Larissa Diz
London
Summary
- MBA qualified and multi-lingual professional with 9 years' in-house (Meta, Eni, ZF), executive search (Korn Ferry) and RPO (Sky) experience;
- 5 years of experience leading high performance teams, up to 11 reports, spread across multiple time zones;
- Full cycle management of recruitment process, up to C level. Experience in hiring for Tech (Product, Infrastructure, ML / AI) and Manufacturing Engineering, scaling orgs in hyper-growth mode and also building niche teams in various locations;
- Passionate about stakeholder management, Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and leading top performers.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Lead Technical Recruiter
Meta, Facebook
London, UK
10.2021 - Current
- Joined Facebook in October 2021, promoted in September 2022
- Pipelines covered: Infrastructure (Back end), Product (Full stack) and Machine Learning, hiring senior ICs (IC6+) as well as Engineering Managers
- Hiring across EMEA (London, Zurich, Tel Aviv, Singapore) and North America (US and Canada);
- Coaching and mentoring an international team of 11 Recruiters and Sourcers
- During hiring freezes in 2022/23, I was responsible to look after people who pivoted into areas where we had more demand;
- Playing a role of a “Diversity Champion” in the team, driving weekly sessions, ensuring attendance and setting goals to a team of 10 members;
- Greatly exceeded my offer accepted target (175%), delivering 5 senior/leadership hires in average per month, with 52% being self sourced candidates in 2022;
- Internal Recruiting: responsible for redeploying employees that were impacted by the layoffs, working closely to multiple cross functional partners;
- Implemented an immigration tool that accelerated our time to hire target globally, partnering with Engineering, Immigration and HRBPs;
- Subject expert matter in Design interviews within Meta, being the point of contact to all new interviewers (Engineers), as well as driving weekly design webinars to external candidates.
Sourcing Team Lead
Sky via RTM
Manchester
10.2020 - 10.2021
- London onsite at Sky UK;
- Leading a top performing sourcing team of 11 to deliver Tech & Non-Tech hiring efforts for tech and business functions across UK & Ireland
- Responsible for planning & executing the bottom of funnel recruitment strategy;
- Talent Pools sourced by my team have increased by 151% in Q1 2021, speeding up our time to offer;
- Increased CV to interview ratio from 60% to 80%;
- Implementation of a variety of Diversity and Inclusion strategies across technology divisions.
Global Recruiter
Eni International Resources Ltd
London, UK
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Management of recruitment strategy for multiple subsidiaries, recruiting across EMEA, North America and APAC, focused in Engineering and corporate function roles (Finance, Legal, Sales);
- Full recruitment process including market mapping, advertising, sourcing and screening, to competency based interviews;
- Active and passive candidate sourcing in line with job requirements and Eni's global competency model;
- Key achievements: Carried out the end-to-end process analysis to identify efficiency goals to improve time to market.
Recruiter
Korn Ferry International
Sao Paulo, Brazil
09.2019 - 12.2019
- Executive Search role focused on the recruitment of Engineering Executives in various sectors.
- Clients: Nubank (Fintech), Schlumberger (Oil & Gas), Siemens (Manufacturing) among others;
- I left KF in order to pursue my dream of getting my Italian citizenship and living abroad
Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor
ZF Friedrichshafen
Sao Paulo, Brazil
05.2017 - 05.2019
- Leadership responsibility that included developing and coaching two direct reports, as well as Summer and Fall interns (around 15 per cohort);
- Management of the entire site recruitment process, focused on areas such as Engineering & Tech, supporting other 7 sites within Sao Paulo state;
- Successfully implemented Success Factors as ATS (Recruiting module);
- Developed the company's Early Career Program;
- Managed recruitment programs with universities and educational partners;
- Supported business units in order to optimise recruitment processes;
- HR focal point for internal and external audits, both national and international;
- Key achievements: Played a leading role in recruiting 200 new hires in 4 months period (team of 3), doubling the organisation's headcount in line with business strategy.
Talent Business Partner
Tonon Bioenergy SA, Estate of
Sao Paulo, Brazil
03.2016 - 05.2017
- Leading a small team of two reports;
- Responsible for the headquarters' talent acquisition area, supporting other 3 business units in total;
- End-to-end recruitment including orientation to a large number of people per week;
- Implemented the company's first ATS and CRM;
- Internally recruited hundreds of roles per year in all areas such as: Operations, Engineering, Finance, HR, Commercial, Legal, etc;
- Volume Recruiting given sugarcane crops.
Junior Talent Acquisition Analyst
Cosin Consulting
Sao Paulo, Brazil
11.2014 - 01.2016
- Responsible for talent acquisition process management, conducting full cycle of the hiring process for business areas such as Consulting and Tech during a period of hyper-growth.
Talent Acquisition Intern
FCB
09.2013 - 11.2014
- First experience in talent acquisition area, focused on the hiring of HR/Finance/Sales professionals for corporate organisations in Sao Paulo.
Education
FGV - Human Resources
Fundação Getúlio Vargas
09.2016 - 06.2018
BSc - Psychology
Mackenzie University
02.2010 - 12.2014
Skills
Diversity and Inclusion
Building high performing recruiting teams
Hiring at Scale
Sourcing
ATS implementation
Stakeholder management
Executive Search
Timeline
Lead Technical Recruiter
Meta, Facebook
10.2021 - Current
Sourcing Team Lead
Sky via RTM
10.2020 - 10.2021
Global Recruiter
Eni International Resources Ltd
03.2020 - 08.2020
Recruiter
Korn Ferry International
09.2019 - 12.2019
Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor
ZF Friedrichshafen
05.2017 - 05.2019
FGV - Human Resources
Fundação Getúlio Vargas
09.2016 - 06.2018
Talent Business Partner
Tonon Bioenergy SA, Estate of
03.2016 - 05.2017
Junior Talent Acquisition Analyst
Cosin Consulting
11.2014 - 01.2016
Talent Acquisition Intern
FCB
09.2013 - 11.2014
BSc - Psychology
Mackenzie University
02.2010 - 12.2014