Vetted Workforce Planning Professionals

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with 10+ years driving large-scale K-12 district hiring, including staffing across 200 schools and managing thousands of candidates annually. Known for redesigning fragmented recruiting workflows and implementing ATS solutions (Lever, AppliTrack, Taleo, Oracle HCM) to deliver measurable gains: 15% vacancy reduction, 20% faster time-to-hire, 30% fewer compliance errors, and 25% faster onboarding.”

“People/HR strategy leader with experience in global team management and workforce planning across five divisions at Kantar. Uses data-driven org change (production + engagement analysis) and practical engagement levers (stay interviews, internal mobility, shift redesign) to deliver measurable results, including a 10% production efficiency gain in six months, and has led targeted initiatives to recruit/retain women through focus groups and flexible work options.”

“Recruiting Operations leader in agency owner and licensed sales recruiting who has managed a 9-person sourcing team and driven measurable funnel improvements (35%+ pipeline increase) through workflow redesign. Owns ATS/CRM ecosystems (iCIMS, Yello) and has led major migrations/integrations (SuccessFactors, Oracle) while coordinating across controls, data, engineering, recruiters, vendors, and legal.”

“People/Org leader with hands-on experience managing teams across Europe and the US, often in post-merger consolidation environments. Has repeatedly built product/design/analytics teams from scratch using benchmarking, role templating, and budget/scenario planning with finance, and has led high-stakes change initiatives including reorgs, M&A integration, and RIF execution with structured global communications.”

“Talent Acquisition leader (former Director of Talent Acquisition at Paramount Global) who has managed recruiter teams (1–7 direct reports) and can jump into high-impact executive searches. Experienced partnering with C-suite/EVP stakeholders and HRBPs on offer approvals and leveling/comp adjustments, and has implemented recruiting process/ATS workflows and team training programs across both startups and large enterprises.”

“HR leader experienced in partnering with senior leaders through restructuring and process standardization, supporting multi-location organizations with diverse teams. Strong in org design/workforce planning, manager coaching, and change communications (talking points/FAQs), with a focus on minimizing disruption while monitoring engagement and attrition trends.”

“Recruiting Operations/Talent Ops leader who owns end-to-end TA process, tech stack, and vendors, with experience managing both small direct teams and 20+ person matrix groups. Led complex compliance-focused workflow redesigns (including consent and candidate-to-req linking with 97% completion in 24 hours) and served as TA project manager for a PeopleSoft-to-Workday HCM transition while keeping the ATS running, aligning US/Canada process differences through security and routing.”

“Recruiting leader who builds structured, competency-based hiring systems and can also personally run Senior Director-to-C-Suite searches. Notable for scaling a full hiring season to 175+ teacher hires and for leading a high-stakes CEO succession search, advising a board to define a new leadership vision and landing a CEO who remains successful four years later.”

“Leader at PENTAX Medical with hands-on experience managing globally distributed teams (Japan, Singapore, Europe, Canada) and navigating cultural/time-zone challenges through structured written communication. Helped drive a major shift from regional autonomy to a global leadership model by defining roles, splitting functions into global teams, and identifying skill gaps—resulting in improved efficiency and reduced overhead. Currently building out an analytics function spanning IT, Sales, Marketing, and Finance, including Power BI and Salesforce ownership alignment.”

“Org design and change-management leader with experience running globally distributed teams across North America, Europe, and Asia. Has built and managed product/design/analytics functions and partnered with executives on restructures and product rollouts by clarifying decision rights, implementing structured communication rhythms, and using analytics to guide resourcing and planning.”

“People/HR partner with experience supporting globally distributed teams at Justworks, Flatiron School, and WeWork (including greenfield operations in APAC). Has partnered closely with engineering/product/design/analytics leaders on job architecture, leveling criteria, and change rollouts, including coaching senior technical leaders on communication and engagement during mergers and restructuring.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader who has managed a 7-person team and owned end-to-end talent planning, succession planning, performance management, and broader HR operations. Known for redesigning intern recruiting/onboarding by partnering deeply with business units, resulting in stronger intern cohorts and higher engagement scores, and for leading ATS changes as the project manager while building Workday recruiting analytics dashboards with HRIS.”

“TA/Recruiting Operations leader with 12+ years building and scaling end-to-end talent ecosystems across Celanese, Flex, Children’s Health, and Pierpoint RPO—managing teams up to 40+ and owning people/process/technology. Known for major transformations including iCIMS implementation, RPO integration with rapid 30-day go-live, and a Six Sigma-driven workflow redesign that improved throughput ~30%. Also designed high-volume global hiring programs using automation (hireEZ) and live client dashboards (Avature).”

