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Alex Lawless

Recruiter

New York City, New York, United States20 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over a decade of experience in IT recruitment.
  • Expert in building technology teams across multiple industries.
  • Proven track record in managing large recruitment projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a recruitment expert specializing in IT and technology sectors across various industries.

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BiotechnologyBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceBusiness Intelligence ToolsBusiness ObjectsBusiness ProcessCRMClinical ResearchCognosContract RecruitmentData WarehousingDatastageERPETLExecutive Search

About

Headhunter with over a decade’s experience, having helped companies build their Information Technology teams across the US, Canada, UK and Europe and in multiple industries. I have been a partner of choice for my clients globally on large Recruitment Projects, RPO's, Search, Retained and Contingent Recruitment within niche technology disciplines. I pride myself on my professional approach, advising both candidates and clients to the best of my ability while trying to make the process of getting a job/new member of staff as easy as possible. Please message me if you are interested in find out more about boutique talent solutions.

Experience

Optiver

3 roles

Recruitment Lead

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Helping Optiver build out our Machine Learning hub and US HQ for US Equities, US ETFs and Credit

Recruitment Lead

Promoted

Sep 2021Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Covering technology recruitment strategy across Optiver's US business while holding responsibility for multi-discipline UK hiring.

Senior Recruiter

Sep 2019Sep 2021 · 2 yrs

  • Placed passionate engineering minds from all over the world for leading market maker. Hired candidates in our offices across Europe, US, Asia while being based in our Amsterdam HQ.
  • Hired senior management hiring across technology and business operations units.

Minerva talent intelligence

Talent Partner/Founder

Jan 2018Dec 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • Ran my own recruitment business servicing FinTechs, high frequency trading firms, hedge funds, start-ups, pharmaceuticals and autonomous vehicles across the US, Asia and Europe.

Cloudstream global

Talent Director - North America (Data Science & Analytics)

Dec 2016Apr 2017 · 4 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Helped manage the transition of EarthStream's North American technology business to the technology-centric CloudStream Global.
  • Billed for the business while also managing a small team.

Earthstream

Director | Technology (ERP, Trading, Cyber Security)

May 2013Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Built the North American technology desk and ran both this and the greater engineering business across renewable energy, energy storage, and oil and gas.
  • Interacted in global strategy meetings and motivated team to consistently achieve targeted goals.
  • Continued to generate billing figures for EarthStream during my four years at the firm.

Twenty recruitment group

Principal Consultant

Jun 2012May 2013 · 11 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Helped head up the expansion of Twenty Recruitment's IT & Life Science business units in the US.
  • Worked with start-up firms to Fortune 500 businesses; large multinational organizations to consultancy firms; small biotechnology businesses to large energy corporations.
  • Twenty are a niche recruitment consultancy specializing in IT, Life Science, Digital and Finance recruitment.

Hays

2 roles

Executive Search Consultant - Team Lead

Jul 2011May 2012 · 10 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Successfully launched the IT business unit, making it the highest grossing individual market in Hays USA. Continued to manage Health Economics & Market Access team.
  • Successfully signed agreements across Life Sciences, Energy and Sports as well as Big 5 and niche consulting firms and placements made in HRIS, Salesforce, SABA, Business Intelligence and SAP.
  • Hays are an international recruitment consulting giant covering a variety of markets and locations.

Executive Search Consultant

Feb 2010Jun 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Instrumental in expanding Hays Life Sciences into the US market as well as assisting our Canada business.
  • I also launched our Professional Services business in the US, covering IT, HR and Procurement into the Life Science industry.
  • Hays Life Sciences has the largest global coverage of any Pharmaceutical and Medical Device recruitment business. They predominently provide mid to upper level staff involved in drug discovery, clinical development, post-approval services and commercial activities.

Ma associates

VP of Talent & Business Development - USA

Jun 2009Jan 2010 · 7 mos · Houston, Texas Area

  • I developed and built a successful a Salesforce, Business Intelligence and SAP desk for the US (Houston, TX) and UK market places, recruiting for both FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 Energy businesses as well as SMEs and niche consultancies.

K2 partnering solutions

Senior Associate

Apr 2009Jun 2009 · 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Briefly focused on helping their permanent team develop their recruitment processes and focus over the course of six weeks. Multiple placements made leading to a turn around in performance.
  • K2 Partnering Solutions has been focused on the specialist ERP staffing market since 1997. They are widely recognised for our knowledge and experience within the Business Process technology sector.

Computer futures solutions

Consultant to Team Leader

Jan 2006Apr 2009 · 3 yrs 3 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Founding Members of ATSCO, First ISO9001 Accredited Agency, REC Member.
  • Ran SAP team making it one of the most successful in the country before being approached to set up and run a second team in Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing.

Newsquest

News & Sports Reporter

Jul 2004Dec 2005 · 1 yr 5 mos · Swindon, United Kingdom

  • Worked as a News Reporter and then a Chief Sports Reporter for the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald.

Education

Bournemouth University

BA (Hons) — Multi Media Journalism

Sep 2001Jun 2004

St Augustine's Catholic College

Jan 1994Jan 2001

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