Josh P.

Experience

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  Linden Lab

  Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

  Apr 2022 - Aug 2024

  Linden Lab first launched Second Life, the groundbreaking virtual world enjoyed by millions around the globe, which has since gone on to boast nearly two billion user creations and a vibrant $500 million (USD) economy Tilia Pay enables publishers of video games & virtual worlds to create in-world economies and monetize user interaction. An "All-in-One" payments platform for the UGC and virtual creator economy - Gaming, Metaverse, Web3 marketplaces, Mobile Applications and NFT providers

  • Oversee Talent Acquisition, Management and Development for two separate business entities (Linden Lab and Tilia)
  • Help lead Organizational Development
  • Building Performance Enablement Cycle, Incentive & Rewards and L&D program
  • Manage Career Tracking and Employee Engagement
  • Created interview guidelines, recruiting best practices and DEI initiatives
  • Set up recruiting operations, analytics and reporting, ATS and sourcing platforms
  • Employer Brand Strategy
  • Manage consultants and agency partners
  • Global Recruitment
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  Nextbite

  Senior Director, Talent

  May 2019 - May 2022

  Nextbite is helping drive and shape the new digital era for the restaurant industry. A leader in virtual restaurants and the pioneer in online order management, the company is focused on helping restaurant partners successfully enter the virtual restaurant space with new delivery-only menus, using underutilized labor and kitchen capacity, to increase margins and revenue. Originally founded as Ordermark in 2017, Nextbite is the only all-in-one virtual restaurant solution for existing restaurants and kitchens that pairs the proven Ordermark online ordering/delivery management system with a selection of highly visible, on-trend, delivery brands.

  • Hyper-growth SaaS startup that scaled from 40 to 400 remotely distributed employees in 18 months
  • Led a large team of professionals between Talent Acquisition, L&D and Business Partners
  • Employer Branding and Organizational Development
  • Defined Interview Guidelines and Talent KPI metrics
  • Created DEIB initiative and managed ally partnerships
  • Created DEIB initiative and managed ally partnerships
  • Performance Management Program
  • Learning & Development ~ Strategy ~ LMS Content
  • Assisted in building of feedback and reward programs
  • Leadership Training & Coaching
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  Square Peg

  Principal People and Talent Consultant

  Oct 2015 - Oct 2020

  Sole Member LLC - Partner with the leaders of some of the most innovative companies to identify needs and help onboard top digital creative, product and engineering talent. -- define core values, strategize hiring, build recruiting teams, employer best practices, employee retention, coaching

  • Support technology startups during hyper growth scaling periods (seed to Series D)
  • Sourcing strategies to support culture and DEIB initiatives
  • Recruit impact players for design, product, marketing, engineering, and data science teams Hired and led TA and POps professionals
  • Partnered with executives to strategize hiring process and implement interview guidelines
  • Utilize data and OKRs to improve the efficiency of the process and increase ROI
  • Implement proper on-boarding and goals for improved employee experience
  • Educate and enforce best practices for professional feedback, learning and development