Maya Saric

Maya Saric

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VP, People
California, United States

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  • Observable Space
    Director, Talent Acquisition
    Observable Space
    Aug 2026 - Current (2 months)
  • U
    Sabattical
    Unknown
    Nov 2025 - Jul 2026 (9 months)
  • Serve Robotics
    VP, People
    Serve Robotics
    Jul 2024 - Oct 2025 (1 year 4 months)
    About Serve Robotics: Series-B publicly traded robotics startup operating autonomous delivery at scale across multiple U.S. markets.

    ● Scaled organization from
  • Parallel Systems
    VP, People
    Parallel Systems
    Oct 2023 - Jul 2024 (10 months)
    About Parallel Systems: Series-A green climate AV/EV company building autonomous and electric rail vehicles and systems.

    ● Re-architected and launched the company’s annual performance review process, establishing a simplified, structured and scalable framework to drive consistency, accountability, and performance visibility.
    ● Designed and implemented the company’s promotion philosophy and employee recognition programs, strengthening career progression clarity and reinforcing a culture of performance and appreciation.
  • Parallel Systems
    VP, Talent Acquisition
    Parallel Systems
    Aug 2022 - Oct 2023 (1 year 3 months)
    ● Built and scaled the Talent Acquisition function from first hire, supporting company growth from
  • Coco
    VP, Talent Acquisition
    Coco
    Oct 2021 - Aug 2022 (11 months)
    About Coco: Last-mile delivery Series-A robotics start-up service deploying human-operated robots to transport goods from merchants to customers.

    ● Founding Talent Acquisition member, joined with
  • Amazon
    Head of Global Talent Acquisition (RING)
    Amazon
    Apr 2018 - Oct 2021 (3 years 7 months)
    Amazon acquired Ring April 2018.
    ● Delivered on >100% on all KPIs and headcount target YoY, supporting every corporate dept (excluding Customer Support / Call Center org) for five business silos (6,000+ employees): Ring, Blink, Key for Consumer, Key for Business and Sidewalk.
    ● Strategic partner to senior leadership; built and rolled out initiatives and programs, including candidate experience, hiring manager experience, diversity hiring, intern/student and employer branding.
    ● Built and implemented an accelerated Bar Raiser & interviewer calibration program and increased a pool of technical and non-technical Bar Raisers to support hyper growth domestically and internationally.
    ● Improved interview processes for
  • Ring
    Head of Global Recruiting
    Ring
    Apr 2016 - Apr 2018 (2 years 1 month)
    About Ring: Series-C consumer electronics startup building home security products, acquired by Amazon in 2018

    ● Founding Talent Acquisition member, joined with
  • True Religion Brand jeans
    Senior Corporate Recruiter
    True Religion Brand jeans
    Sep 2014 - Nov 2015 (1 year 3 months)
    True Religion Jeans is a pioneer in the premium denim market; the company has become synonymous with modern and distinctive product designs that stand for exceptional fit and styling details. 

    ● Full life-cycle recruiting for all corporate departments, excluding Retail (high volume hiring).
    ● Developed, drove and executed comprehensive search strategies to recruit senior and niche candidates in a competitive candidate market.
  • iCrossing
    Senior Recruiter (Consultant)
    iCrossing
    Jul 2012 - Sep 2013 (1 year 3 months)
    iCrossing is a global digital marketing agency; combines proprietary technology with top talent to build connected brands that deliver results. 
    • Full life-cycle recruiting: sourced, interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed candidates for all Technology (Software Development, Infrastructure, Technical Support, Project Management, etc.) and Creative (Digital Advertising / Marketing) properties.
  • NBCUniversal Inc
    Senior Recruiter (Consultant)
    NBCUniversal Inc
    Aug 2011 - May 2012 (10 months)
    NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.
    • Owned full life cycle recruiting for all Technical roles across multiple orgs: E!, Golf Network, Style
  • JiWire Inc
    Corporate Recruiter (Consultant)
    JiWire Inc
    Mar 2011 - Jul 2011 (5 months)
    JiWire is a Series-B startup, the leader in connecting advertisers to today's On-The-Go Mobile Audience, using the world's largest location-based interactive media  channel. JiWire's platform enables advertisers to identify and deliver ads to audience segments based on a person's physical location while taking the venue  type and brand into account. 

    ● Solo Corporate Recruiter responsible for full life-cycle recruiting for all corporate departments, with heavy focus on Engineering.
  • Ticketfly
    Sr. Corporate Recruiter (Consultant)
    Ticketfly
    Oct 2010 - Jan 2011 (4 months)
    Ticketfly is a Series-A startup; independent ticketing and social marketing platform offering event promoters and venues next-generation ticketing and powerful website and social marketing tools, saving them time and money.  

