Laquandra Lott

About Laquandra Lott

I am a People Operations and HR Operations professional with over 10 years of experience…

Experience

1. Sr HR Specialist, Work Authorization

   Amazon

   Apr 2021 — Present · Arlington, VA, US

   Sr HR Specialist, Work Authorization:• Serve as a subject matter expert for Work Authorization in the Americas region.• Develop and enhance standard operating procedures, resulting in improved new hire compliance and employee experience.• Manage complex work intakes from diverse business stakeholders, ensuring timely processing and compliance.• Contribute to policy development and documentation, strengthening organizational compliance frameworks.Program Portfolio Manager:Developed an in-depth understanding of Amazon’s products, business models, financial systems architecture and financial operations.Managed critical relationships with internal and external business and technology partners.Ensured transparency, alignment and clear communication of strategic programs and their resource impacts across the portfolio to key business and technology stakeholders.Lead goal alignment with portfolio stakeholders and PMO leaders.Delivered standardized, scalable, automated, solutions to ensure the PMO is delivering the right projects, at the right time, with the right resources.HR Strategy Specialist:Consult and advise HRBPs, corporate tax, technology, product managers, recruiters and hiring managers on Amazon immigration/green card processes and compliance.Oversee various US Green Card (PERM) program initiatives simultaneously, including data and documentation organization to stand-up PERM insourcing processes to internally manage recruitment resulting in an approximate cost savings of $5 million that impacted over campaigns.Evaluate key metrics to track KPIs & OKRs, building strategies for accelerating progress and informing strategic decision making for leadership, enabling delivery of the immigration roadmap priorities. Design use case requirements and change control processes to maintain system integrations; consulting with systems owners, and external vendors to avoid data corruption or workflow degradation.

Skills

• Project Coordination
• Human Resources
• Microsoft Word
• Onboarding
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Training
• Research
• Customer Service
• Public Speaking
• New Hire Orientations
• Taleo
• Job Fairs
• Event Planning
• Microsoft Office
• Recruiting
• Job Search Strategies
• Community Outreach
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)