Talent Acquisition Change Management

Drenda Matthys Cell: 972-***-****

Dallas, TX

Email:*************@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/drendamatthys/

SUMMARY

A talented leader, knowledgeable producer with more than 15+ years of progressive Global Senior Talent Acquisition Management/ Talent Management / Change Management ProSci Process / Campus/Instructor/Change Management/Coach Workforce Planning and DEI/Diversity professional..

KEY COMPETENCIES

Management Recruitment ● Audit Management ● SOX Compliance ● Consulting ● Advisor ● Talent Acquisition Manager ● DEI Corporate Recruitment ● Federal Recruitment / Cyber Security Strategic Recruitment ● Risk Advisory● Financial Advisory● Global Recruitment

HUMAN RESOURCES / RECRUITMENT

Management ● Compensation & Benefits ● Payroll Management ● Employee Relations

Performance Coaching & Management ● Training & Development ● HIPAA ● Taleo ● ATAS ● Resumix ● MS Office/Excel ● Avature ● SalesForce ● LinkedIn ● Beeline ● Pivotal Software ● CareerTracks ● Evolve HRIS ● GITHUB ● HIRE ● Beamery ● ICIMS ● Workday ● CHIME ● Slack ● Lever ● ChatGPT● AI●Change Management ProSci

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GRAIL

02/2022 - 09/2023

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition (BioTech)

HRSTARS Award 2022 Recruiting Team of the Year Award

Clinical Biostatistics Lab/ Technology Engineering Security / Infrastructure / Engineering Project and PMO

Change Management ProSci Process

As a healthcare company with a mission to detect cancer early, when it can be cured, GRAIL seeks to not only transform cancer detection, but to utilize our proprietary technology platform to revolutionize healthcare more broadly.

●Responsible for managing comprehensive talent solutions with a focus on executive succession planning, leadership development, and performance management through a diversity lens.

●Constantly raising bar to innovate, simplify, and maximize the effectiveness of new or existing talent management systems and offerings, specifically across selection/development assessments, executive coaching, and leadership/high-potential development through internal and external solutions.

●Program Manage Leadership and Talent Segments (top talent pipeline for key critical roles).

●Collaborate with business and recruiting leaders to develop targeted sourcing strategies and optimize sourcing processes, with a disciplined focus on exceptional support for our hiring stakeholders.

●Develop and drive our talent branding and diversity sourcing strategy, in close partnership with our DEI, Marketing, Talent, ERGs and business partners

●Manage end-to-end recruiting process including; DEI Diversity & Inclusion hiring goals, talent research, sourcing, candidate assessment and management, offer recommendations, negotiation and acceptance.

●Active participation in cross-functional Talent Acquisition projects, SLA’s that enable us to take our Talent function to the next level.

UBER

01/2021 - 02/2022

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition Principal Management (Contract)

Engineering Security/Data Analytics/Engineering

Partner with Advanced Technology Groups and Core Business Talent Acquisition (TA) teams across Engineering Security. Manage hiring strategy and full-cycle execution for teams. Work on strategic change management projects to improve and innovate on how to attract and recruit talent. Manage end-to-end recruiting process including; DEI Diversity & Inclusion hiring goals, talent research, sourcing, candidate assessment and management, offer recommendations, negotiation and acceptance.

●Partner with stakeholders and hiring managers.

●Develop and employ effective sourcing strategies that deliver strong and diverse talent for current and future needs.

●Partner strategically with hiring teams to set expectations and develop consistent interview processes that lead to quality hires.

●Collaborate across the Uber TA teams to support process improvements and share knowledge.

●Continue to build innovative approaches in attracting talent through new ways of recruiting.

●Provide a consistent and positive candidate experience throughout the entire recruiting process with proactive communication and engagement.

●Utilize ATS reports, dashboards, and other tools to illustrate and influence the recruiting pipeline and results

AMAZON (AWS)

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition Management 01/2020 – 01/2021

AWS CloudFront/Network Services/Engineers/Cyber Security/Sales (Contract)

Partner with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage expectations through a deep understanding of return on investment. Partner with stakeholders on Diversity & Inclusion hiring strategies. Ability to execute recruiting strategies including employer promotion in the marketplace, candidate management, diversity sourcing, and interview process management.

