Russell Carlos Williams
Leeds,West Yorkshire
Summary
AgilePM qualified Business Partner and Talent Delivery Manager with extensive operations experience in recruitment. Demonstrated success in collaborating with HR, IT, Finance, and Marketing departments to achieve positive outcomes for clients and internal stakeholders. Orchestrated multiple key recruitment projects across UK and Europe, consistently meeting stringent deadlines. Proficient in all stages of talent acquisition, encompassing sourcing, assessment coordination, interviewing and selection, and onboarding.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
EMEA Talent Lead
Cprime (A Goldman Sachs Company)
Leeds/US/Remote
01.2022 - 07.2025
- Managed contractor delivery into projects across EMEA, APAC and US, partnering with Sales and Delivery teams to source, onboard, deliver & manage contractors for high-profile transformation and software development projects. Acting as a key bridge between global project teams, operations, and global stakeholders to ensure successful delivery from pre-sales through execution.
- Successfully implemented improved reporting processes for efficient contractor management and visibility.
- Reported directly to the Global Director of Talent while addressing US some requirements on occasion.
- Embedded into agile delivery workflows—supporting team setup, talent planning, sales decks and RFP content, day rate benchmarking, contractor availability reporting, etc.
- Notable projects include JPMorgan’s Software Engineering Program (SEP). Globally sourced & interviewed 70 trainers for various geo’s for the SEP program. Represented Cprime onsite at JPMorgan Chase in Hyderabad, India (March 2023), contributing to project retention by facilitating agile talent deployment for the SEP’s largest cohort to date.
- Supported the Global Operations & Integration Manager with requirements gathering for my department for the migration to a new CRM system. Raised data issues with data migration and field mapping, and facilitated check-ins with vendor technical teams to iron out any snags with our internal team using the new system.
- Delivered strategic resource planning and reporting for global projects, using agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Salesforce to maintain visibility and alignment.
- Liaison between US, India and EMEA Talent teams, coordinating project resource plans and driving improvements in associate lifecycle management.
- Manage and fulfil all internal recruitment for senior roles in the UK and Europe.
Owner, Consultant
Genie Consulting
Remote
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Providing strategic HR & recruitment operations support to small businesses & start-ups across various sectors, including nurseries, cleaning businesses and recruitment.
- Providing services such as employment workshops for staff on redundancy, hiring & attraction strategies, employment contract re-writing and policy re-writing.
Recruitment Business Partner/Recruitment Manager
Allvotec
Milton Keynes/Northampton
12.2018 - 11.2020
- Reporting directly to People Director & Head of HR, I managed the entire recruitment lifecycle for various departments across the business on all approved requisitions.
- Helped to define and implement new standards and processes for recruitment and requisition approval methods.
- Partnered with IT Managers and in-house Developers on a digital project to launch a recruitment-focused application for Talent Acquisition. I created specifications & wireframes and worked closely with the team.
- Engaged with external stakeholders and project managed resourcing in all company departments whilst working collectively with Finance, Marketing & HR with regular reports and requests.
- Reduced YoY average resourcing time from 10 weeks to 6 weeks whilst also making an annual cost saving of £85k for the business by streamlining internal vacancies processes, driving the referral scheme and implementing & enforcing a strict PSL.
- Increased social presence and recognition as a local employer through recruitment fairs & similar projects with college & university visits in the local area, including attending and event managing our company's presence at 'Careers Fair UK'.
- Supported CFO and IT Directors on end-to-end recruitment process for specific senior hires, including support on F2F interviews, decision-making process and offer & onboarding stages.
- Nurtured close relationships with the senior leadership team and helped to facilitate hires into sensitive/time-sensitive projects.
- Used WordPress to manage and update the company's careers pages and worked with the Marketing department to increase social media presence.
- Managed RPO relationships and worked collaboratively with senior leaders within the RPO and their partners.
- Data-led approach to recruitment, regular reporting and updates for the SLT.
Key Accounts Recruiter
Aquent
London
10.2017 - 10.2018
- Delivered talent for large RPOs across various tech and marketing roles for Google, Facebook, and other prominent brands.
- Focused on sourcing Data Analysts and Scientists within Finance, Logistics, and Marketing sectors.
