Jalen Dwayne Williams

Overview

16 years in people and talent, the last 1 at IBM, where I lead the people ops team. Built the leveling and comp framework for 3359 people. Before that: PayPal and Lockheed Martin. Most at home with employee relations and performance management.

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Experience

1. Director of Talent

   Jun 2025 - Present
   IBM · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Hired 192 engineers in a year with a 86% offer-accept rate.
   • Cut time-to-hire from 75 days to 33.
2. People Operations Manager

   Oct 2023 - Jun 2025
   PayPal · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Hired 227 engineers in a year with a 90% offer-accept rate.
   • Built the leveling and comp framework for 3129 people.
3. HR Business Partner

   Aug 2020 - Jun 2023
   Lockheed Martin · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1489 people.
   • Ran manager training for 385 first-time leads.
4. Talent Acquisition Lead

   Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
   AT&T · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Cut time-to-hire from 57 days to 31.
5. Recruiter

   May 2017 - Jun 2019
   BlackRock · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Built the leveling and comp framework for 3694 people.
   • Cut time-to-hire from 75 days to 28.

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Education

1. UC Berkeley

   BA, Business Administration
   2006 - 2010