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Phillip Charbonneau

Montréal,QC

Summary

Talent Acquisition Leader with 13 years of experience, specializing in managing and training global recruiting teams across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Expertise in professional services and staff augmentation, collaborating with IT teams on digital transformation projects.

Proven track record in serving diverse industries, including finance, insurance, and manufacturing, with a focus on QA Engineering, Cloud, and Data Engineering. Skilled in leveraging data insights for strategic workforce planning.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Talent Acquisition Lead - Bilingual

Cognizant
Montreal, Canada
05.2022 - 03.2025
  • Spearheaded Quebec recruiting efforts, managing and training recruiters on market nuances.
  • Executed complete recruiting life cycle per established SOPs.
  • Led implementation of applicant tracking systems and recruiting tools.
  • Coached global recruiting teams on new processes and systems.
  • Served as primary contact for contingent workforce management and vendors in region.
  • Specialized in recruiting for consulting, digital applications, infrastructure, security, cloud, DevOps, data, software engineering, and AI roles.
  • Conducted workforce planning through compensation analysis and market insights.
  • Developed relationships with staffing agencies and universities to source qualified talent.

Global Talent Acquisition Partner - Lead Technical Recruiter

Berlin Brands Group
Berlin, Germany
05.2020 - 05.2022
  • Executive level Search - 1st hire was the USA CEO (Robert Land, he still works there).
  • Facilitated onboarding processes to ensure smooth transitions for new hires.
  • Conducted interviews to evaluate candidate skills and cultural fit within the organization.
  • Collaborated with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and role requirements.
  • Developed effective recruitment strategies for diverse talent pools across multiple roles.
  • Provided training and support to junior recruiters on best practices in talent acquisition.
  • Analyzed market trends to inform strategic hiring initiatives and improve workforce planning.
  • Global Talent Acquisition in USA and Germany.
  • Traveled with new USA CEO on his first day to onboard with executive team in Slovakia.
  • Work with hiring managers on coding test framework for interview using Codility.
  • Collaborate with HRBP and HR executives from EU (Germany and Slovakia) on talent planning.
  • Coach and train EU recruiting team on process, on sourcing using AI tools and ATS (Greenhouse).
  • Work with 3rd party RPO and recruiting vendors in EU.

Director, Global Talent Acquisition

Aterian
06.2017 - 05.2020
  • Company Overview: NASDAQ: ATER - A Google Ventures backed startup, developing AImee, a next generation E-Commerce SAAS platform.
  • From startup to IPO.
  • My role encompassed all things recruiting, talent management and culture for 6 locations globally for 250+ employees.
  • 249 Additions globally in 3 years; from intern associates to executive level.
  • Manage global talent acquisition strategy; managing and training internal recruiters/sourcers.
  • Recruiting entire finance team and completing the executive leadership team (CTO, CFO, VP Finance & General Counsel).
  • Grew Krakow office from 4 to 30 employees including developers, data scientists and designers.
  • Process improvement and automation for candidate sourcing, onboarding, interview scheduling, talent management, off-boarding and more.
  • 3 Performance Reviews completed using OKRs; Setting and tracking OKRs for 2019-2020.
  • Created and documented recruitment processes including recorded video training.
  • Managing partnership with 3rd party recruiting agencies in Krakow and NYC.
  • Using creative strategies to recruit Product Managers in Tel Aviv.
  • NASDAQ: ATER - A Google Ventures backed startup, developing AImee, a next generation E-Commerce SAAS platform.

Lead Technical Recruiter

Atlassian
San Francisco Bay Area, USA
07.2014 - 06.2017
  • Participated in initiative to recruit and onboard over 300 employees for new Mountain View HQ.
  • Led full-cycle recruiting for technical roles across diverse teams.
  • Collaborated with hiring managers to establish job requirements and candidate profiles.
  • Developed relationships with candidates to enhance engagement throughout hiring process.
  • Implemented sourcing strategies to attract top technical talent effectively.
  • Conducted interviews to evaluate candidate qualifications and cultural alignment.

Technical Recruiter

BBG Management Corporation
Ottawa, Canada
05.2012 - 06.2014
  • Conducted in-depth interviews to evaluate candidate qualifications and cultural fit.
  • Developed targeted sourcing strategies utilizing diverse recruitment platforms and databases.
  • Collaborated with hiring managers to define technical job requirements and expectations.
  • Managed candidate pipelines, ensuring consistent communication during recruitment process.
  • Evaluated resumes to identify top talent for technical roles within organization.
  • Organized and participated in career fairs to promote job opportunities and company culture.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
06-2013

Skills

  • Expert in AI recruiting strategy
  • Talent Marketing using data and automation
  • Sourcing strategies and candidate pipelines
  • Managing global recruiting teams of 10
  • Workday and Greenhouse proficiency – 7 years
  • Admin, Coach and Trainer for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
  • Candidate engagement strategies
  • Onboarding and workforce planning
  • Executive search techniques
  • Process improvement methodologies
  • Strategic recruitment practices
  • Data-driven decision making

Timeline

Sr. Talent Acquisition Lead - Bilingual

Cognizant
05.2022 - 03.2025

Global Talent Acquisition Partner - Lead Technical Recruiter

Berlin Brands Group
05.2020 - 05.2022

Director, Global Talent Acquisition

Aterian
06.2017 - 05.2020

Lead Technical Recruiter

Atlassian
07.2014 - 06.2017

Technical Recruiter

BBG Management Corporation
05.2012 - 06.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

University of Ottawa

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