Ben Maxwell

Experience

1. Director, People Business Partner

   Mastercard

   May 2019 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   Mastercard Open Finance helps individuals, families, and organizations make smarter financial decisions through safe and secure access to fast, high-quality data. Our trusted and proven platform empowers consumers to easily connect their financial data to the apps they choose, transforming the way we experience money for everything from budgeting and payments to investing and lending.My contributions have included:• Leading both talent acquisition and human resources professionals to provide an outstanding experience for team members and leaders• Manage a caseload of H-1B and PERM cases for current team members• Vetted, selected and onboarded new HR tools and systems, including process setup and ongoing improvements and maintenance• Developed new hire onboarding program, collaborating with internal teams to ensure a smooth and exciting new hire experience• Managed, coordinated M&A transition and integration tasks for HR and Talent Acquisition• Directly recruited for and filled key technical roles, including critical leadership roles• Expanded the HR team, hired and trained talented HR and recruiting professionalsCore responsibilities include:• Act as a consultant and business advisor to the leadership team, enabling the execution of their business strategies and initiatives• Serve as the onsite HR leader for the Salt Lake City office, managing any site-specific needs.• Oversee and perform a wide range of HR activities to support key business priorities: leadership development, succession planning, org design, compensation assessment, talent acquisition, performance management, immigration, employee relations and employee coaching• Partner with Global Finance to manage the budget and forecasting of expenses related to employees and other people-related matters• Consult on and support development and implementation of talent strategies and initiatives, and management of people and organization activities for my assigned portfolio within Open Finance

Education

• Utah Valley University

  BS, Behavioral Science

  2008 — 2011

• University of Utah

  General Education Requirements

  1998 — 2002