Manager Engineering

VICTOR RAMIREZ

Austin, TX ***** Email: ***********@*****.***

M: 323-***-**** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-ramirez

MANAGER, RECRUITING

Proven track record across all levels of Recruiting including Administrative, University, Professional and Executive levels. Direct experience in Recruiting and HR covering 145+ different employee disciplines working for global Fortune 500 organizations representing Consulting, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Construction and Finance Payment Services. Known as a driven, highly motivated executive with engaging and influential communication skills. Key competencies:

• University Recruitment

• HR Strategy

• C-Level Presentations

• Global Project Management

• Business Analysis

• Training & Development

• Immigration Compliance

• Global Team Leadership

• Workforce Transformation

• Cross Functional Expertise

• Business Leader Partnership

• Diversity & Inclusion

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VISA, INC, Foster City, CA 09/15 – 02/17

Director, University Talent Engagement Partner

Served as University Talent’s executive point of contact with business leadership, HR and Finance business partners to drive University Talent strategies throughout 27 tech and non-tech business functions globally (i.e. U.S., India, Singapore & Ireland) representing over 13,000 employees.

Interfaced with over 50 global HR and Finance executives to establish a global 2-5 year university talent strategy and workforce plan, on average 750 per year, based on business models tracking attrition, promotion and business growth needs.

Educated business executives on the strategic value of interns and New College Grads to the business such as seeding diverse talent, armed with the latest technologies, energetic, for interns tried and tested. Gained yearly commitments of 250 interns with a 60% conversion rate.

Key Accomplishments:

-Revamped a highly dysfunctional workforce planning process by leading a project team to develop a new WFP template, central repository, timeline and training for 27 lines of business resulting in a completed campus workforce plan six months earlier allowing Recruiter to plan and execute their campus strategies at over 40 universities

-Managed test development of Visa’s HackerRank software engineering test (40+ in all) used to test all technical NCG and intern candidates globally to ensure that only the top 30% of software engineering talent would be interviewed

-Created and rolled out “Campus 101” training to all finance and HR Business Partners globally to educate them on campus timelines, market competitiveness, key universities to ensure alignment between the business and the university recruiting planning cycle

-Initiated the first “Your Voice” where Recruiters and Analysts can voice concerns and provide recommendations regarding broken processes and barriers which led to bi-weekly assessments to ensure maximum Recruiter productivity

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY-WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING (WDI), Glendale, CA 9/12-9/15

Shanghai Disney Resort HR Projects Manager

Manage all major HR projects associated with over 350+ expatriates and 300+ Business Trippers, and

hundreds of Consultants working on the Shanghai Disney Resort (SHDR) in partnership with Global

Mobility, Recruitment, Learning & Development, Employee Relations, Compensation and the local

Shanghai HR teams

Led all HR related projects associated with Disney expats/business trippers located in China and those located stateside in building the $3 billion dollar Shanghai Disney Resort Park.

Highly knowledgeable of People’s Republic of China (PRC) employment laws, immigration (visas), and housing options and associated challenges.

Responsible for partnering with domestic (Glendale based) and local (Shanghai based) Recruitment teams to identify and recruit over 600 executive and professional talent to construct SHDR including the temporary transition of external employees into Walt Disney Imagineering.

Key Accomplishments:

-In partnership with Global Mobility, successfully relocated 350+ expats and their families, 300 business trippers, and hundreds of consultants

-Achieved 98% success rate in securing appropriate PRC visas for all employees

-In response to expats concerns to China’s air quality, in collaboration with ISOS and WDP&R’s medical experts, I initiated a health a communication plan inclusive of talking points and FAQ’s which addressed negative health and environmental factors and ways to mitigate them leading to more productive and healthy workforce

-Created an “Emergency Response” system for five employee populations (i.e. Expats, Business Trippers, ect.) for medical, personal, security and other circumstances emergency situations significantly reducing risk

8/14 – 12/14: Supported, temporarily, Disney Research, Advance Development, Environmental Design

Engineering and Connected Experiences (about 300+ staff worldwide)

Shanghai Disney Resort Recruitment Project Lead 10/10 - 09/12

Managed all recruitment efforts and hiring strategies for over 600 executive and professional employees

(145disciplines) to build the newest $3.5 billion Shanghai Disney Resort in China.

