Gacia Mardirian McGrath

Global Hris Lead @Novelis

Atlanta, GA, US

Delivered HR strategic projects in partnership with five Novelis regions.Facilitated successful and productive collaboration with global teams in recruitment, rewards and recognitions, talent management, and learning and development.Orchestrated recommendation and evolution of HRIS roadmap across five global regions, integrating insights from ATS, LMS, and analytics system roadmaps with global strategies for talent acquisition, recognitions, and L&D.Deployed Achievers and Award Force recognition platforms, configuring local-through-global programs that boosted employee engagement and retention metrics.Launched Glint engagement surveys; built executive scorecards that informed DEI and work-life balance action plans, reducing burnout indicators.Automated candidate data anonymization with RPA / bot technology, meeting GDPR and data privacy requirements while eliminating manual effort.Drove enhancements to PeopleSoft to Cornerstone data integration, improving data governance, audit accuracy, and downstream analytics.Evaluated emerging AI / ML functionality for job recommendations, candidate ranking, talent insights, and process automation.Led cross-functional Agile sprint ceremonies, vendor management, UAT (leveraging QA teams at times), change management, training, and post-production support, and supervised on- and off-shore analysts.Implemented iCIMS ATS to replace Taleo. Managed data migration; API integrations with PeopleSoft HCM, ServiceNow, and Databricks; security roles; dashboards; and compliance reporting, yielding real-time recruiting KPIs.

Lebanese American University

Bachelor of Science - BS