Isaac Hagen

About Isaac Hagen

My passion is helping people grow and thrive. I started my career on the front lines of staffing as a recruiter, business development manager, and later Managing Director for Experis Minneapolis, where I learned how talent, clients, and high-performing teams come together to drive real outcomes.Today, as part of ManpowerGroup North America’s senior sales leadership team, I lead two organizations:• Emerging Verticals – guiding clients in Energy, Automotive, Materials, Technology, Transportation, and Real Estate as their industries evolve through green jobs, digitization, and shifting skill demands.• Sales Excellence – strengthening organizational sales maturity through strategy, enablement, operations, insights, and execution.Across these roles, I apply AI-augmented leadership to accelerate decision-making, sharpen market intelligence, and help our commercial teams operate with greater clarity, speed, and impact.Previously, I led Enterprise Brand Sales and drove the turnaround of the Key Accounts organization, returning it to sustained double-digit growth while building a strong sales leadership bench and improving cross-brand collaboration.Outside of work, I’m a dad, youth hockey and soccer coach, and an avid outdoor endurance athlete who finds energy through running, Nordic skiing, biking, skiing, and time outside with my family.If you’re passionate about workforce transformation, emerging talent markets, or the future of AI-enabled leadership, I’d welcome a conversation.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President (SVP) of Verticals and Sales Excellence

   ManpowerGroup

   Feb 2024 — Present · US

   I am proud to lead two organizations for ManpowerGroup North America — North American Verticals and Sales Excellence — both focused on helping our clients and teams navigate rapid industrial, talent, and technological transformation.Our Verticals partner with clients across Consumer, Retail, Industruals, Healthcare Energy, Automotive, Materials, Transportation, and Real Estate as these sectors experience unprecedented shifts driven by AI, manufacturing and green jobs growth, new industrial policy, and accelerated skills transformation. Our mission is to help companies anticipate what’s next — from workforce evolution to talent sustainability — and build the talent strategies required to thrive in the future industrial economy. In 2025, the vertical business grew 25% YoY. Sales Excellence works to elevate organizational sales maturity by strengthening strategy, enabling insights, and accelerating execution at scale. We equip our teams with the tools, processes, technology, and intelligence they need to achieve consistent, high-quality performance. The organization brings together Sales Enablement, Sales Operations, Sales Execution & Intelligence, and Strategic Proposal Management under a unified model.Across both organizations, I apply AI-augmented leadership to enhance decision-making, operational speed, and insight quality — integrating generative AI into sales strategy, vertical intelligence, market analysis, and commercial workflows. This approach enables our teams to move faster, deliver deeper value, and operate with clarity in complex, rapidly changing markets.

Education

• Regent's University London

  Study Abroad, Business

  2002 — 2002

• Plymouth State University

  Bachelors of Science, Psychology, Psychology

  1999 — 2003

• MEDDIC Academy

  Introduction to MEDDIC, Selling Skills and Sales Operations

Skills

• New Business Development
• IT Outsourcing
• Labor
• Technical Recruiting
• Contract Recruitment
• Salary Negotiation
• Full-Cycle Recruiting
• Talent Acquisition
• Sdlc
• Benefits Negotiation
• Interviews
• Leadership
• Recruiting
• Sourcing
• Business Intelligence
• Business Development
• Executive Search
• Databases
• Sharepoint
• Project Planning
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Project Management
• Vendor Management
• Information Technology
• Consulting
• Interviewing
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)