maddie collins

Co-Founder

New York, New York, United States8 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Scaled organizations from 16 to 140 employees.
  • Boosted gender representation by 21% through inclusive hiring.
  • Implemented end-to-end hiring processes across multiple companies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert with extensive experience in scaling teams in the Tech and Fintech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Human Resources (hr)Organizational DevelopmentTalent AcquisitionRecruiting

Other Skills

Compensation & BenefitsEmployee EngagementHR PoliciesHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)RetreatsPerformance ReviewsGreenhouse SoftwarewelcomenotionMarketingManagementSocial MediaEarly Childhood EducationMarketing StrategyHTML

Experience

Confido

Founding Recruiter

Mar 2026Present · 0 mo · New York, New York, United States · On-site

Aleph

People

Feb 2024Feb 2026 · 2 yrs · remote · Remote

  • I joined Aleph as employee #16, Founding People & Talent.
  • Scaled the company from 16 to 75 employees across all departments.
  • Boosted gender representation by 21% through inclusive hiring and structured process design.
  • Built and ran all hiring, interviewing, onboarding, and offboarding processes end-to-end, including sourcing and screening candidates.
  • Partnered with executives to drive performance and conflict resolution.
  • Established compensation bands, leveling, and location-based pay strategy.
  • Managed global payroll, benefits, compliance, EOR, and HR operations.
  • Planned org-wide, international retreats with a $1,400/pp budget.
Compensation & BenefitsEmployee EngagementOrganizational DevelopmentHR PoliciesHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Human Resources (HR)

Tenet

Head of People and Talent

Nov 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York, New York, United States · Hybrid

  • End-to-end People & Talent leadership for a 35-person climate fintech.
  • Scaled team to 35 employees, hiring junior ICs through C-suite.
  • Drove 28-day time-to-fill for non-executive roles.
  • Built hiring engine, interviewing, and performance systems 0-1, including Greenhouse & Leapsome.
  • Developed career ladders + leveling across all departments.
  • Led org design + reorg initiatives, reducing annual spend significantly.
  • Improved cross-team alignment by implementing Confluence and async workflows.
  • Drove culture programs, ERGs, and in-person/virtual events.
  • Role ended due to org-wide layoff.
Compensation & BenefitsEmployee EngagementRetreatsOrganizational DevelopmentHR PoliciesPerformance Reviews+2

Odeko

Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, Technical

Mar 2022Nov 2022 · 8 mos · Brooklyn, New York, United States · Remote

  • Led technical hiring across US & UK; 20+ roles filled in Q3.
  • Managed and coached 2 direct reports.
  • Built SOPs and interviewing best practices to scale engineering hiring.
  • Role ended due to org-wide layoff.
Greenhouse SoftwareHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)welcomeTalent Acquisition

Brigit

Talent Acquisition

Dec 2021Mar 2022 · 3 mos · New York, New York, United States · Hybrid

  • I joined Brigit as the second TA member (first technical).
  • Implemented scalable, streamlined, and cross-functional recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding processes while filling 9 roles.
  • Championed and integrated Ashby to replace Lever (ATS). Resulted in better data integrity and an improved understanding of pipeline metrics.
  • Ensured the engineering department compensation was leveled and rolled out in Q1. This created a more equitable, competitive, and transparent environment.
  • Tools:
  • Lever -> Ashby, Confluence, Lattice, Sequoia, Github, Roots PTO, Stack Overflow, BuiltIn, Otta, Glassdoor, Ramp
Compensation & BenefitsEmployee EngagementOrganizational DevelopmentHR PoliciesHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Human Resources (HR)+1

Lemonade

Senior Recruiter (Contract)

Aug 2021Nov 2021 · 3 mos · New York, New York, United States

  • Brought on as the first US-based Senior Technical Recruiter.
  • Hired all levels of positions from engineering to finance to sales.
  • Built out hiring processes, designed interview collateral, and created documentation to scale engineering in the United States and Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • Decreased team's time-to-fill average by over 50%.
Greenhouse SoftwareHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Talent Acquisition

Postscript

Founding Recruiter

Mar 2020Jul 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Columbus, Ohio, United States · Remote

  • First Talent Acquisition/HR hire, joined as employee 16 after a fresh Series A.
  • Scaled a fully remote organization to 140 people across North America.
  • Created cross-functional processes and documentation for end-to-end onboarding and hiring
  • Onboarded 5 Recruiters to join GTM and Technical Recruiting.
  • Tools:
  • Gusto, Greenhouse, Confluence, LinkedIn Recruiter, BuiltIn, Otta, Brex
Greenhouse SoftwareEmployee EngagementRetreatsHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Human Resources (HR)Talent Acquisition

Toptal

3 roles

Talent Acquisiton Lead - Americas

Aug 2019Mar 2020 · 7 mos

  • Joined the international sourcing team as the 7th team member.
  • Brought over 40 freelancers (engineering, design, product, and business) into the Toptal Network, from initial outreach to facilitating their entire screening process.
  • Promoted to Talent Acquisition Manager with 9 direct reports; later 4 when the team divided EU/LATAM + US.
  • Implemented best practices for data integrity and served as Product Manager for our internal Applicant Tracking System.
  • Tools:
  • Lessonly, Proprietary ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, Slack, Notion
RetreatsHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Talent Acquisition

Interim Talent Acquisition Lead

May 2019Aug 2019 · 3 mos

Talent Sourcer

Jul 2018Apr 2019 · 9 mos

Teksystems

Technical Recruiter

Jan 2017Jul 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos · Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area · On-site

  • Full life-cycle recruiting, specifically applications development.
  • I learned the ins-and-outs of staffing and recruiting on the job and found pockets of opportunity and innovation to do the job more effectively.
  • Gathered job requirements on-site with new clients.
  • Closed 80% of open contract-to-hire and permanent placement roles.
  • 2017 Rookie Recruiter of the Year. Chosen 1st out of 9 eligible peers in the office by colleagues and leadership.
  • Co-lead for PRIDE Columbus.
Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Recruiting

Northwestern university

Teaching Assistant - internship

Jun 2016Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site

  • CTD Summer Program - Leapfrog.
  • I instructed advanced placement STEM courses in a nationally ranked program to students age 4 through grade 3. I facilitated administrative functions, including managing student files, preparing classrooms, and generating progress reports. I organized and partook in educational and physical games for the students during recess and created an all-inclusive environment during the day, especially lunch time.
  • Each Leapfrog class challenges children to delve deeply into an exciting and timely topic, such as computer programming, zoology, playwriting, engineering, or rocket science.

Delta air lines

2 roles

Brand Ambassador

Sep 2015May 2016 · 8 mos

  • After my summer internship with Delta Air Lines, my contract was extended and I worked as a Campus Ambassador, activating our marketing strategy at Ohio State during game day weekends and major campus events. In collaboration with Octagon throughout the school year, I participated in conference calls, developed campus briefs, conducted surveys and advertised events/contests through social media while recruiting SkyMiles members. The relationship between Delta Air Lines and the Buckeye Family was strengthened.

Marketing Intern

Jun 2015Sep 2015 · 3 mos

  • One of nine nationally chosen interns for Delta's first undergraduate marketing internship program, I created a strategy to leverage events and traditions at Ohio State to target emerging high value customers. I did this through conducting targeted interviews and collaborating with senior management at Delta as well as third-party marketing firms. I was responsible for developing a presentation given to senior level management at the end of an eight-week internship regarding The Ohio State University.

Education

The Ohio State University

Nutrition — Human Nutrition

Jan 2013Jan 2016

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