James Walker

About James Walker

Global Talent Acquisition/Human Resources leader with over 27 years of global corporate…

Experience

1. Director, Talent Acquisition Programs & Technology Solutions

   Providence

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Engages with TA Systems team to design technology solutions to meet business requirements with a balanced view toward automation, customer experience, cost-effectiveness, maintenance, performance, scalability, security, and alignment with TA technology road map/strategy. • Manages customer expectations regarding TA programs and technology solutions including participation in relevant steering committees. • Maintains knowledge of healthcare industry and technology trends to apply to TA programs and technology solutions strategy. • Provides responsive leadership to coordinate, delegate, and motivate staff; evaluates performance for direct reports, contingent staff, and dotted line/skip level direct reports; works with individuals and HR to improve performance as needed. • Accountable for all TA programs and systems including vendor management for the organization. • Builds consensus and drives to agreement upon a course of action where there are multiple perspectives. • Responsible for the overall leadership of the TA programs and systems teams; prioritization of business-critical work to balance the workload across the team; provide leadership direction to ensure TA programs and/or systems team members are assigned to key project initiatives to provide consultation and support. • Escalates TA programs and/or systems issues impacting the business or customer as appropriate. • Provides consultation and expertise with vendor contracts and manages key vendor relationships. • Holds vendors accountable to deliver contracted products and services. • Ensures systems are engineered for optimal performance, reliability, scalability, and user experience. • TA leadership sponsor for project team responsible for the design, testing, cutover, and launch of one of the largest Oracle HCM/Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC) system implementations in the healthcare industry replacing multiple legacy systems and impacting 120K+ employees.

Education

• Washington State University

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Management and Human Resources

  1995 — 1997

• University of Phoenix

  MBA, Technology Management

  2002 — 2005