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Enterprise TA Leadership • Workforce Strategy • AI-Enabled Recruiting Operations

Senior Talent Acquisition Leader Helping Organizations Scale, Modernize, and Execute

I help organizations build stronger Talent Acquisition functions, improve hiring delivery, optimize recruiting operations, and align workforce strategy to business priorities across complex, multi-country, and growth-oriented environments.

Former Head of Talent Acquisition – North America for a $3B, 50,000-employee enterprise, leading a 20-person team across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala.

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Current Focus

Talent Acquisition transformation for organizations that need structure, speed, scalability, and execution.

My current focus is the intersection of Talent Acquisition, AI enablement, recruiting operations, workforce planning, and scalable hiring models across healthcare, BPO, public sector, PE-backed, enterprise, and emerging-market environments.

About

Builder. Operator. Player-Coach.

I am a Senior Talent Acquisition leader with experience leading and improving recruiting functions across complex, multi-country environments. I combine structured TA strategy with hands-on execution — operating as a player-coach to deliver hiring results while improving processes, workflows, stakeholder alignment, and consistency.

My work has centered on helping organizations move from reactive recruiting to more disciplined, scalable, metrics-driven hiring operations. That includes workforce planning partnership, recruiter productivity, sourcing strategy, ATS optimization, hiring manager alignment, and stronger internal delivery capability.

I am open to full-time, fractional, interim, and advisory opportunities where Talent Acquisition needs to become more structured, accountable, modern, and connected to business outcomes.

How I Help

Practical Talent Acquisition support for organizations scaling, transforming, or rebuilding hiring capability.

TA Transformation

Build structure, consistency, and operating discipline across recruiting functions.

  • TA operating model design
  • Recruiting process redesign
  • Recruiter enablement
  • Hiring manager alignment

AI & Automation Enablement

Use AI and automation to improve productivity, sourcing, workflows, and reporting.

  • AI-assisted sourcing workflows
  • Recruiting automation strategy
  • ATS optimization
  • Metrics and reporting improvement

Scaling & Emerging Markets

Support organizations entering new markets, expanding hiring demand, or building local capability.

  • Workforce planning alignment
  • Leadership and professional hiring
  • Market entry hiring support
  • Recruiting infrastructure for scale

Player-Coach Execution

Step directly into critical recruiting needs while leading the function forward.

  • Hard-to-fill requisitions
  • Executive and professional hiring
  • High-priority search support
  • Delivery stabilization

Leadership Impact

Measurable results across complex enterprise recruiting environments.

29%

Faster Time-to-Hire through workflow improvements and sourcing strategy

12%

Faster Time-to-Fill by improving process structure and recruiter productivity

$60K+

Agency spend avoided per requisition through stronger internal pipeline development

20

TA team members led across recruiting, sourcing, onboarding, and operations

Head of Talent Acquisition – North America

Conduent Incorporated | $3B enterprise | 50,000 employees | U.S., Canada, Mexico, Guatemala

  • Led North American Talent Acquisition across multiple business lines and countries.
  • Directed and developed a 20-person TA team supporting recruiting, sourcing, onboarding, and operations.
  • Partnered with HR and business leadership on workforce planning and hiring priorities.
  • Led Oracle Recruiting Cloud optimization to improve reporting, system utilization, and recruiting workflows.
  • Maintained hands-on involvement in executive, critical, and difficult-to-fill roles.

Industries & Environments

Built for complexity, growth, and regulated hiring environments.

Healthcare BPO / Contact Center Public Sector Commercial Solutions Financial Services Telecommunications Enterprise Shared Services PE-Backed / Growth Organizations Emerging Market Expansion

Technology & Enablement

Modern recruiting operations require better systems, cleaner workflows, and stronger adoption.

My background includes ATS optimization, recruiting operations, sourcing technology, workflow improvement, and adoption support across enterprise environments.

Oracle Recruiting Cloud iCIMS Taleo Phenom SeekOut DRAUP RoleMapper SkillSurvey Excel PowerPoint SharePoint Microsoft Teams

Ways to Engage

Available for the right strategic opportunity.

Leadership Reputation

Trusted for structure, delivery, and partnership.

“John brings the rare combination of strategic Talent Acquisition leadership and hands-on execution.” Senior Talent Acquisition Executive
“He understands how to build structure, improve process, and keep hiring delivery moving.” Global Talent Leader
“A true player-coach who partners well with HR, business leaders, and recruiting teams.” Executive Stakeholder

Thought Leadership

People. Talent. Purpose.

Does the “Perfect Candidate” Exist, or Are We Letting AI and the Market Break Hiring?

A practical look at hiring complexity, AI-influenced screening, candidate evaluation, and the growing gap between what organizations say they need and how hiring systems actually operate.

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AI in Talent Acquisition Hiring Market Dynamics Recruiting Operations Workforce Strategy Candidate Experience Leadership Execution

Contact

Let’s talk about Talent Acquisition leadership, transformation, or growth-stage hiring strategy.

Open to full-time, fractional, interim, advisory, and consulting opportunities across enterprise, healthcare, BPO, PE-backed, and emerging-market environments.

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