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Role: VP of Talent and Client Operations (Berlin, Germany)

UPPER (https://upperhq.co) connects the best EU-based freelancers with remote-first organizations looking augment their existing team, or to build a new team from scratch.

As the VP of Talent and Client Operations, my day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Initial discussions with clients to understand their tech needs and to figure out how UPPER can help make them successful.
• Interviewing and introducing the right candidate to the client, based on previously set expectations.
• Attracting (source / recruit) new tech talent to the UPPER network through various active and passive sourcing methods.
• Managing all active client <> talent engagements through regular checkins, time tracking and approval process, report building (for us internally, for our clients, and for our investors) and forwarding etc.
• Working closely with the product team to deliver an exceptional experience to our clients and talent when using our public-facing products.

As the member of the founding team, I am/was also responsible for:

• Setting up the initial tools that power the organization (from managing talent and client processes, reporting, invoicing etc).
• Process setup (interaction, communication etc).
• Core-team recruitment and interviewing.
• Various other "hats" that a first hires usually wear.

Role: Head of Talent Operations (Berlin, Germany)

MVP Factory (http://mvpfactory.co) is a Berlin-based agency that builds web and mobile products, focusing on the German mid-to-enterprise market.

As the Head of Talent Operations:

• Reported directly to the CEO and COO
• Worked closely with the Delivery team to find and place the right candidate on projects
• Worked closely with the Platform PM in defining the needed features to empower growth
• Attracted over 400 tech and product freelancers to the MVPF network with active and passive sourcing methods, mostly in Germany and EU
• Conducted over 200 personality fit interviews
• Organized and followed technical interviews

Head of Developer Talent Vertical Remote

• Managed the Directors of Engineering team of 13 people (responsible for taking client requirements and finding / presenting the right developer for the role)
• Managed multiple Interviewer teams (responsible for evaluating applicant developers)
• Managed the cross-team relationships (sales, growth, customer and talent experience) and initiatives
• Interviewed, hired and mentored new team members, as well as approved hires on screening teams
• Improved existing and implemented new processes within the team
• Monitored and resolved escalated client and talent issues see less

Director of Engineering / Recruiting Remote

• Connected clients with talented developers from Toptal's pool based on client needs.
• Gathered client requirements and expectations and, based on that, interviewed and filtered the best candidates.
• Helped improve internal processes to follow company growth.
• Helped clients improve their remote workflows and organize proper communication needed for remote work. see less

Technical Interviewer Remote

Interviewed and evaluated over a hundred applicants through two stages of interviews (algorithms and homework assignments)