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Molly Davis

Woodinville,WA

Summary

Recruiting leader with 20+ years of experience managing exceptional recruiters and sourcers, while still doing hands on sourcing/recruiting. Led multiple 20+ member recruiting teams supporting new product initiatives at large scale companies. Skilled in recruiting for specialized and technical roles across various industries including software, hardware, research science, gaming, design and product/program management. Passionate about creating diverse, inclusive, and high-performing teams.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Recruiting & Sourcing Manager

Meta (formerly Facebook)
12.2020 - 03.2023
  • Managed the Strategic Sourcing & Recruiting team, a niche SWAT team supporting technical hiring for multiple businesses & pipelines (Research, Hardware, Software, Technical Program Management, Games Studio, Data Center, Leadership, M&A, Infrastructure, Privacy & Security, Connectivity, etc.) across North America, EMEA, & APAC.
  • Managed a team of (22) sourcers, recruiters & managers that consistently surpassed goal expectations.
  • Worked directly with the Chief Scientist of Reality Labs (RL) and simultaneously managed the RL-Research & Health Tech recruiting team (14 sourcers, 10 recruiters, 2 managers) during leadership exits, paternity leaves and sabbaticals in 2022.
  • Co-owned and developed top of funnel/sourcing content for global technical recruiting community of 3,000+ members.

Technical Recruiting Manager, RL Research

Meta
07.2017 - 12.2020
  • Began career at Meta as full-lifecycle recruiter in Oculus Research (Reality Labs) where I exceeded hiring goals and was promoted to Recruiting Manager for Reality Labs Research in March 2018.
  • Managed sourcers & recruiters for RL-Research across Hardware, Software, Research Engineering & Research Science across the US and Canada.
  • Hiring focus was on technical talent supporting our projects in Computer Vision, Robotics, Audio, Optics, Machine Perception, Graphics, Haptics, and Game Engines.
  • Developed strategy for various events, conferences, open houses, career fairs, etc. across the organization with a specific focus on diversity hiring.

Recruiting Lead, Hardware

Google
11.2016 - 07.2017
  • Responsible for hiring all Product Manager & Design roles in Hardware, as well staffing out a new confidential product end to end, across ~900 FTEs, and main POC for 7 VPs and multiple Directors.
  • Managed 6 full lifecycle recruiters.
  • Regularly engaged with various cross-functional teams including: HRBPs, Compensation, Immigration, Finance, Internal Mobility, Headcount Management, etc.
  • Member of the Hardware Recruiting Leadership team, focused on creating new best practices for our recruiters as we built our recruiting org from the ground up. This included reporting, recruiter metrics, conference & university hiring strategy, interview training, etc.
  • For the HW Design org, I created a new Hiring Committee since they were having challenges getting specialized Industrial Design candidates through the hiring process.

Technical Recruiter, Niche Recruiting

Google
01.2016 - 11.2016
  • Full life-cycle recruiter focused on filling *niche, hard to fill roles with highly specific skill sets across all Product Areas at Google E.g., Social Media Managers, Packaging Engineers, 3D Modelers, Quantum AI Software Engineers, VR Technical Artists (*Niche roles were defined as Google only hiring 5 or less of a role in a calendar year.)
  • First recruiter selected for the team. I helped build the foundation for our team across all of Technical Staffing and Product Areas at Google.
  • Consistently exceeded my hiring goals on a quarterly basis.
  • Nominated to attend Grace Hopper on behalf of Tech Staffing at Google.
  • Facilitated interview training to the business.

Technical Recruiter, Google Cloud

Google
03.2015 - 01.2016
  • Sole recruiter responsible for hiring Technical Program Managers, Program Managers and Developer Advocates for Google’s Cloud Platform.
  • Partnered with Directors and VPs on leadership hires, in addition to industry hiring.
  • Strategized with the business on making key diverse hires when they had no headcount. As a result, I created and built “Women In Cloud” community from the ground up. At the time I transitioned out of Cloud, we had hosted events in Mt. View, Seattle, and New York City.

