Sarah Holland

Head of Talent

Hitchin, England, United Kingdom17 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven HR leader with strategic vision.
  • Expert in talent development and employee engagement.
  • Passionate about corporate culture and innovation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr LeadershipStrategic HrLearning And DevelopmentHr StrategyHr Business PartnershipTalent DevelopmentPeople Management

Other Skills

Multi-Site ExperienceBig ThinkerResiliencyL&D StrategyProject ManagementCommunication stylesPersonality AssessmentPsychometricsBehaviour ManagementFirst Aid TrainingMental Health First AidMental HealthEmployee Learning & DevelopmentLearning & Development SolutionsRecruiting

About

An accomplished, collaborative and creative HR leader with proven experience of identifying opportunities and developing strategies that drive the business. With experience in fast paced organisations within the technology sector and agency world, I've developed the ability to manage a host of complex challenges and communicate effectively with people at all levels. I am results driven and highly regarded for my pro-activity and "work horse" nature, forthrightness, high EQ, natural aptitude for building strong relationships, and pragmatic decision making. I don't believe in always relying on the "way it's been done in the past", and in fact, I love hunting out new ideas and processes from other industries that can be adapted for use within Human Resources. I work to inspire employees to look at the People & Talent team as colleagues who add both creative and strategic value to the business, not just to enforce policy and process benefits and pay reviews. Some things about me: 1. I seek out big challenges and work with persistence and resilience to solve them. 2. I'm passionate about corporate culture and its role in delivering business and people results. 3. I am curious and always looking to continue my learning and to support the learning of those around me. 4. I am a dual citizen of the UK and US and love being an expat. Specialties and interests include HR Leadership and Strategy, Culture, Talent Development, Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Leadership Coaching, Performance Management, Project Management, Global Mobility, Internal Communications.

Experience

17 yrs
Total Experience
3 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs
Current Experience

Mathworks

Principal Human Resources Business Partner-Northern Europe

May 2023Present · 3 yrs · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Multi-Site ExperienceBig ThinkerHR LeadershipStrategic HR

Confluent

2 roles

Global Head of Learning & Development

Oct 2020Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • In this role I established and grew the company’s first enterprise L&D team; set the team vision, aligned and implemented the team’s strategy in line with company strategy and goals. I was responsible for setting the strategic direction for our end-to-end solution plan, roadmap, learning experience, and ensuring the effective design, development, and delivery to our learners in a remote-first environment and culture. Under my leadership the team created and introduced company manager training – a multi-stage blended learning approach; implemented online learning resources to enable the remote-first team; selected the company’s first enterprise-wide LMS; introduced a three-part quarterly learning series available to all employees; and chartered a Toastmasters club
Multi-Site ExperienceBig ThinkerResiliencyLearning and DevelopmentHR Strategy

Head of People Business Partnership, EMEA

Jan 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • In this regional leadership role, I led our HRBP team in EMEA to partner with the leaders of our quickly expanding team on all things people-related: talent development, coaching, performance management, employee relations, comp and total rewards, mobility, organisational development and more. This included working across all teams from Field Operations, Growth and Marketing, Engineering and Product, and our Support teams. While in this role our global footprint grew to 17 countries - the majority EMEA based.
Multi-Site ExperienceBig ThinkerResiliencyHR Business PartnershipTalent Development

Duo security

People Business Partner, EMEA

Mar 2018Jan 2019 · 10 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • In this regional HR Business Partner role, I partnered with leaders and managers on all things people-related including talent development, coaching, performance management, employee relations, compensation, rewards and benefits, learning and development, and organisational development. My focus was two fold: our Go To Market areas: Sales, Marketing and Customer Success, as well as regional EMEA focus. Duo Security was acquired by Cisco in 2018.
Big ThinkerResiliencyHR Business PartnershipTalent Development

Clear - m&c saatchi

Head of HR

Jan 2016Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • In this role I was responsible for the strategic and operational people issues across the Clear Group with offices in the UK, United States, and Singapore.
  • Responsible for devising and leading the people strategy for the business, covering all aspects of HR management in the UK and overseas. Ensuring that Clear has a culture that gives us a competitive edge to the competition, we retain and grow our talent, and provide a fun and motivating culture for our people to do amazing work. Providing support, guidance and leadership to the Board and line managers on all people matters.
Multi-Site ExperienceBig ThinkerResiliencyHR StrategyPeople Management

Interbrand

6 roles

Global HR Business Partner

Jul 2015Dec 2015 · 5 mos

Multi-Site ExperienceBig ThinkerResiliency

Global HR Manager

Promoted

Jul 2013Jun 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

Multi-Site ExperienceBig ThinkerResiliency

Global HR Generalist

Promoted

Jun 2012Jul 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

Multi-Site Experience

HR Executive

Jun 2011Jun 2012 · 1 yr

HR Associate

Nov 2010May 2011 · 6 mos

HR Assistant

Sep 2008Oct 2010 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Ism

HR Intern

Jun 2007Aug 2007 · 2 mos · Greater Boston Area

Education

Skidmore College

BA — Sociology

University of Westminster

Sociology — Human Resources Management

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