- Collaborated with third-party teams to monitor recruitment progress, submissions, and offers.
- Conducted extensive headhunting to identify top talent in diverse markets.
Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract)
Nissan Europe (NM-UK)
Milton Keynes
05.2017 - 10.2017
- Responsible for the successful delivery of the graduate programme for the 2017 intake of apprenticeships, industrial placement students & graduates. Managing the complete end-to-end process, I hired 53 graduates, 27 Industrial placement students and 8 apprentices which satisfied the quota needed for 2017.
- Running & managing up to 3 weekly assessment centres, presentations, assessment tasks, lunches, organising interview schedules and hiring managers needed on the day. I would end the day with a stakeholder wrap-up session and confirm intentions to offer.
- Building working relationships with local colleges & universities and building pathways for apprentices, industrial placement and graduates onto the Nissan graduate & apprenticeship schemes.
- Communicating final offers and initial invitations to assessment centres.
- Coordinating travel & events scheduled across the UK at various universities' careers fairs. Engaging with students and being informative about the graduate program.
Resourcing Specialist (Contract)
Williams Lea Tag
Luton
12.2016 - 04.2017
- Supporting internal stakeholders with the interview/offer processes with a focus on candidate procurement.
- Ownership for PSL, including progress reports, updates and agency performance reviews.
- Worked closely with HR on redeployment, succession planning and recruitment activity.
- Within our cost centre model, I successfully made over £16k worth of placement fees for our department.
Education
Sports Science & Coaching - Science
University of Greenwich
London 08.2011 - 05.2014
AS/A Levels - Biology, P.E, English Literature
Richmond upon Thames College
London 09.2009 - 05.2011
GCSEs - Mathematics, English literature, English Language, ICT, Media Studies
Uxbridge College
London 09.2008 - 04.2009
Skills
- Data-led reporting and process optimisation
- Event planning & execution
- Confident user of Jira, Confluence, Atlassian tools, Power BI including ticketing systems
- Project Support
- Building strong relationships with Universities & Colleges
- MI reporting & Spreadsheets
- WordPress administration
- End-to-end recruitment delivery and operations
- Recruitment Management
- 3rd party relationship management
- Agile ways of working (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
- Contractor and stakeholder lifecycle management
- Project coordination and delivery team support
- End-to-end recruitment delivery and operations
- Salesforce, Recruitment CRM’s & Google/MS Suite
- Key Stakeholder Management, Remote team management & International stakeholder management
Certification
Certified Scrum Product Owner Scrum Alliance
Passed: 2023
Agile PM: Foundation APMG International
Passed: Apr 2021
Python for Data Science
Passed: 2018
SQL & PHP
Passed: 2018
Digital Marketing
Passed: 2018
Certified Scrum Master Scrum Alliance
Passed: 2022
SAFe Program Consultant Scaled Agile
Passed: 2024
Google Project Management Premium Coursera
Passed: 2025
SAFe Advanced Scrum Master Scaled Agile
Passed: 2024
Accomplishments
Eye of the Storm award - Cprime 2022
References
References available upon request.
A little bit about me
- Volunteer mission work in South Africa (Durban, Jeffereys Bay, Cape Town)
- Interested in most martial arts, football, a wide variety of music on vinyl, the gym, and visiting different cities in the UK and abroad
- In my spare time, I watch podcasts on financial trends, current affairs and any documentaries on space & nature
Timeline
EMEA Talent Lead
Cprime (A Goldman Sachs Company)
01.2022 - 07.2025
Owner, Consultant
Genie Consulting
01.2021 - 01.2022
Recruitment Business Partner/Recruitment Manager
Allvotec
12.2018 - 11.2020
Key Accounts Recruiter
Aquent
10.2017 - 10.2018
Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract)
Nissan Europe (NM-UK)
05.2017 - 10.2017
Resourcing Specialist (Contract)
Williams Lea Tag
12.2016 - 04.2017
Sports Science & Coaching - Science
University of Greenwich
08.2011 - 05.2014
AS/A Levels - Biology, P.E, English Literature
Richmond upon Thames College
09.2009 - 05.2011
GCSEs - Mathematics, English literature, English Language, ICT, Media Studies
Uxbridge College
09.2008 - 04.2009
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