Meredith Sanders

SHRM-CP 😭 | Strategy, Operations & People Leader | Designer of Elevated Experiences

Nashville Metropolitan Area

About

I started in the music business before moving into tech, a transition that taught me culture is everything. Not culture as a perk or a poster, but as the operating system that determines whether organizations can actually scale without breaking. At Eventbrite, I watched Nashville grow from 1 to 300 people and saw firsthand what happens when you get culture right. That belief shaped my entire career arc - from Customer Experience to Recruiting Operations to Talent Acquisition Leadership to full-scope HR. Every role taught me the same lesson from a different angle: when you build from equity, honesty, and accountability, everything else gets easier. Now at TwelveLabs, a video AI company, I work at the intersection of Operations, Strategy, and Culture. I'm focused on making sure our values aren't just words on a wall - they're how we make decisions, structure teams, and show up across US and Korean offices. Whether I'm planning Business Kickoffs or our Seoul Summit, figuring out the best coffee for the office, launching new IT tools, or facilitating All Hands where we actually talk about what our values mean in practice - it all comes back to the same question: are we building something people actually want to be part of? The best work happens in the connective tissue between People, Operations, and Strategy. That's where I like to live.

Experience

  • TwelveLabs (2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Global Head of People & Workplace Operations
      May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Interim Global Head of People
      Mar 2026 - May 2026 · 3 mos

    • Sr. Director, Strategic Employee Experience & Workplace Operations
      Dec 2025 - May 2026 · 6 mos

  • Co-Owner & General Manager at M.A.D.E. Nashville
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    M.A.D.E. Nashville is a one of a kind hat design experience where your group comes to our converted music studio turned hat studio, or we come to YOU!, and everyone leaves with a custom hat that they've designed and created! It's great for team building, bachelor(ette) parties, birthday parties, or just a fun night out with your friends! We offer a selection of hats, styles, and colors for all ages and genders!

  • Head of People and Culture at Novi
    Jan 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Novi Connect is a product development platform and B2B marketplace for sustainable, innovative ingredients and packaging, helping consumer brands bring products to market with transparency and more sustainable materials. Novi is backed by Greylock, Defy, and Tiger Global.

  • Professional development at Career Break
    Oct 2020 - Jan 2021 · 4 mos

  • Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition & Management at SocialSurvey
    Apr 2020 - Oct 2020 · 7 mos