    ● Managed all aspects of recruiting for positions across all Engineering teams. 
    ● Developed, drove and executed comprehensive search strategies to recruit senior and niche candidates in a competitive candidate market.
  • CLEAR Inc
    Sr. Corporate Recruiter
    CLEAR Inc
    Feb 2009 - Sep 2010 (1 year 8 months)
    Clear is a 4G high speed mobile internet service for home & on-the-go now covering more than 130 million people in the U.S. including 35 of the top 40 U.S. markets.  

    ● Full life-cycle recruiting: sourced, interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed candidates for all Corporate departments, with heavy focus on Engineering and Leadership roles.
    ● Developed, drove and executed comprehensive search strategies to recruit senior and niche candidates in limited candidate spaces. 
    ● Improved the efficiency of the recruiting matrix by increasing quality of candidates and over all hiring process.
  • Independent Consultant
    Sr. Technical Recruiter
    Independent Consultant
    Nov 2007 - Jan 2008 (3 months)
    2008 Airline Intelligence Systems (software startup)
    2007 – 2008 Azaleos (software startup)

    ● Solely headhunted and hired top notch technical talent: Software, QA/Test, Program/Product, UI /UX Design and other senior leaders.
  • Marchex
    Recruiting Manager
    Marchex
    Jan 2007 - Aug 2007 (8 months)
    Marchex is a mobile advertising advertising analytics startup company that connects online behavior to real-world offline actions. Our platform delivers new customer phone calls to businesses, while its technology analyzes the data in these calls to help maximize ad campaign results.

    ● Owned all aspects of recruiting for positions across all corporate depts, with heavy focus on Engineering and technical roles.
    ● Developed, drove and executed comprehensive search strategies to recruit senior and niche candidates in limited candidate spaces. 
    ● Designed and implemented company-wide talent acquisition process, procedures and training. 
    ● Improved the efficiency of the recruiting matrix by increasing quality of
  • P
    Senior Technical Headhunter
    Pelago Inc
    Dec 2006 - Feb 2007 (3 months)
    Pelago is a rapidly growing startup pursuing a broad vision for software enabling an "on-the-go" lifestyle, a seamlessly integrated Web/mobile application that will be useful, social, and fun.

    - Solely headhunted and hired top notch technical talent: Software Engineers, Software Test Engineers, Program Managers, UI Designers and other senior engineering leaders.
    - Owned full-cycle recruiting process: sourced, interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed candidates for assigned requisitions.
    - Developed, drove and executed comprehensive search strategies to recruit senior and niche candidates in limited candidate spaces.
  • J
    Senior Recruiter
    Jobster
    Jan 2006 - Dec 2006 (1 year)
    Jobster, Series-B software startup (acquired by Zapoint in 2010) is an online platform that combines social networking with advanced job search technology to help match candidates with career opportunities. 

    ● Solely headhunted and hired 70% of the Engineering team and doubled the size (65 to 140) of the entire company in first nine months.
    ● Owned full life-cycle recruiting process: sourced, interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed candidates. 
    ● Headhunted the very best technical candidates: Software Engineers, Software Test Engineers, Program Managers, UI Designers and other senior engineering leaders.  
    ● Developed, drove and executed comprehensive search strategies to recruit senior and niche candidat
  • Pure Networks
    Senior Technical Recruiter
    Pure Networks
    Aug 2005 - Jan 2006 (6 months)
    Pure Networks, Series-B startup, (acquired by Cisco in 2008) is the leading supplier of home networking software, and the first company to unlock the power of home networks for sharing the digital lifestyle.   

    ● Owned full life-cycle recruiting process: sourced, interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed candidates for assigned requisitions. 
    ● Headhunted the very best technical candidates: Software Engineers, Software Test Engineers, Program Managers, UI Designers and other senior engineering leaders.  
    ● Developed, drove and executed comprehensive search strategies to recruit senior and niche candidates in limited candidate spaces.
  • Volt Technical Resources
    Senior Technical Recruiter
    Volt Technical Resources
    Oct 2003 - Jul 2005 (1 year 10 months)
    - Drove the hiring process in a high-volume/time-sensitive environment, worked directly with hiring managers for all of Volt’s Puget Sound-area clients.
    - Placed high level technical professionals in contract and full-time positions.
    - Performed full life cycle recruiting: sourced, interviewed, checked references, negotiated terms and rates, extended offers, and closed candidates.
    - Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies.
    - Consistently was # 1 revenue generator (gross margin $) for the branch, month after month, and always ranked in the Top 10 Recruiters within the region each month.
    - Mentored and provid
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  • Seattle Central College
    Associate of Science, Computer Science
    Seattle Central College
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