Executive Recruiter

Microsoft
10.2010 - 03.2015
  • The Executive Recruiting team focused on the top 1% of the company and industry across each of Microsoft’s six business groups.
  • I was the business aligned Executive Recruiter for SMSG (~50,000 FTE Sales, Marketing & Services Group), as well as the Design Leadership pipeline for the entire company. I researched, sourced, and recruited partner level talent for the Design, Services, IT, Operations, Retail & Marketing leadership pipelines.
  • Built external succession planning programs for each business that I supported. Identified key talent gaps/areas of weak bench strength, as well as key external talent against identified areas of concern. Responsible for relationship building, calibration, and recruitment for inclusion into their annual people review program.
  • Co-managed the Talent Scouting program across SMSG Talent Scouting was a program built to proactively seek out and identify external diverse talent that could be leveraged to fill openings, build bench strength, gain competitive intelligence, as well as allow the team to better assess internal talent.

Recruiter, Xbox

Microsoft
06.2008 - 10.2010
  • Responsible for all Marketing and Sales recruiting for the entire Entertainment & Devices business group (Xbox, Mobile Communications Business, Windows Embedded, Hardware), as well as Design recruiting for EXG (Entertainment Experience Group).
  • Hired 200+ FTEs (full-time employees) since joining E&D in June of 2008, and won an award in 2010 for hiring more FTEs than any other Recruiter in the entire staffing org.
  • Managed two sourcers and built sourcing strategies to meet hiring goals for the workforce hiring plan.
  • After staffing 70+ people for a confidential project which was ultimately canceled, I was responsible for successfully placing 93% of the canceled org internally within Microsoft. Won Gold Star award as a result.

Recruiter, Central Marketing Group

Microsoft
12.2006 - 06.2008
  • Recruiter for the Market Research, Advertising, Public Relations, Events, and Digital Marketing, Communications pipelines.
  • Managed three contract recruiters.
  • Spearheaded and project managed recruiting event for the Marketing pipe company wide that took place in Austin, TX in July 2008. The event targeted local technical Marketing professionals, with a specific focus on diverse candidates which resulted in multiple hires.

Recruiting Manager

Washington Mutual
01.2005 - 12.2006
  • Managed a team of 7 recruiters and recruiting coordinators for the HR & Legal corporate groups.
  • Responsible for recruiting strategies for the HR & Legal organizations for WaMu which totaled a client base of over 1,000 FTEs.

Regional Recruiting Manager, WaMu Account

Adecco
01.1998 - 01.2005
  • Managed one of Adecco’s Top 25 accounts with an annual revenue of over ~$64M.
  • Responsible for ~1,100 contingent workers nationally.
  • Handled and advised on any HR issues that arose for all ~1,000 employees and was responsible for driving field programs and contractual compliance for accounts across 29 states.

Education

B.S - Sociology

Appalachian State University
Boone, NC

Skills

    Technology aptitude

    Metrics, data & reporting

    Developing sourcing strategies

    Collaboration

    Active listening

    Clear communication

    Team building

    Relationship building

Timeline

Technical Recruiting & Sourcing Manager

Meta (formerly Facebook)
12.2020 - 03.2023

Technical Recruiting Manager, RL Research

Meta
07.2017 - 12.2020

Recruiting Lead, Hardware

Google
11.2016 - 07.2017

Technical Recruiter, Niche Recruiting

Google
01.2016 - 11.2016

Technical Recruiter, Google Cloud

Google
03.2015 - 01.2016

Executive Recruiter

Microsoft
10.2010 - 03.2015

Recruiter, Xbox

Microsoft
06.2008 - 10.2010

Recruiter, Central Marketing Group

Microsoft
12.2006 - 06.2008

Recruiting Manager

Washington Mutual
01.2005 - 12.2006

Regional Recruiting Manager, WaMu Account

Adecco
01.1998 - 01.2005

B.S - Sociology

Appalachian State University

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