Nicole Leib

Startup People Practices Architect: Created and lead the People function. Designed and implemented innovative human resources practices tailored to the needs for scaling from Series B to Series C, resulting in doubling headcount, streamlining and automating practices and driving the merger and acquisition of a public Fintech

• Culture Catalyst for Growth: Orchestrated development of a high-performance culture conducive to rapid expansion, embedding values of innovation, collaboration, and accountability across organization to fuel productivity and drive bottom-line results
• Profitability-Driven HR Strategies: Engineered HR strategies and programs aimed at optimizing resource allocation, talent utilization, and workforce productivity, ultimately contributing to increased profitability and sustainable business growth in competitive Fintech landscape.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.

• Strategic People Partner Transformation: Co-lead a team of 10 People Partners, leading the transformation to a strategically functionally aligned model, partnering directly with Heads of Engineering, Product, and Design to support 800 employees. Drove business outcomes through effective people strategies, resulting in a 20% increase in employee engagement scores
• Performance and Diversity Initiatives: Designed and implemented high-performance people processes, including a performance improvement process that reduced the time to exit underperformers by threefold. Built a diversity strategy that increased engagement among non-male engineers by 5 points within one year and achieved a 2-point delta compared to male counterparts
• Organizational Redesign and Talent Strategy: Led organizational redesign efforts and developed a talent strategy, adjusting projected hiring growth by 75% to align with changing market conditions during a challenging macro-economic downturn. Successfully retained 95% of key talent and maintained operational efficiency

• Data Driven Talent Strategy: Supported 50% of the company (1,000 employees) across Engineering and Go-to-Market functions, developing the first data-driven talent strategy and implementing measurable OKRs to drive impactful outcomes.
• HR Transformation Leadership: Led a successful HR transformation initiative, overseeing the implementation of a new HRIS system and redesigning the performance management cycle, enhancing overall talent management practices.
• Site Leadership and Culture Building: As Site Lead for the New York City office, drove return-to-office policy and processes, amplified employee voice, and fostered a culture of diversity, inclusivity, and belonging.

• Transformational Leadership: Led the successful transformation of the R&D organization, positioning the company as a formidable tech leader. Launched a highly effective tech talent brand that doubled applicants and increased top-tier tech company applications by 10%.
• Talent Development and Well-Being Initiatives: Doubled the graduate hiring program size and established a learning academy with a 40% adoption rate. Orchestrated an annual global Mental Wellness initiative impacting 60,000 associates
• Crisis Management and Operational Efficiency: Spearheaded business continuity planning during the Covid-19 pandemic, ensuring safety for over 400 critical associates. Implemented a supplemental premium pay program, improving retention by 4 points. Led a global organizational shift of our Enterprise Learning Organization implementing a Center of Excellence and an agile working model resulting in a 10% reduction in overall organizational costs while maintaining operational efficiency.
• World Class Partnership: Improved HR NPS by 10 points

• Policy and Culture Alignment: Revamped policies and procedures to align with the unique startup engineering culture, providing technology managers with the tools to build high-performing teams.
• Digital HR Transformation: Led the Digital HR Transformation initiative as the project lead, guiding cross-functional teams through an agile methodology to develop and launch innovative digital HR products.
• Startup Growth and Strategy: As HR lead and Project Manager for Lifion, ADP's internal tech startup, drove Go-to-Market strategy and Human Capital initiatives, growing the organization from 0 to 500 engineers and fostering a startup-friendly environment.