Larissa Diz
Technical Recruiter
London
Summary
Experienced global recruiting professional with nearly a decade of expertise in in-house, executive search, and RPO environments. Specializes in hiring software engineers at various levels, utilizing a comprehensive understanding of the industry to identify top talent and drive successful hires.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Lead Technical Recruiter
Meta
London, England
12.2023 - Current
- I'm back at Meta and am hiring for Gen SWE, Mobile (Android and iOS), Machine Learning and Front end roles (IC4-IC6);
- Mentoring and onboarding new joiners throughout 2024, inclusive of facilitating a faster ramp up to 11 boomerangers;
- Responsible for external and internal recruiting, summing up to 107 OAs (310% performance), with 20% of the candidates being self sourced and 14% URP.
Lead Technical Recruiter
Meta
10.2021 - 06.2023
- Promoted in September 2022;
- Pipelines covered: Infrastructure (Back end), Product (Full stack) and Machine Learning / AI, levels being senior ICs (IC6+) and Engineering Managers;
- Hiring across EMEA (London, Zurich, Tel Aviv), APAC (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 there was more demand;
- Playing a role of a 'Diversity Champion' in the team, driving weekly sessions and setting goals to a team of 10 members;
- Greatly exceeded offer accepted target (175%), 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 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
10.2020 - 10.2021
- Leading a top performing sourcing team of 11 Sourcers to deliver 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;
- Increased CV to interview ratio from 60% to 80%;
- Implementation of various Diversity and Inclusion strategies across technology divisions
Global Recruiter (Contract)
Eni International Resources Ltd
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Management of recruitment strategy for multiple subsidiaries, focused in Engineering and corporate function roles (Finance, Legal, Sales);
- Full recruitment process including market mapping, advertising, sourcing and screening, to competency based interviews and offer management
Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor
ZF Friedrichshafen
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;
- Successfully implemented Success Factors as ATS (Recruiting module);
- Developed company's Early Career Program;
- Managed recruitment programs with universities and educational partners;
- Supported business units in order to optimise recruitment processes;
- Played a leading role in recruiting 200 new hires in 4 months period time, doubling up organisation's headcount in line with business strategy
Talent Business Partner
Tonon Bioenergy
03.2016 - 05.2017
- Leading a small team of two reports;
- Responsible for all hires within the company, supporting other 3 business units;
- End-to-end recruitment including orientation to large number of people per week;
- Implemented company's firsts ATS and CRM;
- Internally recruited hundreds of roles per year in all areas such as: Operations, Engineering, Finance, HR, Commercial, Legal, etc;
- Volume Recruiting
Junior Talent Acquisition Analyst
Cosin Consulting
11.2014 - 01.2016
- Conducted full cycle of hiring process for business areas such as Consulting and Tech during hyper-growth period
Talent Acquisition Intern
FCB
09.2013 - 11.2014
- First experience in talent acquisition area, focused on hiring HR/Finance/Sales professionals for corporate organisations in Sao Paulo
Education
MBA - Human Resources
Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Sao Paulo 09.2016 - 06.2018
BSc - Psychology
Mackenzie University
Sao Paulo 02.2010 - 12.2014
Timeline
Lead Technical Recruiter
Meta
12.2023 - Current
Lead Technical Recruiter
Meta
10.2021 - 06.2023
Sourcing Team Lead
Sky
10.2020 - 10.2021
Global Recruiter (Contract)
Eni International Resources Ltd
03.2020 - 08.2020
Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor
ZF Friedrichshafen
05.2017 - 05.2019
MBA - Human Resources
Fundação Getúlio Vargas
09.2016 - 06.2018
Talent Business Partner
Tonon Bioenergy
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
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