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Kira Perkins

Denver,CO

Summary

Dynamic and forward-thinking HR professional with over a decade of experience driving talent strategies, organizational design, and executive coaching across global, high-growth tech environments. Adept at scaling people operations, leading through change, and aligning business needs with talent outcomes to support long-term growth.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior People Business Partner, GTM

AgentSync
05.2023 - Current
  • Trusted advisor and resource to the founders, C-Suite, leadership team and employee base
  • Led change management efforts through a RIF, key leadership changes and company strategy shifts
  • Owned compensation cycle from beginning to end including tool setup, budget creation and benchmark mapping
  • Established a performance management program and philosophy in partnership with legal
  • HRIS workflow optimization, clean up & administration
  • Designed a sales compensation program in partnership with key stakeholders
  • Exemption Status review, change roll out, payroll transition & time card setup
  • Leadership Playbook creation and deployment

Senior Manager, People Partner, EDP

Prove
02.2022 - 03.2023
  • Global business partner to the Technology, Product and InfoSec teams.
  • Managed a team of two, building individual competencies, deploying team wide initiatives and providing greater people team support.
  • Designed and implemented a uniform level and titling structure across teams for scale.
  • Partnered with leaders to create competency matrices, deploy IDPs and guide career pathing.
  • Planned and facilitated a leadership offsite to build peer collaboration.
  • Planned and facilitated a CEO visit and fireside chat to address engagement concerns.
  • Conducted a compensation analysis to inform a compensation philosophy and market adjustments.
  • Creation of process and policy documents to enhance team efficiency.
  • Talent team partnership on hiring and recruiting strategy, offer negotiation and onboarding.
  • Used exit interviews, stay interviews and engagement surveys to provide data driven feedback.
  • Handled difficult employee relations, performance management and separation situations.
  • Budget and workforce planning in conjunction with my executives and FP&A.

People Partner, GTM

CircleCi
01.2021 - 02.2022
  • Global HR Business partner for Revenue (Customer Success and Sales), Marketing, Product and Design.
  • Supported teams in North America, APAC and EMEA.
  • Provided leadership coaching at all levels and became a trusted advisor to the CRO, CMO and CPO.
  • Created and launched a new compensation philosophy in partnership with the total rewards manager.
  • Aligned levels with uniformed titling structure throughout teams.
  • Partnered with leaders to create competency matrices, deploy IDPs and guide career pathing.
  • Strategic talent partnership on hiring and recruiting strategy, offer negotiation and onboarding.
  • Handled difficult employee relations, performance management and separation situations for a globally dispersed team.
  • Worked closely with internal and external counsel to navigate employee issues per local laws.
  • Coached and mentored more junior talent team and people team members.

People Partner

Pie Insurance
01.2020 - 12.2020
  • HR Business partner for Engineering, Underwriting, Customer Success, Sales and Business Development.
  • Guided org design, reviewing work allocation, role definition, title alignment, competency creation, leveling and assigning compensation bands.
  • Creation and agile deployment of performance management program.
  • Developed engagement strategy, including implementation of pulse tool and creating team OKRs.
  • Led content creation and delivery of leadership development program.
  • Provided leadership coaching and feedback for entry level leaders to C-level executives.
  • Partnered on employee relations issues, performance management and terminations.

Human Resources Business Partner

ParTech
10.2018 - 01.2020
  • HR Business Partner for the software side of the business - Engineering, Product, Customer Success, Sales and Marketing.
  • Managed a team of two, HR Coordinator and Recruiter, to drive the HR and talent strategy.
  • Assessed and rebuilt infrastructure in Boulder office, using retention efforts, re-organization and leadership coaching.
  • Implemented hiring model, developing talent assessment and interview process, saving company$500,000 per year.
  • Led onboarding program revamp, providing guidance, tracking deliverables, partnering cross-functionally.
  • Successfully led and completed a strategic initiative to transition a 70+ person department to a vendor.
  • Independently executed the closing of a 50+ person office, to include role elimination and repurposing.
  • Organizational design, identifying business needs, conducting talent assessment and gap analysis.
  • Employee relations lead, involving investigation, mediation and conflict resolution.
  • Process and policy development, creating efficiency and consistency in workflow.

Human Resource Generalist (Business Partner)

OpenTable
11.2016 - 10.2018
  • Global HR Business Partner for Technical Support and Customer Success teams.
  • Coaching and development of leadership, to handle team performance and disciplinary conversations.
  • Partner with leadership on PIP, disciplinary documentation and conducting separations.
  • Heavy employee relations involvement, conducting investigations, holding mediations and resolving claims.
  • Development and execution of the first and ongoing performance reviews for the call center.
  • Attend weekly meetings with leadership to advise on strategic departmental and company wide initiatives.
  • Creation of support Employee Handbook and policies.
  • Execute departmental alignment, including title creation, leveling and assigning compensation bands.
  • Provide compensation recommendations and approval for new hires, transfers and promotions.
  • Job description creation and career pathing for growth and retention efforts.
  • Complete exit and stay interviews to report out themes and influence change where needed.

Human Resources Representative

12.2014 - 11.2016
  • HR Business Partner for the APAC region, with offices in Melbourne, Mumbai and Tokyo
  • HR lead on acquisition of an Australian competitor.
  • Advised leadership through a reduction in force and reorganization of APAC workforce.
  • Generalist support for HR Business Partner with North American sales team.
  • Address employee relations claims, including investigations and mediation.
  • Coached leadership on performance management and improvement plans.
  • Processed all terminations, including paperwork and conducting exit interviews.
  • Partnered with managers to complete job changes and make compensation recommendations.
  • Global immigration specialist for visa inquiries, determining strategy with attorneys and policy creation.
  • Worked with attorneys to get an approved blanket L-1 and make the company an E-Verify employer.
  • Implementation of Work Rules in Japan and an Enterprise Agreement in Australia, for compliance.

Talent Acquisition Coordinator

01.2014 - 12.2014
  • Led ATS implementation from beginning to end, including ongoing system modification and support.
  • Handled all interview scheduling for the North American recruiting efforts.
  • Managed offer letter creation for all hires in North America and APAC.
  • Recommended and implemented Envoy in multiple offices, to ensure electronic signature of NDA for visitors.
  • Conducted compliance review and revision of all new hire documentation with employment attorney.
  • Created and managed employee referral program.

Education

Human Resources Management Certification -

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
12.2015

Bachelor’s - Applied Human Science/Apparel and Merchandising

Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
05.2008

Skills

  • Cultivating strong partnerships
  • Collaborative teamwork
  • Employee engagement strategies
  • Organizational change management
  • Workforce development initiatives
  • Effective conflict resolution
  • Workflow optimization
  • Coaching and development
  • Compensation analysis and strategy
  • Proficient in HRIS, talent management & ATS platforms; GSuite and Slack

Timeline

Senior People Business Partner, GTM

AgentSync
05.2023 - Current

Senior Manager, People Partner, EDP

Prove
02.2022 - 03.2023

People Partner, GTM

CircleCi
01.2021 - 02.2022

People Partner

Pie Insurance
01.2020 - 12.2020

Human Resources Business Partner

ParTech
10.2018 - 01.2020

Human Resource Generalist (Business Partner)

OpenTable
11.2016 - 10.2018

Human Resources Representative

12.2014 - 11.2016

Talent Acquisition Coordinator

01.2014 - 12.2014

Bachelor’s - Applied Human Science/Apparel and Merchandising

Colorado State University

Human Resources Management Certification -

University of California, Berkeley

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