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Amy Ho

CEO

Sunnyvale, California, United States19 yrs 5 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Expert in global talent acquisition strategies.
  • Proven track record in leading hiring transformations.
  • Strong advocate for diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Talent Acquisition and HR technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementChange Management

Other Skills

AI AgentsAnalysisAnalyticsApplicant Tracking SystemsArtificial Intelligence for BusinessBusiness DevelopmentCRMChange InitiativesCoachingCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Data AnalysisData CollectionGenerative AI ToolsGoogle Apps

About

Global leader specialized in building out strategy and project/program management functions, covering full suite of recruiting technology, analytics, assessments, and hiring process improvement. Experience leading teams that enable global-scale hiring transformations across product areas and levels. Leadership training facilitator and coach, with a focus on developing women leaders, upskilling managers on equitable performance management, and career development mentorship for historically marginalized communities (Black+, Latinx+, and Native American+ employees). Areas of expertise include: team management and leadership • project/program management • change management • diversity, equity, and inclusion • scaling operations • recruiting technology platforms (build/buy) • leadership training and coaching • team design • Agile/Scrum

Experience

19 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
9 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
1 yr 2 mos
Current Experience

Adobe

Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition Operations

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Applied materials

2 roles

Senior Director of TA Global Strategy and Operations

Promoted

Dec 2023Apr 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Continue to serve as the Global TA function's operations leader and chief of staff to support strategic initiatives including TA capacity augmentation model, segmented delivery model, global TA budget, TA vendor management and tool usage optimization, and more
  • Co-designed and launched the company's first enterprise e-learning on structured interviewing, exceeding the annual learner target by 2x+
  • Onboarded a global recruitment marketing function, centralizing strategies and optimizing job descriptions for search engines and AI-matching
  • Advised on TA’s analytics transformation, implementing the inaugural TA demand forecasting and financial model and global TA scorecard
Cross-functional Team LeadershipChange InitiativesProcess RedesignProject ManagementChange Management

Director of TA Global Strategy and Operations

Jan 2022Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

  • Lead global cross-functional teams to deliver strategic change programs, key policy updates, implement a new CRM, and standardize hiring processes, impacting talent acquisition and operational efficiency
  • Develop and coach team members in project and program management, leadership, and strategic thinking, fostering a culture of growth and capability building
  • Oversee TA budget, headcount, and communications, ensuring streamlined operations and alignment with strategic goals
  • Recognized for strengths in systems thinking, global impact delivery, and coaching/developing others
Change ManagementProblem SolvingSystems ThinkingTeamworkCross-functional Team LeadershipData Collection+9

Google

5 roles

Global Senior People Programs Leader, Hiring Design & Technology

Promoted

Feb 2016Jan 2022 · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Portfolio manager for hiring change programs overseeing program management and Industrial/Organizational research teams responsible for modernizing Google's hiring process for agility and scale (<1% hired from 4M+ applications/year) while increasing effectiveness and equity of our hiring system. Key achievements include:
  • Global hiring process transformations: Led design and rollout of hiring processes changes for Tech, Director+, Sales/Marketing and General Administrative hiring.
  • Productization of Google’s Hiring: Conceptualized and aligned exec stakeholders on framework for triaging, prioritizing, and actioning changes to Google's hiring process. Apply best practices from Agile and Scrum to drive agility and scale
  • Program/project management standards: Directed design and implementation of scaled project management tooling, standards, and training across the Recruiting Strategy and Enablement org. Key advisor and functional owner for hiring programs that underpin Google’s racial equity commitments.
  • Job analysis project: Co-led team to expand data collection scope that enabled job architecture initiatives used across all people processes (hiring, development, performance management).
  • GDPR Data Project: Led workstream across Recruiting, Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and Product Council to finalize GDPR guidelines for candidate data. Developed project operating model, advisory team, and project plan to accelerate transition of ownership to newly forming process design team.
  • Onsite coding interview technology launch: Oversee team responsible for developing, piloting and scaling a global hardware and software rollout of Chromebooks for onsite coding interviews across 25 geographic sites to replace whiteboard coding process.
  • (team formerly known as Hiring Innovation, Strategy & Operations)
Change ManagementProblem SolvingSystems ThinkingTeamworkCross-functional Team LeadershipData Collection+9

Global Head of Recruiting Channels Research and Solutions and Mosaic Colorado ERG Lead

Promoted

Jun 2012Jan 2016 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Scaled and centralized talent research teams into one centralized, global function to deliver pipeline lists to sourcers and recruiters across all functions. Stabilized the team design and subsequently hired site lead and two team leads for Bangalore research operations team of 40+ TVCs.
  • Built and led inaugural central project management, talent mapping, and executive research functions with focus on streamlining operations and delivering talent knowledge and insights
  • Designed strategy and led execution for initiatives aimed at developing an inclusive workplace that enabled increased productivity, career satisfaction, and knowledge of and connectivity to the business
  • Co-founded and led inaugural Colorado offices (Boulder and Thornton) employee resource group for 5 years (2011 - 2016), focusing on programming to increase diversity in STEM through fundraising, community outreach, mock interview events, and internal events.
  • (20% project) Core team member and product owner that built and launched an in-house ATS in 100 days. Led subsequent global recruiting technology launches (data canonicalization, bulk admin functionality, enhanced search capability). Managed launch (and subsequent deprecation of) 3rd party vendor CRM ($1.7M annual cost savings).
Problem SolvingTeamworkCross-functional Team LeadershipData CollectionTeam ManagementRelationship Building+3

Global Lead, Engineering Talent Research

Promoted

May 2009Jun 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Created a new function focused on deep dive talent research at scale to enable the North America Technical Sourcing team to operate more efficiently. Led strategy behind talent research team workflows and managed team workload distribution in partnership with the People Technology Operations team. Consulted on staffing system vendor reviews and led projects aimed at automating processes, designing surveys to gauge organizational opportunities, and delivering trainings focused on team upskilling.
Problem SolvingTeamworkCross-functional Team LeadershipData CollectionTeam ManagementRelationship Building+3

Engineering Sourcer (Engineering Staffing Team)

Nov 2007May 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Focused on sourcing technical talent and additionally spearheaded diversity sourcing efforts and benchmarking research. Built technology and processes behind staffing-driven employee referral program (yielding 22K+ leads, 360+ offers).
Teamwork

Technical Sourcing Specialist

Dec 2006Nov 2007 · 11 mos

  • Sourced technical/engineering talent for North America Google offices (with a focus on Google Boulder)
Teamwork

Education

University of Colorado Boulder

M.A./B.A. — Chinese Language and Literature

University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business

B.S. — Business Administration with Area of Emphasis in HR Management

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