●Build and maintain a network of potential candidates through proactive market research and on-going relationship management.

●Recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing any new processes and fine tuning standard processes for recruiting that fits within Amazon's mission to deliver the highest quality results to the customer.

●Articulate in writing a plan with deliverables, timelines and a formal tracking process.

●Participate in special projects/recruiting initiatives, including assessment of best practices in interviewing techniques, leveraging of internal sources of talent and identification of top performers for senior-level openings.

DELOITTE

10/2018 – 01/2020

Senior Talent Management

Advisory/Sales/Engineers/Cyber Risk/SAP/Risk Intelligence/Financial Market/Big Data Analytics/Cyber Security

Managing the recruiting process for Risk Intelligence, SAP, Cyber, Risk Advisory, Project Teams, USDC, (Delivery/CORE), Big Data Analytics, AML Projects, Financial Markets programs. Streamlining and making our recruitment process more effective. Partner with hiring managers and internal HR team.

●Bringing value within our organization and with stakeholders each day. Source and interview top talent using industry leading recruiting tools and referrals to attract the very best Technology candidates.

●Developed effective talent management strategies to support Financial Advisory & Risk Management

●Cultivate relationships with candidates through phone and face-to-face interviews.

●Develop and write up effective content for online job postings to attract both active and passive candidates. Collaborate within a high-performance team gaining respect of team members, developing individual relationships and trust utilizing excellent problem solving and leadership skills.

●Exceeded over quota for each project –Products, Big Data Analytics, Engineer, Financial Markets, Cyber Hyper Growth program and Risk Intelligence.

●Collaborate with the teams to develop best practices in the industry. Integral part in the employee experience as a point of contact for both internal and external partners. Dedicated to building external candidate pipelines for revenue generating roles. Actively managing requisitions (sourcing to hire).

ACCENTURE

02/2014 – 10/2018

Senior Talent Acquisition Federal Management / Accenture Federal Services

Senior Talent Acquisition Management / Digital Analytics 02/2014

Digital Analytics Delivery /Big Data/Cyber Security

Accenture Federal Services

SAP Recruiting experience with proven success in building positive, collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Operated in complex and highly visible organizations. Demonstrated consulting and advising skills. Leveraged data and analysis to identify problems and drive meaningful results. Strong people management and mentoring skills. Strong experience and aptitude in current recruiting SAP technologies: ATS, internet sourcing tools.

●Build well-defined recruitment strategies in partnership with HR and business leaders. Develop, deliver and maintain standardized full-cycle recruiting processes and tools to ensure best practice and consistency.

●Assess and strategically source for critical SAP pipeline positions including workforce planning, internal and external talent leverage, passive candidate acquisition, continuous SAP sourcing, and onboarding. Remain competitive and clearly articulate our value proposition in an already competitive market. Identify and drive continuous improvement to ensure speed while maintaining quality. Includes current trends in talent landscape, recruiting methodologies and tactics.

●Built and led high performing recruiting teams.

●Managing recruitment processes and candidates to our Federal and SAP clients to achieve what matters most, powering the services that touch the nation every day. Accountable and engaging directly with senior leaders, hiring managers, and business partners in order to define and deliver robust talent acquisition strategies.

●Working as part of a highly-skilled and collaborative team, a successful expertise in working as an influencer rather than order taker - informing talent decisions through acute knowledge of the organization and deep expertise of external labor markets.

●Working closely with our Digital Clients, Stakeholders, and TFS consulting professionals to help design, build and implement strategies that can help enhance business performances. Develop specialized expertise strategic, industry, functional, technical in a diverse project environment that offers multiple opportunities for career growth.

●Work hand and hand with Business and Systems Integration professionals to analyze, design and/or develop best practice business changes through technology solutions. Leading Virtual Career Fair and presenting monthly.

●Presented referral plan to the recruiting team, Lead for the People & Celebrations Team for the Team Success Plan. Social Media Ambassador program, special projects; SME Transformation Committee, Hot Jobs Career Service Newsletter, VSM Project, San Francisco, CA Career Hadoop Cassandra Summit.

●Completed many various projects such as Candidate Hub Testing, SnappAPP, and Blitz Projects.

