Elena Tate

About Elena Tate

Strategic People Operations Manager with 9+ years of progressive HR and Talent experience supporting high-growth, distributed organizations. Track record of building HR infrastructure from the ground up in fast-paced environments — from early-stage startups to large-scale manufacturing and transportation enterprises.Currently serving as the sole HR professional at a Series B digital health company, functioning as an embedded HRBP across Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Sales, and Implementation for a fully remote, multi-state workforce. My work spans the full people lifecycle: Led a full PEO transition with zero coverage gaps, automated recruiting workflows to cut Time to Fill by 47%, and launched an AI-assisted internal HR portal that improved resource accessibility from 44% to 95%. I\'ve hired 130+ people in 24 months supporting 290% headcount growth, and designed onboarding programs that sustain a 90% satisfaction score. Earlier in my career, I developed deep TA roots — managing campus and university recruiting across 23 states, leading full-cycle executive and leadership hiring across 11 manufacturing plants in aerospace and defense, and building rotational programs that achieved 80% intern-to-full-time conversion.

Experience

1. Senior People Operations Manager

   Loyal

   Jun 2025 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

Education

• George Fox University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Strategic Human Resources Management

• University of Oregon

  Bachelor's degree

• Tigard High School

  High School Diploma

  2008 — 2012