Catherine Skahan

Strategic People Team leader, provide global HR/People Team support in 13 countries.

• Strategic Business Partner across C-Staff Leadership Team
• Grow and Develop staff across EMEA and APAC regions.
• Built Mentor program to supplement Learning and Development Programs.
• Collaborate with COE partners (Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, People Tech and Communications).
• Lead Talent Review programs to identify top talent, ready for growth and succession planning.
• Designed organization model to combine Marketing and Partner Success Events teams.
• Organized Employee Relations actions in partnership with Legal team.
• Evaluate team effectiveness through workforce planning and development.

HR Leader aligned to SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, SVP, WW Services and Support. Provided HR Business Partner support to global organizations with 2000+ employees.

• Originally hired in Virginia to provide strategic business partner support to the Federal Sales and Partner Teams.
• Promoted to Director and relocated to North Carolina to lead the HR function for the the Services and Support team.
• Built strategies to promote organization development talent review, and succession plans around the world.
• Drove workforce planning actions.
• RTP Site HR Leader to drive local volunteer and site activities.
• Executed and assimilated and multiple acquisition integration.

HR Leader to Executive Teams (Services and Sales, Engineering). Served as Advisor and Business Partner, developing strategies to promote organization development. Developed and implemented integrated Leadership Council and Talent Strategy Plan. Led multiple acquisition integration and assimilations.

Responsible for daily support and management of the HR function for the East Region Sales and Support Division, encompassing approximately 700 employees (Federal and Enterprise). Managed employee relations, recruiting activities, facilitated training and general community outreach in support of diversity efforts.