Robert Liedtka

Senior Talent Leader | Talent Strategy, Systems and AI Transformation

Austin, Texas, United States

About

I’m a talent leader focused on helping high-growth companies scale through better talent strategy, workforce planning, systems design, and AI-enabled transformation. My background spans global recruiting leadership, talent operations, people systems, executive workforce planning, and organizational scale across hypergrowth environments including Google, Meta, startups, and now MongoDB. I’m especially energized by building the operating systems, workforce strategies, and leadership rhythms that help talent organizations scale into durable business advantage.

Experience

  • Global Director, Talent Acquisition Operations at MongoDB
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    Workforce strategy: Own enterprise workforce planning implementation, aligning finance forecasts, headcount governance, recruiting capacity, and executive hiring outcomes. Talent systems: Lead talent systems strategy across ATS, HRIS, integrations, controls, and process governance to improve hiring velocity and data integrity. AI transformation: Built the operating framework for responsible AI adoption across recruiter, interviewer, and candidate workflows, improving productivity while protecting hiring quality. Organizational scale: Partner with Talent, Finance, HRBP, and executive leadership to design scalable talent infrastructure supporting multi-year company growth.

  • Principal Advisor at Smartwork Advisory
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Senior Global Manager, Talent Acquisition + Operations at Meta
    Oct 2021 - Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Manager, Talent Acquisition + Operations at Google
    Apr 2018 - Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Vice President, People Operations at Activcore Physical Therapy & Performance
    Apr 2017 - Nov 2017 · 8 mos