Global Talent Acquisition Leader with DEI Focus

AARON DRAGONE, SHRM-CP

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GLOBAL TALENT ACQUISITION LEADER

Strategic & results-driven Talent Acquisition Leader experienced in designing, scaling & leading recruitment functions across multiple industries including: Technology, SaaS, Financial Services, Travel, and Retail/CPG. Passionate about DEI. Continuous Process Improvement, Change Management, People Leadership & Stakeholder Management. Inspirational and visionary people leader who develops high-performing recruitment teams while fostering a positive and innovative work culture.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sprout Social, Chicago, IL (Remote) May 2025 – Present Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant – Technology

Short-term assignment to fill critical senior-level Technical, Product & Go-To-Market (GTM) roles for one of the world’s fastest growing social media management companies

Partner and collaborate with IT leadership to develop and execute customized & creative sourcing plans to attract top talent while serving as a trusted talent advisor

Strategic partner in the implementation and rollout of new AI recruitment tools including a new chatbot Nomura, New York, NY August 2022 – March 2025

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Provide strategic direction and leadership to the TA team while fostering a high-performing and innovative recruitment culture

Manage Executive Recruitment for Director-level & above vacancies

Strategically partner with HR & Business Leaders to create short-and long-term forecasting models and workforce hiring plans

Reduce third-party agency spend year-over-year resulting in a total cost savings of $6M

Implement and manage KPIs for the TA team with an emphasis on process and data integrity

Successfully led a global ATS migration from TalentSource to SAP SuccessFactors

Designed and led continuous Hiring Manager trainings focused on structured interview methodologies to ensure consistency and effectiveness in the selection process

Citibank, New York, NY August 2020 – July 2022

Senior Manager, Global Talent Acquisition Operations

Led a global team of 200+ geographically dispersed Recruitment Coordinators responsible for supporting the onboarding function across all business lines in North America

Successfully designed and implemented a brand-new department of Interview Schedulers in Manila (APAC) to support all scheduling requests for the Americas region

Led a portfolio of projects related to new global onboarding systems and processes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Collaborated and influenced senior stakeholders by using a data-oriented approach to drive strategic decisions and initiatives

Served as the Lead HR Shared Service Voice-of-the-Employee (VOE) Champion to drive engagement across all pillars

Managed the Internal Mobility and Campus Coordination teams Avis Budget Group, Parsippany, NJ March 2018 – March 2020 Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Successfully insourced the Talent Acquisition (TA) function from an RPO by designing the recruitment model and framework

Led and developed the high-volume & corporate recruitment teams which included three TA Managers and 16 geographically dispersed TA Specialists

Partnered with HR Directors and senior leadership to align recruitment activities with the needs of the business by providing data and market insights

Managed $3M TA budget and reduced external agency spend by 75%

Created and implemented new KPIs for the America’s TA department

Developed a nationwide Diversity & Inclusion strategy with an emphasis on hiring individuals with disabilities and newly separated military veterans

Revlon, New York, NY October 2016 – March 2018

Global Talent Acquisition Manager

Managed a team of global recruiters in EMEA, NAM & LATAM

Sole Executive Recruiter supporting C-level vacancies across all business lines

Partnered with HR, business leaders and third-party consultants to design and implement a global digital transformation strategy

Designed training and education plan for recruitment team

Successfully saved Human Resources $1.2M in agency spend by filling requisitions with internally

Designed and developed global reporting tools to track requisitions, talent pool candidates, and capture market insights

Managed the Employer Branding function while partnering with external vendors Allegis Global Solutions (On-site RPO for MetLife, American Express & E*Trade) September 2013 - October 2016 MetLife, Raleigh, NC

Recruitment Sourcing Manager – Global Technology Operations

Led recruitment delivery and sourcing efforts for MetLife’s Global Technology & Operations business

Managed and coached a team of on & off-shore Talent Assessors and Recruitment Specialists

Partnered with internal hiring managers to develop and execute innovative and “outside the box” recruitment strategies

Collaborated with VP, MetLife’s Diversity & Inclusion to create and implement new strategies to attract and produce slates of diverse candidates including veterans and those with disabilities

Created presentations and reports for the executive team’s QBRs E*Trade, Menlo Park, CA

Recruitment Relationship Manager – Technology

Short-term assignment in Silicon Valley to support one of Allegis’ biggest accounts by filling critical Engineering and other IT roles in order to re-build and salvage the client relationship

American Express, New York, NY

Client Recruitment Specialist - Technology

Managed all recruitment-related activities for AmEx’s Enterprise Growth Technologies, OPEN and Global Business Travel business units

Served as the Taleo Super User and led periodic refresher trainings to current users as well as one-on-one trainings for new employees

Conducted intake meetings with hiring leaders, established timelines and shared data & market insights relevant to their open position

Trained and on-boarded new Recruiters, Coordinators, and Relationship Managers on recruitment systems and processes EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Villanova University, Villanova PA

Master of Science, Human Resources Development

Kean University, Union, NJ

Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice

Society of Human Resources Management

Society of Human Resources Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) TECHNICAL SKILLS

ATS: Taleo, iCMS, SAP Success Factors, Ultimate Software (UltiPro), eArcu, JobDiva, TalentSource, Greenhouse CRM: Avature, Slack, Crelate, Zoho, Workable

HRIS: Workday, Peoplesoft, BambooHR

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