Clifton Jadoo

Elevating companies through talent mastery: From innovative fintechs to billion-dollar tech giants.

A dynamic talent leader with a decade-long track record at high-growth companies including Wingspan and Webflow. Lauded for driving 90%+ headcount growth, refining people-centric processes, and crafting global compensation strategies. At Foursquare, pioneered HR projects, and led expansive teams.

Working on People and Talent at Wingspan and interested in fractional weekend and evening projects focused on people and talent projects.

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Work

Strategic People Architect at Foursquare
As Director of Recruiting and People at Foursquare, I was a pivotal force in transforming HR operations, focusing on talent preparedness, DEI initiatives, and comprehensive recruiting strategies. My leadership in scaling teams, integrating acquisitions, and refining processes played a key role in aligning Foursquare's people practices with its ambitious growth and technology objectives.
https://foursquare.com/
Compass' Growth Engineer in Talent Acquisition and People Strategy
At Compass, I leveraged my expertise as the second Talent hire, significantly scaling the company from 160 to 1100 employees, focusing on engineering, strategy, and operations. My role involved providing strategic insights to C-level executives, crafting impactful hiring strategies, and guiding the company through a critical growth phase in the competitive real estate technology sector.
https://Compass.com
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Experience

Wingspan
People and Talent
Mar 2023 - Present
One place for freelancers to manage income, benefits and taxes.
- Established People and Talent function from scratch
- Serve as the first ever People hire directly advising CEO and CTO/Co-Founder on complex People/HR matters
- Achieve a 90%+ growth in company headcount within my tenure with a 90%+ offer acceptance rate
Webflow, Inc.
Technical Recruiting and People Lead
Jun 2022 - Feb 2023
Webflow is the way to design, build, and launch powerful websites visually — without coding.
- Hired as the most senior individual contributor on the technical recruiting team with the goal of building a team focused on talent planning and development strategies to scale engineering leadership but macroeconomic events curtailed this
Foursquare
Director, Engineering + Product Recruitment and Head of Engineering + Product Recruitment
Sep 2016 - Jun 2022
Where Matters: Put the most trusted, independent location data and technology platform to work for your business.
- Functioned as a strategic HR Business Partner, providing thought leadership and coaching to all levels of the organization, ensuring preparedness of talent for critical roles
- Built HR team from 3 individuals to 6+ individuals and recruiting team from 2 individuals to 9 individuals (Analyst to VP level)
- Executed comprehensive recruiting for all engineering and technical roles (typically 30+), from sourcing to negotiations
Compass
Recruiter - Strategic Growth, Engineering, Product and Business Development
Sep 2014 - Sep 2016
Tech Real Estate
- As the second People hire of Compass (Series B), was instrumental in scaling the company from 160 to 1100 individuals

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