Louise Smith

Head of Talent

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia12 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Saved 1,000+ Engineering hours per quarter
Scaled team from 4 to 40 in Talent Acquisition
Improved hiring attainment by 40% without team expansion

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Talent Acquisition leader with extensive experience in scaling teams and improving hiring processes.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTeam Leadership

Other Skills

Building RelationshipsHeadhuntingHiringIT RecruitmentInterviewingInterviewsLinkedIn RecruiterRecruitingRecruitment AdvertisingTechnical Recruiting

About

I'm a global leader in the Talent Acquisition team at Atlassian, responsible for R&D hiring in APAC. With over a decade of experience in Talent Acquisition, I’ve led hiring transformations that saved Atlassian Engineering 1,000 hours per quarter, improved global TA team health and been a key recruiting partner to tech VPs across 3 continents. I’ve played a key role in scaling Atlassian from 1,000 to 14,000+ employees and grown my team by 10x.

Experience

Atlassian

3 roles

Parental Leave

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Head of Talent Acquisition APAC (Interim)

Jul 2024 – Dec 2024 · 5 mos

Led a team of 75 across ANZ and India to meet talent acquisition objectives for R&D. I was asked to take on this expanded role to provide continuity of leadership for India TA, while we hired the India leader.
Achievements:
Led the India team to improve recruiting lifecycle performance—boosted average fills per recruiter, increased hiring attainment by 40% without team expansion, reduced time-to-fill by 38%, and strengthened overall team health.
Partnered with India R&D VPs to increase visibility, positive sentiment and engagement with Recruiting.
Partnered with the Global Head of Central AI to meet 100% of APAC hiring goal.
Oversaw the exploration and land of a new global RPO.

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Oct 2021 – Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos

As part of the global leadership team, I lead Talent Acquisition for APAC R&D, overseeing five teams responsible for 30% of all global hiring. I am also accountable for driving strategic global initiatives.
Achievements:
Scaled my team from 4 to 40. Built a high-performing TA function that consistently exceeds hiring goals and enabled rapid headcount growth.
Served as Global TA Lead for the design and launch of the CTO Hiring Committee, standardised and scaled hiring decisions across 150 recruiters and the global CTO org, improved speed and quality of hiring decisions.
Saved 1,000+ Engineering hours per quarter through iteration of an aged interview process.
Rolled out a global Hiring Manager 101 Training Program to all Atlassian Hiring Managers.
Led a global TA initiative that improved team health, strengthened manager feedback skills, and increased employee engagement by 8 points.

InterviewsRecruitingTeam LeadershipTechnical RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Interpro people

2 roles

Senior Recruiter

Promoted

Jan 2015 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos · Sydney, Australia

Interpro is a specialist IT recruitment consultancy. They have been niche specialists from day one, with a 20 year heritage in technology recruitment.
I grew local tech companies through strategic headhunting and hired the top engineers and architects in Sydney. I travelled interstate to mentor and train new team members.

Recruiter

Oct 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Sydney, Australia

Interpro is a specialist IT recruitment consultancy. They have been niche specialists from day one, with a 20 year heritage in technology recruitment.
I launched Interpro's first cloud infrastructure recruitment desk from the ground up in 2013, and made over 60 niche hires. I was promoted to Senior Recruiter within 2 years.

Advantis credit limited

2 roles

Client Services Team Leader

Sep 2011 – Dec 2011 · 3 mos

Advantis collects overdue debt on behalf of some of the largest blue chip companies in the country. Operating from otheir offices in Stoke on Trent Advantis was established in 2004.
Administration, client relationship management and financial reporting for some of Advantis' largest clients. Promoted to Team Leader, managing a team of 7.

Client Services Administrator

Nov 2009 – Sep 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos

Advantis collects overdue debt on behalf of some of the largest blue chip companies in the country. Operating from their offices in Stoke on Trent Advantis was established in 2004.
Administration, client relationship management and financial reporting for some of Advantis' largest clients. The opportunity was endless within a growing startup enabling me to add value to other facets of the business, such as launching their internal newsletter.

Rsk group plc

Freelance Journalist

Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs

Freelance Journalist for Frame Magazine. Since 1989, they have been helping organisations across the world realise their business goals efficiently, cost-effectively and with the minimum of environmental and social impact. I wrote several articles for their publication, including a cover story.