Leah Macdonald Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Remote First Company, Us

I founded LMS Consulting with the goal of helping organizations with all areas of TA. During my tenure I have focused in the following specialties:*ATS Implementation*Hiring for niche technical/non technical roles*Hiring for pharma roles including CSO *Founding the recruiting function for seed/early stage start ups*Sourcing for Machine Learning, Data Science, Engineering candidates*Working on branding solutions for early stage organizations*Focused on hiring manager/candidate experience*Job description/compensation and leveling guidanceClients have included: Reboot Rx, Layer Health, Spectrum AI

Lexington, Ma, Us

*Leading the Recruiting team at Valo Health establishing all policies, systems, and process for the team*Recruited and hired roles for engineering, machine learning, drug discovery, and preclinical and clinical based roles*Reduced time to fill on technical roles by more than 65 days*Customized Greenhouse for reporting, stage transitions, HR system integrations*Implemented Greenhouse On-boarding*Participated in branding and negotiated agreements with Hired, VentureFizz, and BuiltIn*Participated weekly in executive leadership meetings to discuss state of hiring and recommendation solutions*Partnered with compensation and ran Radford analysis to determine correct compensation brackets*Created custom reporting to highlight time to fill improvement and other key metrics*Actively participating as the sole recruiter due to RIF - hiring all 2023 hires through active sourcing*Own and revamping on-boarding experience for new hires*Managed team of up to 6 recruiters and coordinators

New York, Ny, Us

*Headed the talent team at Foursquare - scaling the TA group to 11*Participated in scoping and scaling to open our EMEA office in Serbia*Actively recruited on Director, VP and Executive roles*Streamlined Greenhouse to optimize our ATS*Worked with HR teams on comp initiatives, training, L&D *Participated in headcount exercises *Built relationships with leaders to help address recruiting issues*Developed team of RCs, Managers and Recruiters to meet hiring needs for the organization

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

*Managed the technical recruiting team at PathAI during key scaling times*Hired for Product, ML, and Engineering teams*Created training programs for the organization on hiring, unconscious bias, and interview techniques*Optimized our ATS for best hiring practices

South San Francisco, California, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

I worked as an Executive Recruiter at Amazon supporting hiring for Directors and VP's in many of Amazon's fastest growing business at Amazon, including: - Amazon Video- WW Advertising- Amazon Studios- Amazon Music- Corporate Development- IMDb- Corporate Business Development- Drive- Mobile Business Development- DPReview- Amazon Registry Services- Prime Photos

Seattle, Wa, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Worked as a Lead Corporate Recruiter responsible for hiring and strategy for Product Management, Product Marketing, Corporate Development, Accounting & Finance, Legal, IT, Data Analytics, Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory Compliance, and C&I Marketing organizations. *Filled over 65 positions in 2015 as a full cycle recruiter before my departure *Hired over 100+ people during my tenure*Worked with C-Level Executives on hiring and strategy for their roles*Consistently voted by peers as an exceptional/"Rock Star" recruiter each quarter*Strategically sourced for all my openings*Consistently managed a req load of over 15 unique positions

Lowell, Ma, Us

I worked as a Strategic Sourcer/Recruiter on Kronos’s Talent Acquisition Team. My role was all about the candidate experience and finding the right talent to come join the organization. Accomplishments:*Managed the twitter handle and working on social media strategy for Talent Acquisition*Assisted in hiring our first Technology Employee Development Program class. The TED program is an 18 month rotational program in our Engineering team. *Worked on openings in the US, Canada and India *Created unique sourcing strategies to find passive candidates*Worked with recent acquisitions on hiring strategy and process*Certified by AIRS for my CIR

Bedford, Massachusetts, Us

I was responsible for full life-cycle recruiting for Winter, Wyman’s internal staff. The majority of the positions I filled were Recruiters, Staffing Managers, Account Managers and Permanent Placement Consultants. I was the first and only Corporate Recruiter and handled the hiring for our Boston, Waltham and New York locations. Accomplishments:*Hired over 50 people during my tenure -- many coming from quota carrying positions *Created, executed and managed a full scale summer internship program for our offices*Created a vendor agreement and managed relationships with staffing agencies*Established working relationships with local colleges and universities*Rewrote job descriptions and handled various HR activities

Cambridge, Ma, Us

The CIO Group serves as an extension of a company’s CIO staff and provides leadership, guidance, research and peer connections to help solve today’s challenges in the IT space. As an Advisor, I worked with my team to help members with business and technologies challenges ranging from research, inquiries, organizing member only breakfasts, presenting at CIO Forums, creating member newsletters, supporting research topics and facilitating member-to-member interactions.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

As a Talent Acquisition Associate I conducted full life cycle recruiting for our Corporate Services, Corporate Marketing, Corporate IT, Data and Forrester Leadership Board teams.Accomplishments:*Implemented customized Behavioral Interviewing Guides for roles*Trained hiring managers and teams on interviewing techniques*Hired for a variety of niche positions within the organization*Successfully sourced passive candidates to fill a variety of roles*Worked on identifying and qualifying vendors for a new ATS implementation and integration with the TA team

Hanover, Maryland, Us

I was responsible for full life cycle recruiting for our CE Division. I handled contract, contract to hire and direct placement opportunities for individuals in the Architecture & Engineering, Medical Device, Manufacturing, DoD and Software Engineering markets. Starting in August 2006 I became and Account Manager, where I was responsible for developing new business and promoting Aerotek's services.*Consistently ranked as a top recruiter during my tenure*Held #1 recruiting spot at Aerotek in our office for over 3 months*Ranked in the top 10 nationally for Aerotek in the CE Division*Became a Recruiter Mentor for new hires*Selected to become a Diversity Champion*Worked on Aerotek's Diversity Council for Hiring*Cold called new clients to educate them on our services*Managed one recruiter while handling Account Management responsibilities

Chicago, Il, Us

I participated in a fast paced management development program for Sears to understand the complexity of the retail space.

Bachelors Degree, Operational Management/ Organizational Behavior

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