Rena Ventura
Nashville,TN
Summary
A versatile and proactive Recruitment leader adept at delivering value across diverse landscapes, from nimble startups to expansive global enterprises. Driven by a focus on leadership, excel in crafting and spearheading strategic initiatives, fostering collaboration within intricate matrix structures, and cultivating teams that consistently surpass expectations with their performance and engagement levels.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Director of Technical Recruiting
Coda SearchStaffing
08.2022 - Current
- Spearheaded full-lifecycle technical recruitment processes, with a focus on Software Engineering roles, resulting in successfully hiring top technical talent
- Developed and executed innovative sourcing strategies, consistently exceeding hiring targets in high-volume environment
- Cultivated deep expertise and knowledge of engineering communities and emerging technical trends to stay ahead of the curve in talent acquisition
- Collaborated closely with Engineering Leadership to strategize and navigate complex offer situations, overcoming candidate objections and ensuring successful hires
- Played a pivotal role in hiring initiatives at tech companies, hedge funds, and growth startup, contributing to organizational growth and success
- Set the vision and strategy, led a global team to achieve our recruitment goals, and developed strategic sourcing processes, practices, and capabilities to support our business units
- Implemented a new training for all recruiters to help attract the best Technology candidates
- Focusing on Hedge Funds, Healthcare, Tech start-ups, and Enterprise companies
- Overpassing company hiring goals for all quarters
- Created and executed our training and development plan, effective curriculum, and training effectiveness assessments for my team
- Implemented a source plan, and strategy to attract talent
- Set creative and innovative ways to deliver training and candidate approach content and drove engagement
- Designed, delivered, and facilitated training programs tailored to diverse audiences, resulting in a 15% increase in employee engagement and productivity.
Regional Talent Manager
Tyk
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Hands-on manager leading full-lifecycle technical recruitment processes, with a focus on Software Engineering roles, resulting in successfully hiring top technical talent
- Managed a centralized talent acquisition team for the Americas division, reporting to the VP, of Global Talent Management, supporting all Americas North, Central, and South America, and collaborating on global projects
- Established and monitored metrics for evaluating and improving team performance and hiring processes.
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Relatient
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Mentored new hiring managers on proper applicant tracking system utilization processes
- Developed and executed ATS system and operated by managing configuration changes, system updates, new user setup, and form updates
- Met business requirements by creating and executing recruitment strategies and processes
- Evaluated training effectiveness through post-training assessments and feedback surveys, implementing adjustments to improve program quality and relevance continuously
- Guaranteed compliance with the highest levels of hiring standards while administering recruiting procedures
- Cultivated and nurtured strong relationships with universities, coordinated job fairs, and interviewed students
- Designed recruitment strategies in coordination with the leadership team while leveraging an understanding of hiring challenges.
Organization Development Consultant / Talent Acquisition
Freelance
01.2020 - 04.2021
- Partnered with Global start-ups, in a variety of industries including but not limited to software, technology, healthcare, marketing, non-profit, and others.
Director of Talent Operations & Admissions
Nashville Software School
10.2018 - 12.2019
- Led the team in identifying, recruiting, and onboarding to ensure appropriate staffing levels are maintained
- Focused on Technology recruitment
- Oversee all aspects around HR, compensation, benefits, performance management, employee relations, change management, employee engagement, and recruitment of all employees
- Directly managed a team of admissions representatives and coordinators including hiring new team members
- Coached each Admissions Staff to develop specific goals and ensure monthly enrollment goals were met
- Conducted daily stand-ups, weekly one-one meetings, monthly evaluations, and daily observations with Admissions Staff
- Worked with cross-functional teams such as student finance, career services, and education departments to ensure a positive onboarding experience for all new students
- Generated new leads and brand recognition for the campus by coordinating events on and off campus.
Director of People and Culture (Recruitment & Human Resources)
Noelle
04.2018 - 10.2018
- Lead all People Operations & HR including developing, directing, and coordinating systems, programs, and staff in the areas of Operations, Employee Relations, Recruitment, Branding, Benefits, Talent Dev, Compliance, Culture, DEI, Payroll, HRIS Systems, and Performance Management
- Develop and implement HR programs and initiatives in the areas of recruitment, employee/management relations, performance management, organizational design, and compensation and benefits for all client companies
- Ensure all federal, state, and local laws and company HR-related compliance matters are proactively managed
- Provide counsel to executive leadership and management regarding all HR-related issues, including employee relations, compliance issues, progressive discipline, terminations, harassment/discrimination investigations, compensation analysis, staffing, and other policy-related issues
- Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in the efficiency of departmental services
- Aligned org with the overall mission, vision, goals, and strategy of the company also managed employer branding & fostered a strong and inclusive culture.
Director, Talent and Organizational Development
Core10
07.2017 - 04.2018
- Managed full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing to offer, ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout
- Developed and executed talent acquisition and HR strategies that supported 40+ accounts with annual recurring revenue of $37M
- Implemented a new ATS System and trained the entire company
- Drove aggressive yet sustainable growth and profitability by optimizing recruitment processes and aligning them with business goals
- Conducted workforce planning to determine current and future staffing needs and presented weekly recommendations to senior leadership on a bi-weekly basis.
Manager, Talent Acquisition
Planview LeanKit (Now Planview AgilePlace)
04.2013 - 07.2017
- Grew Tech Services org by around 570% from 21-120
- Grew Engineering org by over 600% from 73 - over 450 with 289 global hires
- Worked with the recruiting team to win against competing offers from companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook, not through the simple but unsustainable mechanism of higher compensation but through a combination of competitive offers and a conversation with each candidate to identify how the mission and work at Indeed matches what they want from their next career move
- Hiring for various teams including Tech, Program Management Office, Marketing, Sales, Nationally and Internationally exceeding hiring targets within 5 weeks end to end
- Built a recruiting team to support: Product, Engineering, and Tech.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Psychology & Organizational Leadership
Lipscomb University
12.2019
Skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Strategic leadership
- Relationship Building
- Technical implementation
- Technical Recruiting Expertise
- Global Talent Acquisition
- LinkedIn Recruiting
Websites
Certification
- Advanced Team Player - Lipscomb University
- Advanced Relationship Building - Lipscomb University
- Conflict Management - Lipscomb University
Personal Information
Citizenship: American
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Associate Director of Technical Recruiting
Coda SearchStaffing
08.2022 - Current
Regional Talent Manager
Tyk
03.2022 - 08.2022
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Relatient
04.2021 - 03.2022
Organization Development Consultant / Talent Acquisition
Freelance
01.2020 - 04.2021
Director of Talent Operations & Admissions
Nashville Software School
10.2018 - 12.2019
Director of People and Culture (Recruitment & Human Resources)
Noelle
04.2018 - 10.2018
Director, Talent and Organizational Development
Core10
07.2017 - 04.2018
Manager, Talent Acquisition
Planview LeanKit (Now Planview AgilePlace)
04.2013 - 07.2017
Bachelor's degree - Psychology & Organizational Leadership
Lipscomb University
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