Jessie LaRock

Strategic talent partner with 10+ years of experience driving operational excellence, principle-based hiring, and enterprise transformation through scalable strategies and cross-functional partnerships. Proven track record of advancing Koch’s long-term vision by enabling teams through knowledge exchange, data-driven insights, and mutually beneficial solutions that foster continuous improvement. Skilled in coaching recruiters, hiring teams, and business partners to adopt best practices, embrace innovation, and leverage enabling technologies to optimize recruitment operations. Passionate influence leader and people connector, committed to elevating Koch Recruiting, and seeking growth opportunities to enhance the measurement of impact and business outcomes.

• Perform comprehensive needs assessments and utilize talent analytics, internal metrics, performance trends, and market intelligence to craft and deliver customized recruitment strategies aligned with specific business goals and market dynamics.
• Translate data into compelling narratives to drive business influence, enhance stakeholder engagement, challenge existing processes, foster collaboration, and strengthen strategic execution.
• Strategically align cross-functional stakeholders across Koch companies to facilitate knowledge exchange, promote best practice sharing, and drive collaborative innovation that supports enterprise-wide goals.
• Develop and facilitate strategic engagement initiatives for Hiring @ Koch, enabling hiring teams to effectively identify, assess, and select culturally aligned, contribution-motivated talent.
• Champion targeted employee referral initiatives—including Koch Republic of Science and Everlearn search—to amplify recruiter outreach across key internal audiences.
• Drive enterprise-wide talent acquisition excellence by sharing best practices through Koch Recruiting forums such as Friday Fundamentals.
• Provide strategic mentorship and training to recruiters, enhancing capabilities in operational excellence, compliance adherence, and the selection of talent aligned with Principle-Based Management (PBM) values.
• Contributed as an Avature SME (Go-Live 2024), supporting implementation and post-launch optimization efforts to drive platform adoption, close capability gaps, and guide peer groups through effective change management and process transformation.