JESSICA LOCKE

“Senior Technical Recruiter with 15 years’ experience (including 3 years people management) at Amazon, partnering closely with business, finance, and HR on headcount planning, approvals, and hiring strategy. Known for operational problem-solving—redesigned a stalled Solutions Architect workflow (JD + interview panel) to cut time-to-fill to 67 days—and for scaling hiring under pressure (350 hires/quarter) while maintaining quality standards.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader with ~5 years managing 6–12 recruiters, known for building scalable workflows and analytics. At Amazon, launched an on-demand recruiting approach that cut time-to-fill from 60–90+ days to ~20–25 days and redesigned internal mobility post-layoffs, reducing open roles by 40% in a quarter. Also a Beamery SME who drove org-leading adoption through recruiter training and process standardization.”

“Recruiting leader with experience managing a team of 5 recruiters and stepping in hands-on for high-impact executive searches. Recognized with a Gold Star Award at PTC Therapeutics for partnering closely with a VP Marketing on a critical Director-level hire through offer negotiation, and drove time-to-fill reductions at Johnson & Johnson by implementing and tracking improved search strategies.”

“US Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Ops leader at Funbox (nearly 5 years) who owns end-to-end recruiting operations and ATS strategy, and who successfully pivoted into HR Ops during a 2022 slowdown (payroll, compliance, policies, reporting). Known for building operational rigor at scale—redesigned req approval/1:1 req-to-hire workflows, led Greenhouse→HiBob hiring module implementation in ~4 months, and executed a major hiring blitz (35→75 reqs; ~90% closed; 100+ referrals) across functions including engineering, product, sales, marketing, and frontline support.”