Jacob George
Lawrence Twp
Summary
Results-driven Executive Director with a proven track record in talent acquisition and strategic planning. Expertise in data analytics and team management, successfully achieving hiring targets and enhancing recruitment processes.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Director
TECHVINE
Princeton
01.2012 - Current
● Prepared strategic and operational plans for talent acquisition development, building tactical plans to achieve targets.
● To build a strong talent pipeline based upon realistic opportunity assessments.
● To achieve the targets through proper account management plans and team management.
● Managed a team of recruitment specialists, enhancing team effectiveness in meeting talent acquisition goals.
● To manage and expand the business practices around technology vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Pega and SAP around Enterprise Applications & Professional Consulting Services
● To identify, recruit, train, retain and manage a supportive talent acquisition team around technology vendors and enterprise solutions
● Identified and developed expansion strategies for new business opportunities in emerging technology domains and industry sectors.
● To perform data-crunching / analytics to improve effectiveness and productivity
● To lead proposal development initiatives and prepare executive level presentations
● To respond to RFPs around Talent Acquisition Business Models - RPO Model / MSP Model
● To track industry trends, technology trends and perform competitive analysis and recommend the requisite positioning / repositioning
● To act as a business partner director with leading technology vendors and IT firms such as IBM and SAP and Big 4 Consulting firms.
To build new business partnerships and clients and maintain pro-active relationships with all existing partners and clients to drive revenue opportunities.
Education
Graduate Program in International Business Management -
McDonough School of Business Georgetown University
Washington DC05-2000
Skills
- Talent acquisition
- Business development
- Contract negotiation
- Client relationship management
- Financial management
- Strategic planning
- Team management
- Leadership skills
- Data analytics
- Market analysis
- Business planning
- International business
- Contract management
- Business administration
- Financial budgeting
- Client management
- Relationship building
- Talent staffing
Custom Section 1
● 25 + years of IT Industry experience at leadership levels
● 15+ years as a seasoned sourcing strategist / talent acquisition expert to attract, inspire and hire top executive talent across technology domains and industry sectors for F500 Firms and Top Consulting Firms
● Played a key role in hiring 30-40 senior executives (in the 150-300 K Base Salary range) for various leadership positions at F500 Firms / Big 4 Consulting Firms
● Played a ‘Trusted Talent Advisor’ role to both clients and candidates
● Developed a strong ‘employer branding’ for our clients to attract top talent
● Employed “Best Practices” for effective talent management throughout the talent life cycle.
● Provided a rich experience to both candidates and clients through out their selection process
● Adopted an ongoing sourcing strategy to develop a strong pipeline with passive candidates
● Served as one of the high performers in all organizations worked for
● Executed a result-driven approach to all search engagements through effective use of ATS
● Demonstrated a proven “Relationship Management” experience with several Technology Vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, Pega, Oracle, SAP and others
● Established key search partnerships with Big 4 Consulting Firms & S/W Vendors (IBM, IBM- IGS, McKinsey, Avnet)
● Co-ordinated and collaborated with the hiring managers / program managers to schedule interviews and updates all stakeholders with timely updates.
● Shared insights on Talent Management Trends & Best Practices with hiring managers / business line leaders
● Adopted proactive social media strategies to source the right talent for the right positions
● Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (B. Tech) and Postgraduate in Management with specialization in International Business Management from Georgetown University, Washington DC.
● Hired several C-level / Executive Technical Leadership talent for EY, TD Bank, IBM, and Avnet in the 150-300 K Base Salary range across a wide range of emerging technology sectors from Cloud to Data to Analytics to AI to Application Modernization.
Timeline
Executive Director
TECHVINE
01.2012 - Current
Graduate Program in International Business Management -
McDonough School of Business Georgetown University