Allison Mairena — HR Manager
Allison (she/her) specializes in building and scaling People Operations practices, particularly for rapidly-growing startups and international teams. Most recently, she served as the VP of People for NewGlobe, an international education company backed by Francisco Partners, the Bill Gates Foundation, and the Zuckerberg Chan Initiative which provides innovative curriculum and transformative technical services to public schools. While leading the People & Talent function at connectRN, she scaled the organization from Series A through E. There, Allison developed and executed the HR strategy as the company grew 4x YoY. Prior to connectRN, Allison served as the Head of People at CozyKin, a tech-enabled childcare service, and talent acquisition teams at EF Education First and Cengage, hiring globally and nationally respectively. Being a mission-driven professional, Allison has worked predominantly for companies which make a societal impact (edtech, healthtech, famtech, energy SaaS). She enjoys partnering with business leaders to drive growth and leveraging generative AI to build tools for greater operational efficiency. With her experience leading People in VC-backed startups & PE-backed companies, Allison is currently open to the following types of opportunities either hybrid in Boston or remote: - Leading the People & Talent function at an early to growth stage startup - Specializing in senior level HRBP or People Operations work Clifton Strengths: Communication | Individualization | Woo | Positivity | Arranger
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in EdTech and HealthTech sectors.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Experience: 12 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Global Organizational Development
- Workforce Planning
- Succession Planning
- Performance Management
- Employee Engagement
- Recruitment Strategy
- Onboarding
- Recruiting
Career Highlights
- Scaled connectRN from Series A to E, growing 4x YoY.
- Led global HR strategies across multiple countries.
- Expert in building People Operations for startups.
Work Experience
GridUnity
Interim HR Director (1 mo)
Tilt
Ambassador (8 mos)
NewGlobe
VP, People (1 yr 11 mos)
Luna Park
Advisor (3 yrs 1 mo)
connectRN
Director, Head of People (1 yr 1 mo)
Senior Manager, People & Talent (2 yrs 3 mos)
CozyKin
Head of People (10 mos)
Head of Care Recruitment (2 mos)
Cengage
Talent Acquisition (1 yr 2 mos)
Complete Staffing Solutions
Staffing Manager (11 mos)
EF Education First
Senior Overseas Recruiter (1 yr 9 mos)
International Recruiter (2 yrs)
International English Teacher (1 yr)
Southwestern Advantage
Sales Manager/Corporate Recruiter (1 yr 3 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Florida State University
