Blake Owens

Overview

I work on people operations at Datadog in New York. Hired 166 engineers in a year with a 86% offer-accept rate. Before that: Dell Technologies and Wells Fargo. Most at home with performance management and policy.

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Experience

1. HR Business Partner

   Dec 2025 - Present
   Datadog · 10 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Hired 160 engineers in a year with a 76% offer-accept rate.
   • Built the leveling and comp framework for 2888 people.
   • Cut time-to-hire from 50 days to 28.
2. People Operations Manager

   Aug 2023 - Dec 2025
   Dell Technologies · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Hired 40 engineers in a year with a 81% offer-accept rate.
   • Cut time-to-hire from 70 days to 34.
3. Recruiter

   Jan 2020 - Aug 2023
   Wells Fargo · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Built the leveling and comp framework for 757 people.
   • Cut time-to-hire from 71 days to 32.
4. Recruiter

   Jan 2018 - Jan 2020
   Stripe · 2 yr · Contract · New York, NY
   • Cut time-to-hire from 57 days to 27.
5. Recruiter

   Oct 2016 - Jan 2018
   Capital One · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Cut time-to-hire from 53 days to 22.

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Education

1. UC San Diego

   BS, Psychology
   2012 - 2016