Head of Talent Acquisition/Fractional TA LeaderAs an accomplished leader in Talent Acquisition, I have a proven track record of transforming and scaling recruitment functions across diverse industries and global organizations. My expertise includes developing strategic workforce plans, optimizing talent acquisition processes, and implementing innovative technologies to support large-scale hiring needs efficiently.

Forty2 Heights Consulting is a premier consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations develop stronger internal recruiting and staffing capabilities. With extensive experience in the critical area of Talent Acquisition we assist our clients in everything from the very top of the funnel, including search & selection, through on-boarding, Steve@forty2heights.com

Wilson is a global RPO leader in innovative talent solutions that are custom-made to fit your needs and designed to flex with you as your needs change. I led our efforts in helping companies build better Talent Acquisition Solutions largely in the Health Care IndustryLed a strategic engagement with a major hospital system (9 hospitals, ~13,000 employees) 5000+ hires annually) to develop a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy and technology framework. This included centralizing talent acquisition, building a robust recruitment marketing, sourcing, and coordination function, and implementing Workday Recruiting & Phenom over a 2-year engagement.Championed a continuous improvement approach to recruitment, partnering closely with clients to ensure seamless implementation of new processes and technologies. Led a consulting engagement to develop a workforce plan for a 30,000-person company, collaborating with TA, HR, People Analytics, and Finance to develop a framework for managing hiring needs across businesses and geographies.Delivered significant cost savings for a $250 million medical devices company by optimizing their staffing model, vendor support structure, ATS, and TA technology stack. My recommendations resulted in an annualized cost savings of over $10 million.

Reimagined and re-architected the recruiting process by creating a seamless digital journey for the candidate, hiring manager and recruiter, in order to support growth in hiring from 450 staff annually to approximately 1,200 in the US while increasing diversity, internal mobility and reducing time to fill. The team supported hiring permanent and temporary employees from campus to executive, across 30+ offices. Key Accomplishments:Grew team to support growth in hiring from 450 staff annually to approximately 1,200 in the US while increasing diversity, internal mobility and reducing time to fill.Increased our capabilities to support immigration and mobility/relocation.Implemented HireVue for on-demand video interviewing and Handshake for digital distribution of jobs across a wider range of schools and students, driving up diversity in our campus recruiting activities.Led the RFP & implementation of SmartRecruiters, as our ATS by partnering with HRIS/HR Operations and IT to build integrations with core HR systems and outside tools, such as Codility, Handshake & HireVue.Implemented Textio, an augmented writing tool, to improve position descriptions. Partnered with marketing and The Muse to develop Broadridge recruiting marketing content. Recruiters utilize our social media distribution tool to gain broader brand recognition.Led contingent worker recruiting team, supporting over 500 hires.

Directed the day to day operations of the the Global Recruiting Team to include; Operational Management, Recruiting Technology, Recruitment/Employment Brand Marketing. In addition to direct oversight of the Global Campus & Diversity Recruiting functions. Part of the project team evaluating HRIS Solutions as the Recruiting subject matter expert.

Head of lateral recruiting for the investment banking, finance, legal, audit, compliance & corporate services divisions. Duties include full life cycle recruiting from analyst to senior management level positions.

Promoted from Associate to Partner-in the Financial Services Technology, Operations and Risk Practice