Consultative partner to business executives, approximately 15 VP/SVP’s for both Walt Disney Imagineering and WDP&R Operations, to determine needs, develop sourcing strategies and evaluate alternative hiring options to reduce labor expenses and maintain project schedules.

Managed three junior and senior recruiters tasked with hiring technical and creative disciplines.

Responsible, in partnership with Global Mobility, to solicit and achieve dozens of complex visas to and from the US and China and other parts of the world.

Key Accomplishments:

-Led team to hire over 245 project professional and executive employees

-Increased diversity hiring by 40% by globally sourcing candidates with theme park and/or entertainment experience with multiple international firms; worked on international assignments and/or been born or educated

abroad leading to achieving resort diversity goals

- Achieved 80% external hiring through sourcing efforts on external social networking sites resulting in a near zero advertising budget

-Obtained visas for 90% of international hires

Manager, HR Business Partner (Generalist) 06/04 – 10/10

Key HR Business Partner delivering HR products and services to over 400 salaried professionals and

Executives in diverse creative and engineering disciplines of Walt Disney Imagineering

Supported the following clients: International Development (for WDP&R), Creative Entertainment, Environmental Design and Engineering, Ride Engineering, Show Design & Production, Disney Research, Legal, Disneyland International and Walt Disney Asia/Japan. Key disciplines within these organizations included architects, business planners, engineers (all disciplines), designers, research scientists, attorneys, creative producers/directors and operations.

Responsible for recruitment, retention of high valued employees, org development for existing and future departments, employee relations, succession planning, reductions and global mobility.

Launched divisional and corporate key initiatives such as Diversity & Inclusion, Succession Planning, Compliance Training, Talent Talks, Mentor Program, Merit Planning and Bonus Planning.

Provided HR services to five remote locations around the world.

Key Accomplishments:

- Led efforts on org design and employee makeup for the new Disney Research Lab in Boston

-Led global restructuring efforts of Creative Entertainment (400 employees) to achieve optimum business results

-Led several business unit RIFs with no legal repercussions

-Successfully resolved visa issues for 80% of international hires

-Redesigned and managed a new mentor program for over 200 Imagineers

Manager, Global Human Resources Business Processes (Disney Worldwide Services) 08/01 – 06/04

Worked on a corporate selected team of HR and IT professionals tasked with developing an

d designing global HR business processes for the entire Walt Disney Company. The two and a half year,

$500 million project was designed to integrate 10 HR systems and 14 Finance systems under SAP for the

entire global enterprise

Built HR system process flows, scenarios, unit test scripts and business process procedures based on business unit requirements from each client.

One of five team members responsible for developing a HR global template and training for 13 business units.

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY-CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION, Burbank, CA

Manager, Global Campus Recruiting (Disney Consumer Products Division) 6/98 – 08/01

Provided management direction and strategic planning for undergraduate, MBA, and administrative recruitment programs for the largest and fastest growing division of Disney, with over $3.5 billion in revenues

Oversaw a recruitment staff of three and served as an internal consultant to TWDC in building relationships with 25 of the nation’s top MBA Business Schools and establishing corporate-wide recruitment initiatives.

Planned and executed advertising and marketing campaigns for Disney Consumer Products and Disney-wide company campaigns.

Key Accomplishments:

-Increased offer to acceptance rate for MBA recruiting from 7.8% to 40% in 7 months

-Achieved offer to acceptance rate among undergraduate and MBA internship programs of 82% and 94%, respectively

-Conceptualized and designed DisneyCollege.com

-Played a major role in Disney climbing from #11 to #7 in Fortune's 1999 yearly survey, "Top 50 Companies MBAs Love" (1998 - Disney fell from #4 to #11)

-Selected to sit on the Wharton School of Business Career Placement Advisory Board

-Won the National Employee Management Association award for campus recruitment advertising, 2000, 2001

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

ERNST & YOUNG LLP - MANAGEMENT CONSULTING PRACTICE; Dallas, TX 06/97 – 06/98

University Relations Manager

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS (EDS); Dallas, Texas 01/91 – 06/97

Campus Relations Representative/Competitive Market Analyst/Sales Support Analyst

EDUCATION

B.B.A., Marketing, Minor: Mass Communications

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

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