Kayley Perkins
Richmond,NV
Summary
Experienced professional with a strong background in dynamic, high-growth, globally distributed organizations. Proven expertise in implementing people and talent processes, improving systems that scale over time, and building impactful people organizations aligned with business priorities. Adept at delivering talent solutions, facilitating digital upskilling, and driving strategic transformation initiatives.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Solutions Manager, Strategy & Transformation
Apex Systems
01.2024 - Current
- Strategic Leadership: Shaped and drove the strategy and market growth in the learning space across all partners and clients.
Owned the success of learning solutions business, driving revenue growth and profitability.
Provided thought leadership and stayed updated on the latest learning trends and enhancements, developing and executing training plans that support both internal and external learning needs, including sales and product enablement.
- Solution Design and Delivery:Identified opportunities in the learning space and designed scalable solutions, ensuring successful on-time delivery from concept to deployment.
Oversaw the complete project life cycle of digital learning strategy, including managing scope, expenditures, risks, and resources.
Coordinated across internal teams, resources, and client stakeholders to drive outcomes.
- Stakeholder Collaboration:Fostered strong relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders to achieve business outcomes.
Ensured clarity and alignment across teams and leadership, fostering a collaborative environment with open feedback.
- Program Management:Managed the complete project life cycle, including scope, expenditures, risks, and resources.
Developed and executed training plans that support both internal and external learning needs, including sales and product enablement. - Key Achievements: Managed multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to budget. Conceptualized and grew Learning Services area
Solutions Leader, Talent Management
Apex Systems
01.2021 - 12.2023
- Talent Management:Partnered with internal and external stakeholders to address complex talent challenges across internal consultants, contractors, and clients' external teams.
Acted as thought leader, consultant, and solution leader on talent acquisition, labor market trends, and workforce development.
Advised Fortune 1000 clients on enterprise-level talent acquisition strategies, program optimization, and modernization.
- Strategy and Execution:Developed and executed talent strategies tied to critical business imperatives, streamlining operations, upskilling at scale, and increasing efficiencies.
Empowered client talent strategies by providing enterprise-level solutions for talent acquisition, talent development, and workforce management.
- Workforce Solutions:Designed and implemented contingent workforce programs aimed at cost optimization and quality.
Enabled workforce transformation through customized technology skills development programs (Application Development, Data, Cloud, DevOps, Agile, and Project Management).
- Client Engagement:Built and maintained strong client relationships, representing the company at industry and technical events.
Led the solutioning aspect of sales pursuits and owned the success of large proposals.
- Key Achievements:Delivered large and medium-scale strategic client projects that exceeded client expectations with optimum efficiency and profitable cost-effectiveness.
Built strong relationships at various levels within client organizations (IT, PMO, Procurement, HR) to deliver quality consulting solutions and develop strong credibility as a service provider.
Program Manager, Apex Talent University
Apex Systems
01.2018 - 12.2021
- Learning Strategy: Defined learning strategies and created a suite of learning solutions for technical upskilling and early talent tied to business outcomes.
- Program Delivery: Managed vendor relationships and ensured the quality of learning solutions. Oversaw the creation of technical and non-technical upskilling programs.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Consulted with internal and external customers to understand needs and recommend appropriate learning solutions. Prepared and gave presentations to clients and other project stakeholders.
- Key Achievements: Successfully delivered engagements with clients, ensuring value creation and client satisfaction. Championed the value of the program to drive adoption and engagement across the Apex sales organization.
Training and Development Specialist
Apex Systems
09.2014 - 12.2018
- Instructional Design: Designed, developed, and managed e-learning courses using a variety of instructional design tools. Oversaw production of client-specific learning solutions from concept creation to launch.
- Program Management: Managed the learning development project life cycle from scoping projects, needs analysis, design and development, to learning evaluation.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partnered strategically with internal departments to understand key business objectives and translate those into tactical training materials.
- Key Achievements: Measured the impact of training and development initiatives in delivering value for the business. Managed contractor training budget to develop and execute training strategies and programs for the business.
Paralegal
Various
05.2009 - 09.2014
Education
Master of Science - Human Resources Management
University of Richmond
05-2015
Bachelor of Arts - English And History
University of Georgia
Athens, GA05-2009
Skills
- Change Management
- Learning Enablement
- Adoption Strategies
- Organizational Design
- Program Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Process Improvement:
- Strategic Leadership
- Organizational development
- E-learning design
- Business consulting
Certification
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Honors and Awards
- Rising Star - National Accounts: Apex Systems, 2021
- Top Performer Award - Outstanding Infrastructure Achievement: Apex Systems, 2017
- Best of Shared Staffing Services Award: Apex Systems, 2016
Timeline
Solutions Manager, Strategy & Transformation
Apex Systems
01.2024 - Current
Solutions Leader, Talent Management
Apex Systems
01.2021 - 12.2023
Program Manager, Apex Talent University
Apex Systems
01.2018 - 12.2021
Training and Development Specialist
Apex Systems
09.2014 - 12.2018
Paralegal
Various
05.2009 - 09.2014
Master of Science - Human Resources Management
University of Richmond
Bachelor of Arts - English And History
University of Georgia
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