Liz Wamai

CEO

Menlo Park, California, United States22 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years of HR experience across multiple industries
  • Expert in building diverse, high-performing teams
  • Passionate about innovation and inclusion in talent acquisition
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Talent Acquisition and Diversity Recruiting within the entertainment and technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionLeadershipDiversity RecruitingCommunity DevelopmentMentoringGlobal RecruitingCampus RecruitingTeam ManagementRecruitment StrategiesDiversity Business PlansPerformance MonitoringHr PracticesConsulting

Other Skills

RecruitingTeam BuildingHR StrategyYouth TrainingBudget ManagementSocial Media StrategyMarketing StrategiesTraining and DevelopmentLabor RelationsInternational Project ManagementPolicies and ProceduresTalent ManagementPolicyChange ManagementCollege Recruiting

About

As the VP of Talent Acquisition at Netflix, I lead a global team of recruiters who find and hire the best talent for one of the world's leading entertainment companies. With over 20 years of experience in human resources, I have a proven track record of building and managing diverse, high-performing, and customer-focused teams across multiple industries and markets. I am passionate about creating a culture of excellence, innovation, and inclusion at Netflix, where everyone can thrive and contribute to our mission of entertaining the world. I leverage my skills in recruiting, TA Tech, strategy, project management, and executive search to attract, engage, and retain top talent, while ensuring alignment with our business goals and values. I also collaborate with internal and external partners to drive positive social impact and support the growth and development of our talent community.

Experience

22 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Uc berkeley executive education

Adjunct Lecturer

Feb 2024Sep 2024 · 7 mos · California, United States · Hybrid

Netflix

Vice President, Talent Acquisition

Feb 2023Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Los Gatos, CA · Hybrid

Talent AcquisitionRecruitingLeadershipTeam BuildingHR Strategy

Meta

VP, Head of Business, DEI and Reality Labs Recruiting @ Meta

Jun 2016Feb 2023 · 6 yrs 8 mos · Menlo Park, California · Hybrid

Diversity RecruitingTalent AcquisitionLeadershipTeam Management

Ongoza youth

Member, Board of Directors

Dec 2015Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos · New York and Nairobi, Kenya

  • http://www.ongozayouth.org/
  • CAUSE
  • Inspiring disenfranchised youth to realize economic freedom and to positively contribute to society.
  • ACTION
  • Training and mentoring youth to grow their enterprises and social consciousness to make a difference in their communities.
  • IMPACT
  • A peaceful, prosperous nation of socially conscious and economically empowered youth.
Youth TrainingMentoringCommunity Development

Bloomberg lp

Global Head of Recruiting

Jul 2009Jul 2015 · 6 yrs · Greater New York City Area

  • Global Head of Recruiting responsible for driving talent acquisition strategies across all markets including the US, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. Manage a global team of executive, experienced and campus recruiters responsible for full-time, contingent and intern hires. Responsible for hiring professionals across various industries including technology/software programmer professionals, News/Journalist and Media professionals, Financial Services/Financial Products, Finance Administration, Security, Compliance and Risk, Human Resources, Marketing, Operations, Communications, Sales etc. Manage a global recruiting budget, recruiting systems and operations and related HRIS systems including applicant tracking systems, CRM, candidate and event management tools. Drive online and social media strategy including launching Careers Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Xing and other global social media platforms.
Global RecruitingTalent AcquisitionBudget ManagementSocial Media Strategy

Merrill lynch

Managing Director

Jun 2004Jun 2009 · 5 yrs · Greater New York City Area

  • Responsible for leading Merrill Lynch’s recruiting efforts and driving a global approach to campus recruiting. Aligning global campus recruiting in 5 geographies, leading marketing strategis and ensuring consistent best practices across all businesses regions. Manage a team of 50 campus recruiters in the Americas, EMEA, APAC covering 27 countries and 125 universities. Work with business heads globally to develop headcount forecasting for Analyst and Associate positions. Driving the firmwide Campus Branding and Marketing Campaigns working with the agency of record.
Campus RecruitingMarketing StrategiesTeam Management

Credit suisse

Vice President

Jul 2002Jun 2004 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Hired to establish diversity recruiting program for the Investment Banking, Securities, Asset Management and Private Client Services businesses. Partnered with the Global Recruiting Steering Committee to develop and implement strategies for recruitment, retention and development of target underrepresented populations. Managed a team of four recruiters in the Americas and UK.
Diversity RecruitingRecruitment StrategiesTeam Management

Goldman sachs

Associate

Jun 1999Jun 2002 · 3 yrs · Greater New York City Area

  • Developed annual diversity business plans, managed $1.5MM annual budget and monitored business performance on a quarterly basis. Collaborated with cross functional business teams to evaluate diversity succession plans, mentoring programs and training initiatives for the company
  • Designed and delivered metrics to monitor trends in hiring, promotion and development activities.
Diversity Business PlansBudget ManagementPerformance Monitoring

The new york times

Consultant

Apr 1997Aug 1999 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Hired by the head of Human Resources while in business school to consult with five department-wide taskforces established to review Hiring, Mentoring, Career Development, Diversity and Work-Life Balance practices across the organization. Maintained an executive education, training and development database for the NYTimes newsroom.
ConsultingHR PracticesTraining and Development

Education

Baruch College

MBA — General Management/ Human Resources

Jan 1997Jan 1998

Moi University

Bachelor of Education — English and Literature

Jan 1990Jan 1994

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