Jamal Xavier Gaines

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Head of People, Lumen Learning - HRIS · employee relations · performance management

Lumen Learning
New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)
12+ years experience
Harvard Business School
English
Hiring
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Overview

I lead people operations at Lumen Learning in New York. Cut time-to-hire from 59 days to 31. Before that: Ford and eBay. Board games, hiking, and terrible puns.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Questions about people operations
  • Strong candidates, even outside open roles
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  • Candidates for roles we aren't hiring
  • Crypto token projects
  • Offshore staffing offers

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Skills
HRISperformance managementpolicyemployee relations
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

4 recruiter roles open on the people ops team in New York

Role
Recruiter
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
$132k-$200k + equity
Team
People ops, 9 people
Start
This quarter
Must have
Has hired for technical roles before Builds trust with candidates quickly Comfort with ambiguity
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp $162k-$282k. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

New York, NY · remote OKemployee relationshrispolicy
Open

Experience

  1. Head of People
    Nov 2023 - Present
    Lumen Learning · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Ran manager training for 70 first-time leads.
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 3037 people.
  2. People Operations Manager
    Jan 2020 - Jul 2023
    Ford · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Ran manager training for 277 first-time leads.
    • Cut time-to-hire from 60 days to 30.
  3. Recruiter
    Sep 2016 - Jan 2020
    eBay · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1018 people.
  4. Recruiter
    May 2014 - Sep 2016
    IBM · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 4022 people.
    • Cut time-to-hire from 50 days to 25.

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Education

  1. Harvard Business School
    MBA, Business Administration
    2014 - 2016
  2. Boston University
    BS, Sociology
    2008 - 2012

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