“Talent Ops/TA leader who has managed a 15-person combined recruiting + operations team and owned major HR tech initiatives, including end-to-end CRM implementations (Phenom People, GEM) and ATS/HRIS compensation-field integrations (PeopleSoft to Taleo). Known for measurable process improvements—cut time-to-fill from 100 to 65 days, increased offer acceptance by 20%, and boosted referrals by 30%—and for building analytics dashboards to pinpoint funnel bottlenecks and hiring manager responsiveness.”

“Global operations/program leader from PSI who ran concurrent transformation initiatives across US/APAC/EMEA—AI-driven proctoring automation, vendor consolidation, and BI/exec dashboards—while overseeing delivery of millions of exams in 120+ countries. Known for KPI-based governance (RACI, steering cadences, shared dashboards) that drove measurable outcomes: +20% throughput, $5M annual cost reduction, and 30% reduction in executive meeting load with faster decision cycles.”

“Academic and international development leader (economics/public policy) who has advised SMEs and government institutions across the Middle East, including USAID-funded higher education and private sector development work in Palestine and fiscal management leadership across Iraqi ministries. Known for systems-thinking operational frameworks that align strategy, processes, and talent, plus large-scale training/ToT delivery (10,000+ trainees) and policy/regulatory collaboration to enable market development.”

“Chief of Staff and head of a Global Central PMO who has led high-stakes, cross-functional initiatives spanning budgeting transformation, federal consent order deliverables, and audit process implementation. Drove a major operational automation effort—digitizing headcount tracking and requisition approvals for 10,000+ employees—delivering a reported 65% efficiency gain while maintaining strong executive alignment through concise dashboards and regular checkpoints.”

“Talent & Recruiting Operations leader currently running high-volume, multi-state hiring at Brink’s, managing a team of 4 recruiters delivering ~1,600 hires/year. Known for operational redesign and analytics-driven workflow standardization that reduced time-to-fill to 32 days, plus leading Paradox AI rollout to automate screening/scheduling and improve speed and consistency across markets.”

“Recruiting leader and player-coach who has managed teams (3 direct, 2–3 indirect) and stays hands-on with executive search, sourcing, and screening. Known for data-driven recruiting lifecycle improvements (time-in-stage/pipeline leakage) and for partnering closely with HRBPs on compensation benchmarking, confidential searches, and succession planning; has influenced CEO-level decisions to address hiring process and comp challenges at Precision Value & Health and improved technical interview outcomes at CVS.”

“Talent acquisition leader who has managed recruiting orgs of up to 25 direct reports and can also jump in hands-on for SLT/ELT executive searches. Built end-to-end recruiting operations from a blank slate at Lumos (SOPs, KPIs, rubrics, ATS workflows) to enable rapid scaling, and partnered with ELT/Finance on a global contractor/freelancer platform rollout with cost, compliance, and worker-classification risk considerations.”

“Talent acquisition leader with experience managing recruiter/sourcer teams (7–13 direct reports) and partnering closely with HRBPs and executive stakeholders on workforce planning, org design, and compensation strategy. Drove measurable recruiting outcomes, including implementing HireEZ to modernize sourcing (18% time-to-fill reduction) and successfully staffing a large government contract requiring ~150 hires by influencing leadership to adjust below-market compensation.”

“HR/People leader with global (US/UK) experience supporting Product, Data, and Analytics organizations at Daily Mail. Led major change initiatives including restructuring and the Elite Daily acquisition integration into Mail Online, owning end-to-end employee lifecycle support, internal comms, employee relations, and culture blending (including creating an employee handbook).”

“HR/People leader specializing in complex change and employee relations, including post-acquisition integration and multi-company rebranding environments. Built an end-to-end playbook to integrate 75 acquired employees (job mapping, comp/incentives, classification changes, HRIS/payroll execution, legal risk mitigation) that became a regional template, and is known for influencing resistant leaders while maintaining compliance and trust.”

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with experience across aviation, technology, corporate/finance, and education. Led a 12-person TA org and drove major operational transformations, including a Southwest Airlines pilot pipeline program cutting time-to-cockpit from ~10 years to ~4 and forecasting 400–600 pilots annually at peak. Recently served as primary TA stakeholder for an iCIMS-to-ADP RM ATS migration, simplifying workflows and reducing recruiter administrative work by ~70%.”