●Work up profiles/demand and recruiting for the Digital Analytics Delivery Team; Business Intelligence professionals define strategies and develop/deliver solutions that collect, transform, analyze and report internal and external data to generate knowledge and value for organizations at the strategic, tactical and operational levels through business process decision and related technologies.

HP- Hewlett Packard 11/2011-02/2014

Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

Printing and Personal Systems PPS GBU

Corporate Global Talent Management

Provide support to various levels of managers throughout the HP PPS Organization such as, CMIT, CMIT Marketing, GBU Mobility, BI – Business Intelligence, PC Accessories, Commercial Solutions, SWS & Web Platform, Premium, PC-GBU ID Team, and Application & Services as well as Intern, and University Organizations.

●Search and screen resumes for many technical and non-technical positions. Increase candidate base through cold calling, networking, referrals, and internet searches.

●Lead and championed the diversity project for PPS. Partner as a lead for Diversity Project and concluded with an increase in diverse hires for FY2013.

●Review benefits, policies and procedures with candidates. Recruit Key Positions / Senior Roles / Product Marketing Managers, Hardware/Software Engineering / Notebook and Desktop Talent. Recruitment Strategy for PPS.

●Responsible for supporting the end-to-end recruiting process resulting in highest quality hires in a timely, efficient manner. Coaching and assisting hiring managers throughout the process.

●Partner with business units to determine appropriate staffing plans. Establish recruitment plan to meet needs of expanding business for divisions for location and provide support to secondary location. Use various recruiting sources and techniques to identify a high-caliber and diverse pool of candidates. Exceeded quota over 100%

DANAHER COMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISE GROUP / TEKTRONIX COMMUNICATIONS

Senior Lead Talent Acquisition Management / (Contract) 2/2011-10/2011

Partner with business clients to identify personnel needs, workforce planning strategies, and search assignments. Write complete and detailed search assignments (client engagement documents), ensuring an understanding of job duties responsibilities and business requirements.

●Develop, Instructed, also implemented diversity recruiting strategies, including partnerships with key diverse recruiting firms, professional affinity groups, schools, etc.

●Manage recruiting compliance programs and reporting requirements, including OFCCP and EEOC.

●Manage online recruiting resources and in-house ATS/Taleo to identify and recruit the very best candidates.

●Create and foster relationships with diverse national and local professional organizations to attract and recruit alumni and diversity candidates. Coached, Instructed and Review resumes and credentials for appropriateness of skills, experience and knowledge in relation to position requirements.

ACADIA/VCE (VM WARE) 6/2010 – 2/2011

Senior Corporate Management / Talent Acquisition – (Contract)

Established and negotiated salary terms and contract conditions with candidates and hiring managers. Developed new business and established major contracts while maintaining accounts with key clients. Prepared numerous reports/spreadsheets.

●Responsible for delivering high quality professional and executive-level candidates along with numerous markets and professional communities, while leading hiring managers and candidates with Data Center through the selection process.

●Develop and maintain strong working relationships with leaders, community organizations, and other team members to create a partnership that yields success, predictable results and credibility.

●Develop and maintain a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified leaders.

PSI - ProTech Solutions Inc. 5/2009 - 6/2010

Director Acquisition Management

Develop and maintain strong working relationships with leaders, vendors, community organizations, and other team members to create a partnership that yields success, predictable results and credibility.

●Develop and maintain a network of contacts to help identify and source Data Center, Business Intelligence, SAP and Oracle qualified candidates and leaders.

●Responsible for coaching/mentor new onboard recruiters. Involved with interviewing recruiters along with hiring recruiters for full-time and contract. Established and negotiated salary terms and contract conditions with clients.

PepsiCo 2/2009 – 5/2009

Senior Talent Acquisition Management (Contract) - Responsible for recruiting SAP Strategic Leadership in the Business Services (Group Global SAP Practice.).

Responsible for providing the highest level of staffing services to PepsiCo IT clients and candidates. Delivering high quality professional and executive-level candidates and advancing the PepsiCo brand across numerous markets and professional communities, while leading hiring managers and candidates through the selection process.

Achievements: Hired 30 individuals in 90 days internal and external based SAP Candidates. Worked closely with HR to ensure that our Diversity & Inclusion hiring goals were met or exceeded.

CSC – Computer Science Corporation

5/2008 – 1/2009

Sr. Global SAP Recruitment Talent Management

Responsible for recruiting SAP Strategic Leadership in the Business Services (Group Global SAP Practice).

