Daisy Zhang

• Led and managed a 15-member recruiting team (recruiters, sourcers, and coordinators) supporting TikTok USDS Tech and Product hiring, while remaining hands-on in full-cycle recruiting for key roles.
• Partnered with senior engineering leaders to design hiring strategies aligned with organizational goals and ensure successful delivery of hiring targets.
• Redesigned recruiting SOPs, workflows, and process guidelines to improve team efficiency and streamline end-to-end hiring operations while the company went through entity change
• Drove cross-functional collaboration with HRBPs, HR Operations, Legal, P&I, and Org Culture teams to ensure smooth and compliant recruiting operations.

• Established and scaled the recruiting team from 0 to 1 to support TikTok Engineering Organization's US and EMEA hiring, enabling rapid growth of the engineering organization from hundreds to thousands of employees.
• Led a global recruiting team: US based recruiters and Aisa based sourcers and coordinators to worked closely with engineering leadership to deliver on hiring goals throughout multiple growth phases, including scaling the team rapidly, executing specialized hiring projects, driving talent upgrade initiatives and 2025/2026 campus hiring project ect
• Collaborated with HRBPs and engineering leaders to design recruitment strategies in response to evolving market conditions, translating plans into actionable goals for the team.
• Led and developed a high-performing recruiting team, fostering operational excellence and achieving ambitious hiring goals

• Hired initially as a contractor and promoted to a full-time position within 6 months based on performance and impact
• 6/2021-1/2022 Talent Acquisition Partner supports Monetization Product: Executed full-cycle recruiting for TikTok’s monetization product, partnering closely with product and engineering teams and applying deep business and product insights to drive hiring decisions.
• 1/2022-11/2022 Talent Acquisition Partner supports TikTok Engineering build up 0-1 team in the US,
  establishing the initial recruiting function and achieving 168 FTE hires in 2022 to support rapid engineering team growth.
• Delivered end-to-end recruiting with strong attention to detail, proactively refining workflows to optimize candidate experience and hiring efficiency.

• Sourced and engaged qualified candidates for TikTok Monetization Product roles, managing the recruiting process from outreach through offer.
• Delivered top-performer results and achieved contractor-to-FTE conversion opportunity within 6 months.

Top Performer | Q2–Q4 2020

• Sourced and delivered qualified candidates for technical and non-technical roles, leveraging referrals, cold outreach, and job portals.
• Owned end-to-end recruitment process, including screening, interview coordination, and offer negotiation.
• Acted as main account liaison for an ads tech client, ensuring hiring objectives were met efficiently.