New York, New York, United States
People programs leader driven by a passion for cultivating collaborative and inclusive company cultures centered on core values. Experience successfully pioneering strategic employee training, talent development, and recruiting initiatives for retention and growth at high-tech startups. Spearheaded customized learning programs, new hire orientation, and performance management processes as well as technical recruiting and leading specialized hiring projects. Skilled workshop facilitator and communicator leading impactful corporate training initiatives globally. Experience spans AI/ML, crypto, consumer tech, and rapidly scaling startup environments. Eager to leverage multifaceted skillset in program management, learning & development, and recruiting to continue advancing employee engagement, talent progression, and workplace optimization.
Designed and developed career development content and curriculum through interactive workshops and 1:1 coaching for 300+ engineers, analyzing program feedback for continual enhancements. Mentored software engineers on professional growth, skill building and navigating career transitions through individualized support and group workshops. Provided engineers with compensation coaching during offer stage.
Built global orientation program welcoming 250+ new hires to company vision and values while easing transition into roles and teams through cultural integration and systematic support. Measured onboarding program effectiveness based on new hire feedback and surveys to identify areas for improvement. Maintained employee data in BambooHR with great attention to detail and organization. Trusted advisor and point person for all new hire inquiries. Collaborated across People Teams (ie Legal, IT, Recruiting, People Ops) and business department leads ensuring new hires are set up for success from day one.
Strategic partner to engineering leaders closing critical roles across engineering, research, product design, security, and technical services. Sole Speech recruiter, rapidly built and filled crucial positions within the high-priority Speech team, working closely with VP of Speech to close candidates.Program-managed teams' participation in international Speech conferences. Collaborated with marketing to craft innovative conference playbooks for future events and attended conferences as recruiting representative. Led global L&D strategy, designing, implementing, and managing employee development programs. Introduced company-wide values-based interview and training, alongside a comprehensive manager feedback training. Scaled training through virtual workshops and self-paced online modules for 100+ employees, integrating best practices based on research and stakeholder input.
Full-cycle technical recruiter on Meta’s inaugural ML hiring team for the NYC office. Established and maintained an efficient candidate tracking, crafted talent heat maps, and collaborated closely with ML engineering leaders. Implemented strategic and personalized engagement strategies to fulfill high-priority ML hiring needs, achieving an outstanding 99% candidate satisfaction. Strategically planned and executed a year-long ML recruiting events roadmap in collaboration with senior leaders, resulting in 9 impactful events that engaged top-tier talent and secured offer acceptances. Launched diversity recruiting initiatives and events, driving impactful change. Scaled a bi-monthly interview prep workshop for engineering candidates in NY and Boston, collaborating across teams to identify speakers, create compelling content, and ensure seamless logistics.
Coordinated phone, onsite and bluejeans interviews for university candidates with speed and efficiency. Handled logistics of out of town candidates, including level accommodations, registration with CWT, etc. Communicated professionally and maintained a high level of confidentiality at all times with both internal and external stakeholders