Barbara Matthews

CEO

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland23 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years of global HR experience.
Expert in building HR functions from scratch.
Passionate about employee engagement and leadership development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in Tech and FinTech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr StrategyGlobal OperationsTalent ManagementEmployee EngagementProject Management

Other Skills

HR OperationsPerformance ManagementLeadership DevelopmentEmployee RelationsChange ManagementCoachingEmployee Engagement ProgramsProcess ImprovementsCommunicationsFull-cycle RecruitingInternational Project ManagementHR ConsultingPersonnel ManagementRecruitingOnboarding

About

20+ years Global HR experience from scaling start ups to fully ramped organisations with full cycle People infrastructure and distributed teams. Passionate about working in a fast paced industry, supporting scale across multiple regions, coaching and enabling our leaders to drive impact in the industry and within their teams and truly partnering with the business to drive it forward. Experience across the People spectrum in Retail, Tech, MNC and FinTech industries. Currently heading up the People team supporting employees across the globe.

Experience

Remote

Chief People Officer

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Ireland · Remote

Stripe

International Head of HR, EMEA & APAC, Stripe

Jan 2016 – May 2023 · 7 yrs 4 mos

Built the HR function in EMEA and APAC from scratch, with 3 of my years covering teams in the US and a global role
This vast area includes partnering with business leaders on the growth of their organisations, managing the global HR Operations team, building initiatives around benefits, performance management, employee engagement, talent management, manager and leadership development, recognition, employee engagement, learning and development, employee relations and much more!

HR OperationsEmployee EngagementTalent ManagementPerformance ManagementLeadership DevelopmentEmployee Relations+2

Google

5 roles

HR Business Partner, Google For Work

Oct 2013 – Sep 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Talent Management, Employee Engagement, Change Management, Employee Relations
Leadership Development & Coaching

Talent ManagementEmployee EngagementChange ManagementEmployee RelationsLeadership DevelopmentCoaching

Global People Programs Manager (supporting Sales)

Promoted

Sep 2009 – Oct 2013 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Rolling out global HR programs that impact the Google sales organization (Recognition, Innovation, Career Development, Compensation & Performance etc).
Building out & supporting HR and Staffing globally through:
1.Employee Engagement Programs
2.Change Management
3.Project Management
4.Process Improvements/Working Smarter programs
5.Communications (continuously innovating on what we are communicating and how)
And much more!