Talent Acquisition Senior Manager
Resume:
Taryn Little
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Professional Summary
Results-driven senior talent acquisition leader with experience in global tech recruiting across public companies, private sectors, and agencies. Proven expertise in designing data-driven TA strategies, workforce planning, and cross-functional leadership. Adept at scaling recruiting operations, developing high-performing teams, and delivering quantifiable improvements in hiring metrics. Led strategic initiatives to drive innovative recruiting solutions and standardization of processes. Core Competencies
● Global Talent Acquisition Strategy
● Workforce Planning & Forecasting
● Data Analytics & Recruiting Metrics
● Cross-Functional & Matrixed Leadership
● Coaching & Leadership Development
● Performance Management & Training
● Recruitment & Cost Optimization
● Process Optimization & Scalability
● Technology Change Champion
Professional Experience
Pulsar Informatics – HR & Talent Acquisition Leader July 2025 – present A leader in fatigue risk management and human performance analytics, providing advanced tools that help organizations in safety-critical industries—including aviation, trucking, defense, and spaceflight— optimize scheduling, forecast fatigue risk, and improve operational safety. Pulsar delivers technology that enables teams to make data-driven decisions in high-stakes environments where human performance is mission-critical.
• Sole HR and TA partner, responsible for building and scaling hiring infrastructure during a high- growth phase.
• Designed and implemented end-to-end interview processes, competency-based questions, and structured rubrics to drive consistent, equitable hiring decisions.
• Supported executive leadership in filling critical roles across engineering and product, including Front-end, Back-end, Mobile developers, Data Engineers, Data Analysts, DevSecOps, and Product Managers.
Zillow Group — Director, Talent Acquisition August 2021 – June 2025 Support global recruitment for product, engineering, and design teams, working with C-level executives, SVPs, and VPs. The team has varied in size due to reorgs, reaching up to 35 people including roles like TA Senior Manager, Principal Recruiter, Senior Manager – Tech Sourcing, RC Manager, the Mexico recruiting team and US based Tech Recruiters.
• Utilized AI to transform recruiting by using ChatGPT, Glean, BrightHire and other tools to streamline scripts, automate agendas, interview questions for interviewers and prepare recaps. This improved efficiency, reduced manual work, and enhanced candidate engagement and hiring outcomes.
● Exceeded hiring targets year over year by creating streamlined interview processes and reduced time to fill on all tech roles while focusing on maintaining quality of hires.
● Led the strategic initiative to expand into the Mexican market by capitalizing on lower labor costs, reduced overhead, and time zone similarities with U.S. operations. Successfully recruited over 240 employees, thereby achieving substantial savings on salaries, benefits, and relocation expenses while ensuring high standards in talent acquisition. Built recruiting strategy for new market with processes, new compensation ranges (partnering with Comp and HRBPs) and hiring and establishing a comprehensive Talent Acquisition team in Mexico to support further expansion efforts.
● Designed and implemented scalable processes for skills based hiring and specialized tech recruiting to meet increased hiring demands, with a focus on senior and highly specialized roles.
● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design a unified hiring framework, including interview question banks and rubrics, for key job families such as Software Development Engineering, Product Management, and Design. This initiative aimed to incorporate career growth pathways and ensure equitable hiring practices that align with our strategies for talent assessment, promotion, and retention.
● Responsible for creating talent acquisition job ladders and integrating advisor competencies to define growth paths. Demonstrated strong performance management skills, successfully managing team members' performance, facilitating terminations when necessary, and navigating difficult conversations related to restructuring within the TA organization.
● Developed a comprehensive strategy and actively participated in special events and conferences to enhance talent brand attraction and recruitment. Engaged with multiple events and vendors, including AfroTech, Black is Tech, LinkedIn Talent Connect Summit, NextPlay, Render, SHETO, SXSW, and Tech Meetups.
● Conducted sessions on sharing best practices using tools like GEM, Workday, Tableau, and Paradox to enhance recruiting analytics and data-driven storytelling.
● Led the implementation of new recruiting technologies and processes at Zillow. Collaborated with business leaders, recruiting teams, people tech and product, and vendors to improve platform functionality across multiple tools and platforms. Amazon Corporate and AWS - Sr. Manager, Tech Recruiting July 2013 – July 2021
● Directed a centralized specialty recruiting team for Consumer Americas - directly managing 8 recruiting leaders and indirectly overseeing up to 95 recruiters supporting mid-to-senior level technical hiring for 3 SVPs and 25+ VP organizations.
● The centralized team provided enhanced hiring productivity and a better candidate experience, offering candidate choices and standardized recruiting processes beginning with market research. This included candidate engagement and assessment, the ability to prioritize business demand and reduce time to fill for prioritized requisitions, maintaining a constant flow of candidate pipeline, and centralized reporting to track accurate conversion metrics by job family.
● Orchestrated regional talent mapping, market intelligence, and global diversity initiatives while establishing rigorous performance metrics and conducting regular business reviews
(WBR/MBR/QBR), consistently exceeding external tech hiring targets (2020: 463, 2019: 599, 2018: 172) and enhancing hiring manager satisfaction and candidate experience.
● Organized global hiring events to recruit talent for senior tech roles (Software Developers, Technical Project Managers, Product Managers, Software Dev Managers) in the United States.
● Led innovation efforts by collaborating with my team to develop and launch internal products, such as a comprehensive knowledge base/business acumen training module and a study buddy program. These initiatives were designed to streamline recruiting processes, enhance external acceptance rates, and refine talent acquisition practices across Amazon. Prior recruiting and leadership experience includes: Mobius Partners, Rackspace, Deacon Recruiting, Snelling Staffing, M.D.A., and T.I.G. First Source Education
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
B.S. in Psychology, Minor in Business
Certifications & Technical Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Glean, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Slack, Zoom, Workday, Tableau, GEM, Paradox, Codesignal, BrightHire, HackerRank, LinkedIn, and various other ATS/recruiting platforms. Utilized Imperative platform for peer mentoring. Certified Social Sourcing Recruiter (CSSR), Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR), Cloud U Certified.
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