Senior Human Resources Business Partner / Strategic Technical Recruiter
Lockheed Martin Corporation
San Jose, Ca
Prime HR representative during entire proposal phase, and lone HR Business Partner after award of a $2.3 billion program (TMOS) operated domestically from diverse geographical locations; collaborated with external contract teammates on overall program support; led critical staffing efforts for this key, highly visible, high-tech, state of the art, extremely fast paced program. Staffing was critical for success and was primarily software, systems engineers, network architects - mid to very senior PhD level engineers. Successful in hiring elite "A" engineering team of the most sought after Silicon Valley engineers.Managed external vendors for our elite engineering organization. Set up and interviewed hundreds of engineering candidates, conducted pre-screen interviews, background checks.Have significant network/pipeline through industry relationships and multiple contacts. During TMOS proposal phase/prior to TMOS award, worked with management to develop detailed organizational structure and detailed position descriptions. Ability to successfully attract, recruit and hire highly sought after extremely qualified engineers for this program of approx. 300 - 400. Developed all levels of position descriptions. Set up interviews, interviewed, prepared contingent offers (upon program award). When program was officially awarded - program staffing was ~90% complete as staffing was worked prior to award.Lead HR Business Partner for Engineering Organization of geographically dispersed engineers, software engineers, systems engineers, mechanical engineers, network architect engineers. Recruiting and retention were key responsibilities. Aggressively pursued and successfully recruited and retained top engineering candidates who were sought after by high tech Silicon Valley companies. Worked directly with engineering and program management to identify recruiting needs, develop position descriptions to successfully attract/hire the best candidates.