Head of Talent
Santa Clarita, CA
Head of Talent with 14+ years building and leading recruiting functions at high-growth tech companies. Owns the full picture - org design, team development, technical and GTM hiring, recruiting ops, and executive search. Built the function from scratch at multiple startups, hired and coached the team, and stayed hands-on through every stage of scale.
Salary
USD 230,000
Sei Development Foundation
Feb 2025 — Present
Built global talent function from 0-1: ATS implementation (Ashby), intake design, structured interview frameworks, and funnel reporting architecture. Strategic partner to founders and leadership team on org design, headcount planning, and long-term talent strategy across Product, AI/ML, Engineering, and GTM. Full-cycle hiring across senior and executive roles while hiring, ramping, and coaching IC recruiters scaling alongside the business.
Sahara AI
Jun 2024 — Feb 2025
Built global recruiting program from 0-1 across four regions: vendor selection, ATS tooling, compensation benchmarking, and process standards. Led full-cycle technical and GTM hiring across AI Researchers, ML Engineers, Software Engineers, Product, Sales, and BD. Introduced structured interview training and developed people policies in partnership with executive leadership.
Blind
Oct 2021 — Mar 2024
Founded and scaled global talent acquisition team to 14. Doubled company headcount from 90 to 205 in under 12 months. Delivered 22 hires in first four months at 150%+ to plan. Implemented Greenhouse ATS and redesigned employer brand presence, increasing career site engagement by 18%.
TikTok
May 2020 — Jun 2021
Led a team of 10 recruiters across technical and GTM functions. Built 0-1 strategy to stand up a 500-person Trust & Safety hub in Tennessee. Designed 25-project recruiting operations roadmap achieving 95% post-hire satisfaction rate.
Datto
Jun 2019 — May 2020
Managed 7-person technical recruiting team across Engineering, Infrastructure, DevOps, Sales, and QA. Designed hiring manager interviewer certification program with 100% completion rate and +15% interviewer efficiency. Implemented Tableau dashboards for recruiting funnel analytics.
Princess Cruises
Oct 2016 — Sept 2017
Amazon
Aug 2015 — Jun 2019
Full-cycle technical and GTM recruiting across AWS and E-Commerce (Aug 2015–Oct 2016 and Sep 2017–Jun 2019). Averaged 10 hires per month. Trained and mentored 4 junior recruiters and 3 recruiting coordinators.
Oaktree Capital Management
May 2014 — Aug 2015
Action Learning Systems
Oct 2010 — May 2014
BS · Biological Sciences
2005 – 2009