Talent Acquisition Team Leader

David Oliver *****.*******@*****.***

Phone: 703-***-**** LinkedIn

A highly astute and business-savvy Talent Acquisition Leader with over 15 years of experience, I am recognized as

an innovative top performer who consistently surpasses objectives. As a team leader, I empower and motivate

staff while keeping a sharp focus on the bottom line.

I have extensive experience as both a DEI program strategist and an Employment Branding consultant. Additionally, I am skilled in recruitment process design, development, training, and implementation, with strong abilities in building and demonstrating internal partnerships.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Talent Acquisition Leader Full Lifecycle Recruiting Management National & Global Recruitment Diversity Channels Employer Branding Data & Analytics Nerd

Experience

CONFLUENT, Mountain View, CA 1/2021 – Present

Talent Acquisition Lead

Monitor & Manage Data in Real-Time Using Our Scalable, Reliable, & Flexible Platform

Led the GTM Recruiting Team while managing a requisition load of around 15 per quarter.

Utility player/coach focused on GTM/Sales, CS, BD, and Marketing org.

Created processes to help eliminate bias in the recruiting process

Deliver insights to business leaders leveraging Tableau and Lever/Jobvite for both recruiting and diversity metrics

THE TRADE DESK, New York, NY 1/2020 – 6/2020

Executive Recruiter

A global technology company that markets a software platform used by digital ad buyers to purchase data-driven digital advertising campaigns across various ad formats and devices

I focused on rebuilding a GTM/Sales talent acquisition function concentrated on sales and product development to create effective and efficient methodologies and practices.

I trained the entire recruiting team on diversity recruiting and social media branding.

Rolled out and managed the 2020 workforce plan as the consultative partner between leadership and HR Operations in Anaplan and Greenhouse.

The position ended due to COVID-19 restructuring.

SPLUNK, McLean, VA 4/2015 – 01/2020

Talent Acquisition Principal & Executive Recruiter

Splunk’s Data-to-Everything Platform includes everything you need to ensure customer digital initiatives succeed.

Provided strategic, full life cycle recruiting leadership to meet the talent demands of our GTM/Sales and Public Sector business.

Built a talent acquisition function that was both effective and efficient, focusing on internal partnerships and personalized candidate experience.

Focused on establishing multiple DEI initiatives and cross-functional engagement around DEI.

Rebranded our TA function by focusing on website design, social channels and building talent communities

Created and delivered executive reports and presentations at all quarterly executive QBRs.

Champion the use of diversity channels to drive the growth in diverse candidate slates brought into the interview process. Partner with these channels to plan events to attract key talent.

DELL/EMC, McLean, VA. 3/2012 – 4/2015

Federal Talent Acquisition Leader

An industry leader in storage technologies, allowing customers to innovate with data in ways that have created a sea change of opportunity across every type of business.

Talent acquisition leader for EMCs Federal Division focused on GTM/Sales headcount and workforce planning.

Responsible for complete lifecycle recruiting management in a player/coach capacity.

As a Talent Acquisition Business Partner, I collaborated with our HR Business Partner team to build and maintain relationships with executives and process stakeholders.

VERIZON, Basking Ridge, NJ 6/2008 – 3/2012

Global Talent Acquisition Sr. Manager

With over 150 locations, Verizon is a global leader in delivering innovative communications and technology solutions that improve customers' lives, work, learn, and play.

I managed a global team of recruiters (US/EMEA/APJ) that focused on core sales and engineering talent.

I served as a core member of the global leadership team, developing and implementing innovative recruiting and strategic pipeline initiatives.

Led enterprise global cross-regional recruiting efforts – acted as the liaison for hiring process and policies and helped educate and train recruiters located in the Americas, EMEA, India, and APJ

Education

BS, Industrial Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC

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