Matt Begley

Head of Talent Acquisition | Strategy & Operations Manager EMEA | Empathetic Leader | Diversity Champion | People Strategy Builder | Pragmatic Problem Solver | Data Lover |

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

An empathetic leader with over 18 years in Talent Acquisition. The last 10 years spent leading teams of recruiting managers and individual recruiters. Enjoy building deep relationships with senior leaders to create partnerships and cohesive strategies to help shape successful organisations. I have a passion for championing Diversity and Inclusion, data analytics, and operational efficiency. Specialties: I also speak Swiss (and high) German.

Experience

  • Head of Talent Acquisition at Implenia
    Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

  • Short-term Assignment at Cradle
    Jun 2024 - Jul 2024 · 2 mos

    Helping Cradle continue to build their wonderful protein engineering family.

  • Google ()
    • Head of Talent Acquisition CH/DE
      Jul 2010 - Dec 2023 · 13 yrs 6 mos

      - Led recruiting teams including both managers and individual contributors. The teams based in Germany and Switzerland, had a focus on senior and niche technical roles - Country Recruiting Market Lead (Switzerland 5k+ employees). Responsible for country growth strategy, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives , immigration, work permits, and redeployment process for 250+ impacted employees. Partnered with senior leadership on all topics impacting Switzerland - European Lead for Core Recruiting (Product Area). Spearheaded the strategic expansion initiatives across Europe, whilst partnering with global leaders in US - Represented the TA organisation on the CH Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Working Group. We shaped and promoted inclusive hiring best practices, driving efforts to recruit diverse talent and foster a culture of inclusive excellence across the Swiss site - Selected as part of a small global Think-tank group to redesign the hiring process and create an entirely new hiring platform from scratch

    • Strategy and Operations Manager EMEA (People Analytics)
      Jul 2022 - Jan 2023 · 7 mos

      - Led the Strategy Operations team, enabling the recruiting organisation by building strategic vision, data analysis, and demand and resource planning - Provided senior leadership with critical insights through analytical reporting and dashboards, to influence large scale workforce planning - Created the EMEA 2023 Talent Business Plan. This covered workforce planning, location assessment, risk analysis, and growth strategy for all European locations and business units (YouTube, Gmail, Search, Maps, Assistant, Core) - Led a team of 8 analysts

  • Recruitment Manager at Lodestone Management Consultants
    Dec 2008 - Jun 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Responsible for recruiting senior level SAP consultants across Europe.

  • Technical Recruiter at Google
    Apr 2007 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Recruiting for technical roles: - Software Engineers - Research Scientists - Release Engineers - Interaction Designers and Webmasters