the Global Business Units.• Strategic partner with staff in each vertical for Global Business Units resulting in 1,100 hires.• Development of high performance recruiting team that consistently met workforce targets and established target recruiting teams by business function (e.g. Hardware, Software, Middleware, Systems, Data Base…)