Robert Liedtka

About Robert Liedtka

After more than a decade leading teams and building people systems at some of the world’s most recognized companies, I’ve seen a common challenge: organizations often struggle to align their talent strategies with their broader goals.Traditional approaches to people operations tend to reward effort over outcomes, optimize for production rather than innovation, and miss opportunities to scale what truly creates value. These gaps can lead to burnout, disengagement, and untapped potential across teams.I believe there’s a better way.By designing scalable, data-driven, and human-centric solutions, I help organizations transform how they attract, engage, and retain talent. My methodology — Smartwork — bridges the gap between business strategy and people strategy, ensuring teams are set up to succeed at every level.It all starts with three key areas: • Talent Strategy: Building systems to identify, develop, and retain top performers while driving measurable business impact. • People Operations: Crafting frameworks that prioritize well-being, innovation, and long-term sustainability. • Organizational Design: Aligning culture, structure, and strategy to achieve meaningful results.Whether working as part of an executive team or as a strategic advisor, I thrive on solving complex challenges and turning vision into action. By combining creative thinking, strategic insights, and a commitment to results, I help organizations and their people achieve more — together.If you’re ready to reimagine what’s possible, let’s connect.

Experience

1. Global Director, Talent Acquisition Operations

   MongoDB

   Mar 2025 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   As Director at MongoDB, I lead a team focused on scaling and optimizing the global recruiting function across three core pillars: recruiting analytics, channel optimization, and systems & process design. My work supports MongoDB’s rapid growth and global hiring strategy through data-driven insights, operational rigor, and enablement initiatives.Key areas of ownership: • Lead the development and execution of MongoDB’s recruiting analytics strategy in partnership with People Analytics, delivering real-time dashboards, performance metrics, and forecasting models• Optimize recruiting channels—including inbound, outbound, referrals, internal mobility, and diversity sourcing—to increase productivity per resource. • Oversee the recruiting tech stack, including Greenhouse (ATS) and Gem (CRM), managing configuration, vendor relationships, and integration across the HR ecosystem • Partner with Finance and Workforce Planning to lead capacity planning, headcount alignment, and operational scalability• Drive continuous process improvement, recruiter enablement, and hiring manager experience through systems thinking and cross-functional collaborationThis role blends strategic planning with executional excellence to ensure MongoDB attracts and hires top talent efficiently, consistently, and at scale.

Education

• The College of New Jersey

  BA, Communication and Media Studies

Skills

• Sass
• Job Description Development
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Human Resources
• Strategy
• Telecommunications
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Organizational Development
• Taleo
• Organizational Design
• Networking
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Recruiting
• Management
• Public Speaking
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Customer Service
• Technical Recruiting
• Icims
• Marketing
• Sdlc
• Talent Acquisition
• Social Media
• Contract Recruitment
• Leadership
• Social Media Marketing
• Crm