Jamie Karpilow

About Jamie Karpilow

HR and People Executive with 20+ years partnering with CEOs and executive leaders as a trusted advisor and driving enterprise value through Organizational Design and Data-Driven Transformation. I anticipate workforce risks and design people strategies that drive measurable business and cultural impact. I use data to spot gaps in process, culture, and capability — then build practical, scalable programs that help leaders and employees thrive. Passionate about coaching executives and shaping inclusive, future-ready organizations.

Experience

1. Executive Global People Business Partner

   Wiley

   Jul 2021 — Present

   People Organization Leader and Executive Coach for c-suite Operations & Technology/Information Officer• People strategy for a technology transformation aimed to deliver $35M in savings over three years by outsourcing non-strategic, commodity IT services, upskill full-stack engineering team, and embed AI into software development lifecycle.• Architected enterprise reorganization and talent strategy for 1,800+ operations and technology colleagues while coaching senior executives through transition to ensure alignment of people capability with business growth. Led cross-functional experts from communications, people, and finance to create a comprehensive change management and communications to ensure both external and internal messages were consistent, business performance was not impacted, and colleagues were ready to adopt the new model starting day one. • Embedded executive coaching into succession and leadership readiness programs, closing leadership gaps by 30% and accelerating career advancement for the top 5% of the organization.• Defined and presented to the Board of Directors a 3-year talent and workforce growth strategy for technology, improving delivery resilience and reducing cost by $20M.• Oversaw change management efforts to integrate 400 acquired colleagues into enterprise culture and HR frameworks such as career and pay levels, performance practices, and HRIS self-service.• Led enterprise-wide, cross-functional effort to shut-down Russian legal entity. Oversaw HR efforts to permanently relocate 40 colleagues and convert 150 employees to contingent workers, preserving business continuity for $560M in annual revenue.• Led cross-HR COE effort to root cause retention and acquisition challenges in main Tech hubs using data. Orchestrated CEO, CTO, CHRO, and CFO alignment on a go-forward action plan and local leadership buy-in for execution ownership, reducing attrition by half and improving talent acquisition time to fill by 10 days.

Education

• University of Montana

  BA, Biology, Psychology

• USC Marshall School of Business

  MBA, Management & Organizations

Skills

• Performance Management
• Employee Engagement
• Leadership Development
• Employee Relations
• Human Resources
• Change Management
• Organizational Development
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Talent Management
• Management
• Crm