Skill set
Michelle in a few words
- Over 12 years' experience in hands-on recruiting predominantly in Tech but also across Product, Operations, Central Functions and Creative/Design.
- Hired at grad level, all the way to C suite across Europe, Singapore and US.
- Scaled a Top 5 European Fintech by 250+ in under 1 year and built multiple Founding teams.
- Worked with first-time Founders as well as serial Founders, backed by VCs.
- Also worked with bootstrapped startups so have built teams with little to no hiring budget.
- Built out Talent Acquisition & People Operations functions from scratch and am comfortable leading a team, being an individual contributor or being in a standalone role.
- Stengths include matching values, working styles and personality differences between Founders/Teams and candidates - no candidate of mine has failed probation or left the company in their first 12 months of placement.
Irish passport - right to work in UK & EU)
Experience
- KanaHead of Talent & People OperationsTECHOctober 2021 - Today (3 years and 1 month)London, England, United KingdomReferred by Founder I previously worked with.- First team member to join first-time Founder, my role covered everything under the Talent, - People Operations and Culture umbrella- Designed Talent and People processes from scratch- Built a team of 8 in 2.5 months (incl. 4x Founding Engineers, 1x Founding Designer, 1x Founder’s Associate, 1x Customer Success Engineer, 1x Operations Associate)- Designed company benefits package and onboarding process- Managed visa sponsorship licence application process- Took on Chief of Staff responsibilities supporting Founder across all areas of the business, ideation, crafting core Kana values- Implemented new HRIS system (Zelt)- Identified and arranged company move to new office, reducing monthly costs by 50%- Planned company off-sites across UK- Provided support and relocation plans for team member impacted by the Ukraine/Russia war
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