Nicki Lacroix

About Nicki Lacroix

A seasoned Talent Acquisition leader with over 20 years of experience, Nicki has built a career around identifying and hiring top-tier leadership talent across HR, tech, and strategy functions. In her current role as Senior Talent Acquisition Partner – Leadership Recruiting at General Motors, she owns hiring for HR leadership, Chief of Staff, and Business Planning roles—helping GM drive its mission toward a future of zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.Prior to GM, she spent over 8 years at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where she served as a Principal Leadership Recruiter. She played a critical role in building leadership pipelines across Global Services, Strategy & Operations, Industries, and Marketing. She led hiring across functions such as Solution Architecture, Security, Sales, GenAI, AIML, GTM, and more—while also designing scalable recruiting programs, contributing to succession and capacity planning, and shaping AWS’s executive recruiting strategy.Earlier in her career, she founded and scaled NovaSearch Group, a boutique executive search firm. As CEO, she placed over 350 senior-level candidates, secured major enterprise clients, and built a high-performing team of recruiters.With a proven ability to deliver results, build trust with executive stakeholders, and scale recruiting operations in high-growth environments, Nicki is known for turning talent strategy into a competitive advantage.

Experience

1. Sr Talent Acquisition Partner- Leadership Recruiting

   General Motors

   Jul 2025 — Present · Fresno, CA, US

   Supporting HR/TA leadership and Chief of Staff recruiting for all GM divisions. Better is only the beginning! Our vision @ GM is a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. Driven by innovation and creating an environment to inspire, we embrace the responsibility to make our world better, safer, and more equitable for all!If you are looking to excel at everything and help teach those around you, please check out career opportunities with GM @ https://search-careers.gm.com/

Education

• California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Hiring
• Recruiting
• Cold Calling
• Sales
• Direct Sales
• B2b
• Building Relationships
• New Business Generation
• Sales Recruitment
• Advertising
• Sem
• Start-Ups
• Team Management
• Talent Acquisition
• Marketing
• Business Development
• Salesforce.com
• Lead Generation
• Strategic Partnerships
• Sales Process
• Leadership
• Time Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Training
• New Business Development
• Sales Operations
• Account Management
• Sales Management
• Relationship Building
• Networking
• Management