Paula Marie Conkey

About Paula Marie Conkey

Paula Conkey is a Global Talent Advisor, Strategic Business/People Partner, Talent Management and Recruitment Leader, Professional Coach, People Advocate, and player who facilitates revenue growth through talent strategies. Paula creates and implements targeted People and Culture plans, while building and leading teams, OKRs, KPIs, and budgets. She also has experiences with outsourcing post sales and SaaS product implementation and client management, and external vendor partner management. Paula is a Certified Coach that partners with executives, management and individual contributors to effectively support their unique leadership, performance and development goals. Paula inspires others with her innate ability to guide teams toward embracing opportunities, creating growth mindset cultures, encouraging team building, and delivering sustainable solutions, all with an unwavering positive approach. Paula knows that your talent is the key factor in every idea coming to life, from a start-up securing series of funding to being self-financed and potentially onto an IPO to creating efficiency and transparency for global organizations. Paula’s career spans several industries, including tech, media, b2b content, outsourcing, education, real estate, finance and fashion. Her accomplishments include-Talent Management Programs: implemented Predictive Index, Assessment, Team Dynamics, Coaching-SaaS post sales delivery and execution with white glove client delivery-Business Partner: trusted partner/advisor to global leaders, offering guidance and coaching-Competency Creation: developed core HR competencies (individual contributor to Execute Leaders.)-Leadership/Career Coaching: developed programs to drive AIM SMART Goals and accountability-Strategy: centralized Talent Function and created Centers of Excellence for 3 global enterprises-Team Leadership: sourced, hired, coached, and mentored teams of 5-20-HRIS: implemented Global Talent Management Systems - SuccessFactors, Jobvite and Taleo-Budget Management: from 500k to 3M in global workforce and operation expenses-Organization Staffing Management: forecasted savings for 500K to 9M annual budgets-Vendor Program: created and implemented Global Vendor Management Programs and MSP-Succession Planning: identified HIPO’s and created development path for top 20%-Diversity Program: doubled KPIs, including female C level roles and business leaders-Onboarding Program: reinvented 30-60-90-day program, enhanced retention by 75%.Paula can be reached via p••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Director Workforce Management

   SourceAmerica

   Jan 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Strategic Advisor/Partner to Leadership-Advise and consult with nonprofits on their Talent Management, Workforce Planning & Development, Organization, and Change Management objectives-Create succession and retention planning strategies, enhancing engagement and retention-Establish national partnerships with government, nonprofit and commercial organizations, leading to formal referral programs that assist in connecting Veterans and people with disabilities to careers-Deliver industry leading Recruitment Maturity Assessment, informing over 350 partners of their level of effectiveness and scalability for hiring proactively vs. in a reactive manner-Develop training playbook, offering key templates and recommendations for immediate change-Roll-out monthly lunch and learn series, enabling network to more effectively engage in platform-Implement inclusive career platform, enhancing engagement and driving learning capabilities across the tool-Relationship Management of third-party vendors via established OKRs/SLAs-Develop internal staffing function, directly impacting the nonprofit community\'s ability to attract Veterans and people with disabilities.Skills: Strategy, Leadership, Program Management, Maturity Modeling, Playbook Creation, Coaching, Team Leadership, New Manager Training, Leadership Coaching, Employee Relationships, Goals Setting, Accountability, Succession Planning, Performance Improvement, Talent Attraction, Retention, Mentorship

Education

• Predictive Index

  Certificate, Human Capital Behavior

• International Coach Federation

  ACC, Coaching

• Framingham State University

  B.A, Psychology, Sociology, Business

• iPEC Coaching

  Certified Professional Coach, CPC - Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner, ELI-MP, Coaching

Skills

• Digital Marketing
• Negotiation
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Vendor Management
• Temporary Placement
• Crm
• Budgets
• Hris
• Technical Recruiting
• Sourcing
• Employee Engagement
• College Recruiting
• Marketing Strategy
• Account Management
• Screening
• Change Management
• Sales Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Recruitment/Retention
• Career Counseling
• Interviews
• Process Improvement
• Human Resources
• Recruiting
• Sales
• Organizational Development
• Training
• New Business Development
• Marketing
• Program Management
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Leadership Mentoring
• Strategic Sourcing
• Management
• Team Building
• Succession Planning
• Onboarding
• Social Media Marketing
• Internet Recruiting