Mar 2023 – Aug 2023 · 5 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

Feb 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · London, United Kingdom · Hybrid

• Meta ́s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.
• ▪️Full-cycle recruitment for Meta's Infrastructure, Connectivity, and Network teams across EMEA. Responsible for closing high-priority requisitions for specialized technical roles in a highly competitive talent market.
• ▪️As an Individual Contributor: Drove hiring for Network Production Engineers, Backbone Engineers, System Development Engineers, Hardware Engineers, subsea cable engineers, Engineering Managers, and Network Investment Managers. Managed multiple complex requisitions simultaneously across EMEA region.
• ▪️Data & Process Excellence: Analyzed historical hiring data to establish realistic metrics and timelines for each recruitment project. Conducted pipeline analysis to identify conversion bottlenecks and drop-off points, implementing targeted interventions to improve outcomes and reduce candidate attrition.
• ▪️Market Intelligence & Strategy: Gathered talent market insights across EMEA infrastructure landscape to inform sourcing strategies and improve engagement approaches. Provided hiring managers with competitive intelligence on talent availability, compensation trends, and market dynamics for specialized roles.
• ▪️Team Development & Initiatives: Mentored junior talent acquisition professionals on technical sourcing techniques and recruitment best practices. Led internal training programs, referral campaigns, and DEI initiatives to strengthen the team's capabilities and improve hiring outcomes.
• ▪️Stakeholder Partnership: Built strong relationships with hiring managers and senior leadership across Infrastructure organization. Provided talent advisory services, understood team gaps, and maintained exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

Oct 2020 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

• ▪️Supported engineering recruitment for Microsoft's Africa Development Center and Ireland operations, building talent pipelines and driving sourcing excellence for technical roles. Partnered with talent acquisition leads and hiring managers to identify and engage top engineering talent across multiple regions.
• ▪️FAST Team Project: Led sourcing activities for Microsoft's FAST team, achieving exceptional hiring success across a large volume of open requisitions. Coordinated sourcing strategies and maintained strong candidate engagement to deliver outstanding results.
• ▪️Event Leadership: Project owner and lead organizer for GTA ADC annual event "Build your tech career at Microsoft" - engaged the African tech ecosystem on career opportunities and strengthened Microsoft's employer brand across the region.
• ▪️Sourcing & Pipeline Building: Identified and engaged candidates across LinkedIn, GitHub, and Twitter for various engineering roles including Software Engineers (Frontend, Backend), Engineering Managers, Technical Program Managers, and NLP specialists. Developed comprehensive sourcing strategies with talent acquisition leads to build consistent candidate pools for current and future hiring needs.
• ▪️Stakeholder Collaboration: Partnered with hiring managers to align on requirements and develop recruitment processes. Provided talent market insights to help them understand the landscape and set realistic expectations across different markets.
• ▪️Candidate Experience & Relationships: Managed candidates through the recruitment process - interview setup, preparation support, clear communication, and positive experience. Built relationships with candidates and successful hires to leverage their networks for referrals.
• ▪️Diversity & Team Development: Contributed to diversity hiring through interview coaching workshops and content development. Curated tech-oriented events for ecosystem engagement. Mentored new Talent Sourcers on sourcing techniques and hiring standards.

Feb 2020 – Oct 2020 · 8 mos

• As a subject matter expert, I was responsible for working closely with hiring managers across Africa & US in supporting various Andela clients, to hire and place Backend, Full Stack, Emerging Technologies, and Mobile Senior Engineers across Africa.
• Source & build an effective, robust and on time pipeline to match current and future engineering demand for the organization.
• Manage end to end recruitment process for engineers across Africa, support candidates through the recruitment process, championing for them internally and to Andela clients, as well as ensuring they have a stellar experience as they interview for our Engineering roles.
• Support different hiring managers/business leaders in growing their teams – both scale and pivotal engineering roles.
• Support a team of 5 Recruitment Sourcers across Africa as they work on hiring projects for different clients.
• Conduct Talent Market Research for new markets on behalf of the business, lead sourcing efforts for new markets and work with hiring managers to map candidates to current and future openings within the organization.
• Develop technical training curriculum to equip non tech Recruiters and Sourcers with technical skills for sourcing & recruiting in the tech space.

Oct 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

• ~ Establish effective recruitment strategies and identify creative recruiting methods to source the most qualified candidates;
• ~ Utilize sourcing techniques to attract the highest quality of candidates and build a consistent candidate pool;
• ~ Build applicant sources by researching and cultivating relationships with industry professionals - providing organization information, opportunities and benefits, making presentations and maintaining rapport;
• ~ Improve organization attractiveness by recommending new policies and practices; monitoring job offers and compensation practices; emphasizing benefits and perks;
• ~ Provide reporting on key sourcing and recruiting metrics by analyzing and summarizing data and trends relating to hiring sources and other recruiting related statistics and information to provide business-wide visibility of progress, and make data driven decisions on sourcing activities and investments;
• ~ Own full lifecycle recruitment for priority needs across a range of disciplines and managing the end-to-end Talent Acquisition process (planning, sourcing, selection, offer negotiation, hiring, initiate onboarding) for entry level to senior level for Andela operations in East Africa, West Africa and North Africa;
• ~ Partner with hiring managers to understand their requirements, providing guidance on hiring practices and developing sourcing strategies that meet business needs;
• ~ Lead tactics and strategies to identify talent from diverse communities, and ensure hiring efforts are inclusive to people from all communities and backgrounds;
• ~ Manage scheduling activities, ensuring exceptionally high standards for the Prolific candidate experience;
• ~ Own data integrity for assigned roles, ensuring all activity is logged in our Applicant Tracking System, Greenhouse;
• ~ Be a pro at LinkedIn Recruiter, sourcing, assessing, pitching, and closing a candidate, all while being their #1 advocate throughout the entire interview process.

Jul 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Compensation and benefits administration for employees;
• Ensuring statutory compliance;
• Managing outsourced employees;
• Contract management for employees within the organization;
• Recruitment for entry level, mid-level, senior management roles;
• Applicant tracking to ensure timely closure of recruitment assignments;
• Active database management for all candidates in our pool;
• Continuous consultations with various clients to understand their staffing needs and provide suitable solutions;
• Development of job descriptions for internal roles as well as external client roles;
• Development of key policy documents and lead the implementation of the same;

Jun 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr

• Resourcing Function
• Provide support during the recruitment process; shortlist, conduct interviews, headhunting research as well as background and education checks for potential hires.
• Sending recruitment report to clients.
• Outsourcing Function
• Source and Second employees to client organizations.
• Assist in employee administration.
• Operations Management

Apr 2014 – Dec 2014 · 8 mos · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 2014 – Mar 2014 · 2 mos

• IT support