Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Human Resources and Talent Acquisition Leader | Building High-Performing Teams I am an accomplished HR and Talent Acquisition Leader with a passion for creating exceptional workplaces through strategic talent acquisition and people practices. With 20 years of experience leading teams in life sciences and consumer goods, I have consistently delivered results by attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. 🔹 Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborating with senior leaders, HR teams, and stakeholders across the organization to drive alignment, promote effective communication, and facilitate cross-functional initiatives. 🔹 Project and Program Management: Leading and overseeing critical HR projects and programs, ensuring timely delivery, managing resources, and driving successful outcomes. 🔹 Data Analysis and Insights: Leveraging HR data and analytics to inform evidence-based decision-making, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement across HR functions. 🔹 Talent Acquisition Strategy: Developing and executing comprehensive talent acquisition strategies aligned with organizational goals, utilizing innovative sourcing methods and technology to attract top-tier candidates. 🔹 Leadership and Team Development: Building and leading high-performing HR and talent acquisition teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and continuous improvement. 🔹 Employer Branding: Creating compelling employer brand narratives to attract and engage diverse talent, leveraging social media, employee value propositions, and thought leadership initiatives. 🔹 Performance Management: Implementing performance management systems and frameworks that drive employee engagement, development, and accountability. 🔹 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Championing DEI initiatives, developing inclusive hiring practices, and fostering a culture of belonging within organizations. I am driven by the belief that an organization's success lies in its people, and I am committed to partnering with forward-thinking companies to help them achieve their talent acquisition and management objectives.
• As a strategic HR leader, I specialize in shaping organizational culture and developing people strategies that attract top talent, align with business priorities, and empower employees to reach their full potential. • I serve as a trusted advisor, change agent, and thought partner—helping leaders translate business strategy into impactful HR practices. By guiding senior management and teams, I drive sustainable programs, behaviors, and cultural shifts that enhance employee engagement, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness. • With a focus on workforce planning and talent development, I collaborate closely with executives to align capabilities with long-term business goals. I coach managers on team effectiveness, talent strategies, and key HR matters, ensuring they have the tools to lead successfully. • Additionally, I work in partnership with the Senior Director of Learning & Organizational Development to design and implement leadership development initiatives. I also identify critical roles, skills, and capabilities to future-proof the workforce through upskilling, recruitment, and strategic growth planning. • Passionate about fostering high-performing, people-centric organizations, I am committed to driving meaningful change and helping businesses thrive through their people.
Provide leadership in scaling talent acquisition and talent attraction strategy and practices including employment branding, the candidate and hiring manager experience, internal mobility and workforce planning in support of Amylyx’s next stage of growth.
• Lead the Talent Acquisition, Diversity and Inclusion and HR Operations Team (7 FTE’s) responsible for staffing across North America, employment branding, diversity and inclusion, onboarding, HR budgets, HR SOP’s, and vendor management • Partner with the CHRO in strategic and operational planning by developing, prioritizing, and executing strategic human resources goals and objectives • Responsible for integrating and strategically aligning work across all functions within Human Resources • Serves as a strategic business advisor to leaders, working cross-functionally and assisting colleagues at many levels in optimizing the performance of their teams, aligning on shared goals and imperatives, and resolving issues
• Serve as a strategic business advisor to Corporate Function (G&A) leaders, working cross-functionally and assisting colleagues at many levels in optimizing the performance of their teams, aligning on shared goals and imperatives, and resolving issues • Provide guidance and key input on proactive workforce and long-range planning, identify gaps in capability, and develop action plans to address • Drive recommendations that improve performance, retention, and employee engagement in close partnership with the broader HR function • Oversee teams delivering core HR services including recruiting and organizational diversity and inclusion • Provide strategic leadership and expertise for talent acquisition solutions activities such as employment branding, candidate experience, employee referral program, corporate leadership rotation program, job fairs, and university relations • Lead the critical executive level searches within R&D, Commercial and G&A
• Lead a global team of skilled Talent Acquisition and Talent Development professionals by setting direction on global initiatives, streamlining operations, adopting systems, and enacting policies and programs that make the Talent COE function both efficiently and effectively • Enhance talent and succession planning processes to identify potential leaders earlier in their careers for customized development • Leverage market insight to drive employer branding initiatives in multiple geographies, and partnering closely with senior leadership to plan and execute innovative organizational growth strategies • Create and drive the company-wide performance management program that helps us identify high and low performers, promotes and rewards excellence and drives continuous, transparent feedback to employees • Lead the expansion, modification, and upgrading of HR technologies to meet dynamic needs of a global, mobile and multi-generational workforce while aligning to core values, mission, purpose and long-term growth strategy of the organization
• Strategic HR Lead for the domestic and International Sales, Marketing and Research & Development teams • Provide HR Counsel to employees in the US, Australia, UK, and France • Influence management to make appropriate decisions that build a culture that drives growth, innovation, and collaboration to support business goals • Serves as member of HR Leadership Team by developing and implementing organizational strategies to align our human capital with the business • Effectively influence decision-making and outcomes of all people-related situations by collaborating with and providing honest feedback and coaching to the management team • Support leaders to execute current and future business strategies by linking our workforce plans with the long-range business plans • Facilitate conversations with employees related to career opportunities, compensation, people management, respect, work-life balance, professional development and recognition. Partner with business leaders to develop initiatives that will drive long-term, sustainable employee engagement
• Lead team responsible for executive, professional, technical, and nonexempt recruiting activities. Creatively identify and source best-in-class talent to enable organization to achieve its business objectives • Developed the Ocean Spray employment brand ensuring consistent messaging across all recruiting networks • Administer and measure the success of the global relocation program • Provide career development and coaching to employees • Responsible for the employee on-boarding process • Acts as an internal advisor to business unit HR Managers for all matters pertaining to recruitment, employment, relocation, and diversity