Sourcing and managing the hires for the SME - SAP FI/CO and Business Intelligence Consultants opportunity as an experienced SAP FI/CO, team lead consultant with CSC's Global SAP Practice to our client projects is a must.

●As a team leader, this consultant must have multiple, full lifecycle SAP implementations as a team leader in SAP FI/CO.

●Hands-on resource with documentation for the job postings in Taleo along with excellent communication, presentation and leadership skills as well as solid experience leading workshops and preparing proposals for potential SAP business.

●Responsible for supporting the end-to-end recruiting process resulting in highest quality hires in a timely, efficient manner. Coach and assist hiring managers throughout the process.

EDS – Electronic Data Systems- HP Hewlett Packard 8/2005 – 4/2008

International/Global Sr. Recruitment (SAP) -ERP Solutions – Enterprise Application Services (EAS) and EAM Talent Strategy

Resourceful oriented Sr. Corporate Recruiter with 10+ years of experience. Traveled to London, UK on a short term project for the Department of Defense DOD. Responsible for Workforce Planning and Recruitment Planning. Responsible for hiring ERP professionals into the Enterprise Application Services (EAS) organization National/International ERP Consulting practices which consisted of SAP, Oracle, Oracle E-Business Suite Financial, Business Intelligence, PeopleSoft, Siebel and JD Edwards.

●Interview potential candidates for staff augmentation/consultant work and project based work for existing requirements within the EAS and EAM Group.

●Responsible for coaching/mentor new onboard recruiters. Involved with interviewing recruiters along with hiring recruiters for full-time and contract. In addition, worked with Tier One Vendors for senior level executives.

●Hands-on experience in full-life cycle recruiting with proven success SLA process in direct sourcing, interviewing and closing candidates within Corporate High Tech E-Business Oracle/ DOD, Justice, SCI, SSBI, Top Secret, Governance EMEA, On hands experience and development process’ for The Department of Workforce and Pensions (DWP) in the United Kingdom, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma Black Belts, SAP, Oracle, CXO, CIO, CEO, and High Level Executives. Continually on the Leading edge of recruiting.

●Recommend, develop, and implement creative recruitment processes and strategies to attract high caliber talent for temporary and full-time technical and non-technical positions. Seeks out, develops, and utilizes innovative, cost effective recruitment methods to consistently source and provide a diverse pool of qualified prospects.

●Responsible for full human resources support of corporate support functions based on projects. Work closely with client/customers groups to maximize performance of individuals and teams to achieve EDS key business priorities and functional objectives.

●In addition, worked closely with other human resource generalists and specialists (including compensation, benefits, staffing, and compliance). Exceeded over 115% of quota.

PSI – ProTech Solutions, Inc. 09/1997 – 06/2005

Technical Recruiting Manager

Established and negotiated salary terms and contract conditions with clients. Managed recruitment process in SAP and Oracle projects. Developed new business and established major contracts while maintaining accounts with key clients.

●Managed open requirements by ensuring adequate recruiting coverage, matching skills of candidates to requirements and negotiating salaries and terms of employment with hiring managers.

●Responsible for meeting with new managers and stakeholders to discuss potential/future staffing needs with Data Center skills. Negotiated rates and contract terms with directors and managers.

EDUCATION TRAINING - HP ASO Staffing Training – 2013 ●Top Performers Circle – Accenture 2014 ● 2000 SemCo Enterprises, Inc. – Updated Technical Recruiting ● 1998 SemCo Enterprises, Inc. – Essentials of Technical Recruiting Computer: Systems, Terms, and Acronyms. ● Accenture Coaching and Mentoring – Training ● Behavioral Interviewing – Training ● Recruitment Training for Hiring Managers, SAP for Hiring, Recruitment Offerings, Acclimation to EDS, Employment Investigations and Representing EDS ● Export / Security & Awareness - ● SAP 110 – 120 and 130 – 2007 (SAP America) ● International Business School - 1996 ● Dean’s List Honors, 4.0 GPA

MEMBERSHIPS ● DFWTRN ● Corporate – The Human Capital Institute (HCI) ● Global Women’s Network (GWN) EDS/HP/Accenture ● ATW – Alliance of Technology and Women - WIT - Women in Technology

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