Jessica Cataneo

Pyka: Senior Recruiting Manager, Oakland, CA

• Developed and implemented recruiting strategies to attract high-caliber candidates.
• Negotiated salary packages with potential employees while ensuring company policies were followed.
• Utilized Applicant Tracking Systems [Greenhouse & Rippling] to track candidate progress through the recruiting process.
• Created job postings, sourced resumes, screened applicants, and conducted initial interviews.
• Collaborated with hiring managers to identify job requirements and created job descriptions.

Mayman Aerospace: Head of Talent, San Francisco, CA

• Enhanced organization visibility in key recruiting markets by developing and executing innovative talent acquisition strategies
• Assisted in employee recruitment, hiring and interview processes.
• Leveraged LinkedIn Recruiter's advanced sourcing capabilities to identify top-tier talent and build a robust pipeline of candidates

Execution:

• Oversaw the growth and expansion of the Trucking Engineering and Research teams, increasing their headcount from 40 to over 120 and from 40 to 80
• Provided strategic counsel to top-level executives during a rapidly evolving landscape, meeting a target of 10+ hires per month with a 70% offer acceptance rate
• Managed capacity planning to prioritize and pace headcount growth
• Developed and executed a comprehensive talent strategy for two distinct cost centers with unique hiring requirements and objectives
• Led the search for a Director-level position as Head of Research, collaborating with an executive search firm

Strategic Team Management:

• Jointly managed Vendor Partnerships, covering negotiations, contract management, vendor evaluation, performance monitoring, executive search processes, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, and extended workforce solutions
• Functioned as a reliable advisor to the Heads of Research and Trucking on all aspects of talent acquisition and management, including organizational design and effectiveness, strategic talent projects, interview panel selection and coaching, team presentations, and presenting quarterly business reviews to the executive leadership team
• Conducted regular performance reviews, ratings calibrations, and other performance evaluation activities

Leadership:

• Led a team of 5+ recruiters and sourcers across two cost centers: Waymo Via Trucking (team of 120+ engineers) & Waymo Research (team of 80+ researchers)
• Member of the Core Leads team partnering with the Head of Talent Acquisitions to inform & influence organizational decisions including TA budget, capacity planning, cross-team programs, change management, succession planning, team & individual career development and quarterly metrics
• Created and implemented Team Skill builds across Recruiting including “Closing Training”, “Competitive Analysis”, MOAT Analysis, and Equity 101
• Served as a steward of Waymo’s company values to effectively promote and illustrate the Waymo Talent Brand
• Worked with Waymo’s marketing team to be featured as a spotlight in the Waymo Blog “Women in the ‘long haul’ of Trucking” where I was interviewed as a subject matter expert in the autonomous trucking space

DEI:

• Established and executed diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring best practices and programs throughout the company
• Worked closely with the Head of Diversity to create Waymo's first Inclusive Hiring Training Program, piloting it at the executive level before rolling it out to the entire company
• Implemented the newly established Diverse Slate Initiative (DSI) for a Director-level position on the Research Team
• Actively participated in Women @ Waymo and volunteered for the TechWomen Fall 2022 Pitch Day, a program that supports and connects women leaders in STEM from Africa, Central and South Asia, and the Middle East

• Managed full life-cycle recruiting process for the customer support engineering team, insurance engineering, front-end engineering and the ML / AI team
• Tasked with building Lyft’s first ever Insurance Engineering team partnering directly with the newly appointed Head of Insurance Engineering Team taking the team from zero to 30+ people in one quarter
• Tasked with building out Lyft’s first engineering presence in Nashville, TN; worked cross-functionally and collaborating with a team of 12 engineers, including employee number 3 and principal engineer to successfully interview and hire a team of 5 including a engineering director

• Full life-cycle Recruiter staffing for small to medium sized tech startups primarily in the Bay Area with a focus on Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Robotics & Hardware
• Built a portfolio of clients from scratch through cold-calling, email marketing, networking and superb interpersonal skills
• Consulted clients on various employee relations/hiring/HR topics including compensation negotiations, EEOC requirements, DEI initiatives & best practices, Veteran hiring, employee benefits & ERGs, etc
• Spotlighted in several publications for my in-depth knowledge of recruiting in the tech industry including this NY Times piece: Tech Giants are Paying Huge Salaries for Scare AI Talent

• Supported direct hire, full life-cycle recruitment with a primary focus on hiring in the legal, change management and internal audit space
• Built and maintained a pipeline of 5th and 6th year associate attorneys from top 25 law firms in the U.S
• Hired for all of JP Morgan’s lines of business including Asset Management, Corporate Investment Banking, Commercial Banking, Consumer & Community Banking & Corporate