Courtney Schneider

Employee Experience & Development Leader

Greater Philadelphia

About

I'm a hands-on talent strategist with a passion for strategically building cultures and employee experiences that enable people, teams, and organizations grow and thrive. I bring with me 20 years of experience in various HR roles at different sized companies at diverse maturity points (high-growth tech startup going through explosive growth to 100+ year old Fortune 500 firm) within diverse industries including Technology, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, and Healthcare. Specialities Include: People Development • Employee Experience • ID&E • Onboarding • Leadership Development • Coaching Career Growth • Talent Management • Talent Assessment • Goal Setting Performance Management • Organizational Development • Succession Planning • Learning & Development

Experience

  • Global Head of Talent Management & Development at GitLab
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • PagerDuty (Full-time · 2 yrs 10 mos)
    • Global Head of Talent & Culture (People Development, Talent Acquisition, ID&E, and Culture)
      Feb 2025 - Feb 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Head of People Development
      May 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Accolade, Inc. (9 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior Director, Employee Experience & Development
      Nov 2019 - May 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Director, Talent Management (+ Sr Business Partner for Corporate Functions)
      Apr 2018 - Nov 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Senior Manager, Talent Management (+ Sr Business Partner for Product & Technology)
      Aug 2013 - Apr 2018 · 4 yrs 9 mos

  • Endo Pharmaceuticals (1 yr 5 mos)
    • HR Manager - HR Business Partner
      Dec 2012 - Aug 2013 · 9 mos

    • Talent Management Partner
      Apr 2012 - Dec 2012 · 9 mos

  • Lincoln Financial Group (4 yrs 9 mos)
    • [Rotation 3] HR Business Partner (Supporting Sales)
      Jul 2009 - Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Leadership Preparation Program
      Aug 2007 - Aug 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Graduate of a highly competitive, three-year, accelerated leadership development program designed to prepare early in career high potentials for management and future executive leadership roles at Lincoln Financial Group. Three one year-rotations provided broad exposure through a variety of roles and assignments across different business areas.

    • [Rotation 2] Training Consultant (Sales Training & Onboarding)
      Aug 2008 - Aug 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Facilitated comprehensive product positioning and education through targeted training initiatives - Provided sales force with value-added field solutions through the development of the centralized LFD Speakers Bureau - Elevated wholesaler productivity through ongoing skill development by conducting monthly continuous education training sessions