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Liz Laber

SF Bay Area,CA

Summary

Responsive Human Resources Business Partner with well-rounded experience in all functional areas of HR, including labor law compliance, employee relations and performance management, leave of absence and ADA accommodations. Supports clients and effectively balances role of consultant and mentor with gatekeeper to control employer-related risks and grow client's management skills. Thrives on mentoring business owners and managers with proven success at understanding unique business needs to establish genuine relationships as indispensable trusted partner.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior HR Business Partner

Alation
04.2022 - Current
  • Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity, and within company to reach business goals.
  • Advised senior management on performance management, organizational development and change management initiatives.
  • Conducted exit interviews with employees leaving company to gauge areas of success and opportunities for improvement.
  • Collaborated with leadership to assess and improve policies across board.
  • Facilitated team-building activities and initiatives, improving collaboration and engagement.
  • Discovered and resolved complex employee issues that affected management and business decisions.
  • Investigated and liaised with legal counsel to respond to complaints of harassment, discrimination, employee grievances, and other sensitive issues and prepared position statements for EEOC.
  • Integrated talent management process to include detailed analysis of potential talent gaps and development of career plans to identify and retain current talent and attract outside talent to business.

Senior HR Business Partner

Ampere Computing
07.2020 - 02.2022
  • HR Business Partner for 4 business units; Architecture, Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering and Manufacturing; support over 900 employees matrixed to regional BPs globally
  • Strategic talent planning through assessment and management (with some reorganization) of business units for scale
  • Strategic talent management around performance management, organizational coaching, ethical and thorough employee investigations and rewards programs
  • Interpreted trends from aggregated people data to inform and recommend programs to enhance employee experience, culture
  • Ensured that People Operations programs, including performance management, are executed well
  • Developed Employment Value Proposition (EVP) for internal and external employees that will be rolled out.
  • Advised senior management on organizational development and change management initiatives.
  • Conducted exit interviews with employees leaving company to gauge areas of success and opportunities for improvement.
  • Integrated talent management process to include detailed analysis of potential talent gaps and development of career plans to identify and retain current talent and attract outside talent to business.

HR Operations Manager/ HRBP

ChargePoint
04.2018 - 05.2020
  • HR Business Partner for 3 business units; supporting 450 employees - partnered with leadership on employee engagement, employee relations, performance management, compensation analysis and managed for focal reviews
  • Ensured that People Operations programs were executed well, provided manager/leader/employee coaching/ influencing, and conducted ethical and thorough employee investigations
  • Led a team of 2 HR Operations Specialists to ensure that HRIS, benefits administration, payroll, onboarding and verifications of employment were completed with a high sense of urgency and accuracy; designed processes to be standardized and scalable
  • Developed, implemented and managed a new compensation review program for a successful bi-annual Total Compensation Review cycle, which resulted in high Executive satisfaction, and increased efficiency across the organization.

HR Manager

OZY Media
04.2017 - 12.2017
  • Created a global HR and TA strategic plan and implemented tactical goals in accordance with the plan
  • Ran global full-cycle talent acquisition to source and recruit employees, contractors, and executives
  • Created and implemented an informative and engaging 90-day onboarding program to increase employee engagement
  • Investigated and managed Employee Relations issues in a thorough and confidential manner
  • Evaluated, negotiated and implemented HR and Recruitment Technologies.

HR Generalist

SOASTA
05.2016 - 04.2017
  • Evaluated and transitioned SOASTA from TriNet (PEO) to in-house HR, resulting in a cost savings of over $200K
  • Renovated onboarding program to include a day-long company overview in advance of department-specific training
  • Audited all employee files to ensure state, federal and audit compliance: I-9, benefits, immigration, and provided ongoing auditing to minimize exposure issues related to lack of compliance
  • Full-Cycle talent acquisition responsibilities, including sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiation, offer generation and onboarding
  • Key member of the integration team for the Akamai acquisition; integrated 150 employees into Akamai within 30 days.

HR Representative

BlueJeans Network
07.2013 - 05.2016
  • Led a cross-functional task force for employee programs to facilitate better engagement, retention, and increase eNPS
  • Created and implemented the standards for a global internal employee engagement survey and people analytics to identify trends, target pain points, and provide predictive analysis around these trends
  • Created global processes and standards for, and ran, HRIS, benefits administration/ vendor selection, equity tracking/CAP table, immigration administration, recruiting coordination, onboarding, and Payroll administration
  • Designed, facilitated and MC'd global Company meetings to drive employee engagement and a video-first culture
  • Consistently streamlined processes; implemented Adobe EchoSign and CapMX
  • Ensured compliance for Employee Handbook, SOC2, ISO, AAP Worker Compensation, FLSA, EEO, ERISA, ACA, I-9, E-Verify.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Communicative Disorders & Sciences

University of Redlands
Redlands, CA

Bachelor of Arts - Spanish

University of Redlands
Redlands, CA

Psychology

University of Redlands
Redlands, CA

Skills

  • Coaching Leadership
  • Ethical Practice
  • Strategic Planning
  • Leadership Development
  • Legal Compliance
  • Employee Retention
  • Human Capital Management
  • Performance Management Systems
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Managing Employee Relations
  • Data Analysis & Interpretation
  • Human Resource Information System HRIS

Certification

  • ICF Coaching Certification PCC (expected 2024)
  • SHRM-SCP
  • iPEC Coaching Certification
  • ELI Diagnostic Certification
  • Cornell Employee Relations Certification
  • Organizational Design Program
  • World at Work Compensation Immersion

System Experience

Culture Amp, Knoetic, Pave, Lever, NetSuite, UltiPro, Trace, Smartsheet, CWS TalentComp, Radford, Jobvite, Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, SAP Litmos, Learn Upon

Awards

BlueJeans Network All-Star Award (Q3; 2014) Nominated, NYC Community Service Award (2010) City Year Team Leader Award (2010)

Timeline

Senior HR Business Partner

Alation
04.2022 - Current

Senior HR Business Partner

Ampere Computing
07.2020 - 02.2022

HR Operations Manager/ HRBP

ChargePoint
04.2018 - 05.2020

HR Manager

OZY Media
04.2017 - 12.2017

HR Generalist

SOASTA
05.2016 - 04.2017

HR Representative

BlueJeans Network
07.2013 - 05.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Communicative Disorders & Sciences

University of Redlands

Bachelor of Arts - Spanish

University of Redlands

Psychology

University of Redlands

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