Gabriel Porras

Gabriel Porras

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Global Talent Partner & Leader • Tech Talent Specialist • Recruiting Advisor
Costa Rica

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Full-time jobs
Starting at USD3.5K/month
Flexible work
Starting at USD25/hour
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    Talent Partner/Consultant - Project Based
    Rapid Seed Box
    Jul 2023
  • Smartcat
    Global Talent Partner | Tech & GTM - Project Based
    Smartcat
    Jan 2023 - Jul 2023 (7 months)
  • Left Field Labs
    Senior Talent Partner | Tech & Creative
    Left Field Labs
    Jul 2022 - Nov 2022 (5 months)
    • In-house Talent Partner in charge of the full-time/permanent roles within US and Canada. Working on Talent Acquisition for projects with clients such as Google, Meta, Amazon, DataRobot, Unity, Cisco, Uber, etc • Improved sourcing strategies for tech roles and overall recruiting process to reduce time-to-hire from 60+ days to less than 30 days • Focused recruitment efforts into profiles such as: Front End, Back End, and Full Stack Software Engineers (mainly JavaScript Frameworks, C++/C#, Swift), Unity/Unreal Devs, DevOps, UX/UI, QA - and roles in the creative space such as: Digital/Brand/Motion/Game Designers, Illustrators, Creative/Art Directors, Copywriters. (Averaged 5- 6 hires per month - high seniority roles)
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    Lead Talent Specialist | High-Growth Start-Ups
    TeamSourced
    Oct 2021 - Jun 2022 (9 months)
    • Dedicated Talent Parter for Oyster (HR SaaS) - Worked with the team through their Series B and Series C funding. In charge of full-cycle recruiting with a consultative approach for the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions • Key contributor to Oyster's hyper-growth from 35 team members in 2021 to more than 500 team members by Q3, 2022. (Averaged 10-15 hires per month) • Led and mentored a small, internationally distributed team (4 people) of sourcing and talent specialists • Focused recruitment efforts into non-tech profiles such as: Customer Success Managers/Leaders, Sales (Account Executives/BDRs/Leaders), Marketing, Product Managers, Design, Media - and tech profiles like: Software Engineers (Ruby, JavaScript frameworks, Java) • I was b
  • Independent Consultant
    HR & Talent Operations Consultant & Advisor
    Independent Consultant
    Sep 2020 - May 2021 (9 months)
    • Partnered with two US based digital agencies with as they were expanding operations and assisted them with setting up a LATAM based vertical focused on their digital and web development services • Led the HR operational process support associated with international expansion - design, organization, and execution of the core HR programs within the company (talent, workforce management, payroll, benefits administration, employee training, compliance, diversity, etc) • Designed and implemented the full cycle talent acquisition processes - scaled from 0 to 25 multidisciplinary senior team members within 2 quarters. (Software/Web Developers, Tech Leaders, QA, Project Managers, Production Managers, Digital/Visual Designers) • Led the adoptio
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    Senior Talent Acquisition Lead | Tech & GTM
    Korn Ferry/ PayPal
    Jul 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 4 months)
    • Led the full in-house recruitment cycle for PayPal in the entire Americas region (US/Canada/LATAM). Optimized recruitment processes, onboarding flows, and system integrations • Key contributor to the growth of PayPal/Venmo operations in LATAM - improved sourcing strategies and reduced time to hire by 50% • Led and mentored a small team (4 people) of junior recruiters, sourcing specialists, and coordinators • Focused recruitment efforts into tech profiles such as: Data & Product Analysts/Engineers, QualityAssurance, DevOps/SRE, UX/UI, Security, and Software Engineers (JavaScript frameworks, Java, .NET, Ruby on Rails, etc.) and non-tech: Customer Success, Compliance, Sales. (Averaged 5-10 hires per month)
  • DXC Technology
    Senior IT Talent Acquisition Partner
    DXC Technology
    Aug 2017 - Jul 2020 (3 years)
    • In charge of full cycle in-house recruiting for several business verticals (Enterprise IT Services, Software, Digital Transformation, Sales) - (Averaged 5-10 hires per month, based on business needs) • Led a team of 2 recruiters and 1 recruiting coordinator focused on supporting the North American team • Defined sourcing and recruiting strategies, market research, and contributed to the overall process improvement and optimization. Performed Project Management duties as required to support the Talent Acquisition team • Process documentation and ATS maintenance/support - created/updated requisitions, ran compliance checks, initiated background checks, and ensured data integrity • Projects: -Design and delivery of new-hire training and
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    MPS Contract Administrator - US/Canada
    HPE Hewlet Packard Enterprise
    Mar 2017 - Aug 2017 (6 months)
  • Amazon
    ERC Human Resources Associate - US
    Amazon
    Apr 2016 - Dec 2016 (9 months)
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    Bachelor of Arts
    University of Science and Technology - ULACIT
    Jan 2016 - Jun 2019 (3 years 6 months)