Carol Mahoney

Fractional CHRO | People Executive and Advisor

élan Talent Management · Everywhere USA

Apr 2024 – Present(2 yrs 1 mo)

Fractional CHRO and people strategy consultant. I work with C-level leaders to solve urgent people challenges and build sustainable HR infrastructure—without the bloat. What I Offer - Fractional CHRO (short-term or part-time HR leadership for companies in transition or growth) - People Ops Programs (performance reviews, comp practices, culture design, AI ops, recruiting strategy) - Employee Relations (terminations, RIFs, investigations, and the messy stuff no one plans for)

Chief People Officer

Gainsight · San Francisco Bay Area

Sep 2017 – Aug 2023(6 yrs)

"Success for All" is one of Gainsight's core values and is described as the "tireless pursuit of balancing success for our customers, teammates, families, investors, and community.” I have the honor of leading our Teammate Success effort at Gainsight. Every day I wake up excited about finding new and better ways to enrich the experience of all of our "Gainsters" (as we call ourselves). I know that my team is making an impact on Gainsight teammates and customers alike. It's the opportunity of a lifetime. Oh, and my love for old-school rap is embraced... can't get much better than that!

SVP of People and Culture

Zoosk · San Francisco Bay Area

Oct 2014 – Sep 2017(3 yrs)

Led HR, Internal Comms, and Facilities functions for profitable and growing dating company. Designed our Talent and Culture programs to reflect our values and better support our business objectives.

SVP of HR

LivingSocial · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Jan 2013 – Oct 2014(1 yr 10 mos)

Global Head of Team People. Drive LivingSocial’s talent agenda and HR priorities by focusing on Talent Management, Total Rewards, HR Operations/Shared Services, and Culture.

Head of Talent Acquisition and Management

LivingSocial · Washington, DC

May 2012 – Jan 2013(9 mos)

Re-tooled the recruiting engine to hire top talent faster, better and more reliably. Approach: applied innovative recruiting methods and relevant metrics to help marshall a talented and dedicated team of recruiters and hiring managers.

Head of Talent Acquisition

Logitech · Fremont, CA

May 2011 – May 2012(1 yr 1 mo)

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Logitech

Feb 2011 – May 2011(4 mos)

Talent Acquisition Consultant and Owner

Live and Leap, Inc. (Talent Acquisition On Demand) · San Francisco Bay Area

Jul 2009 – May 2012(2 yrs 11 mos)

Carol is the founder and principal of Talent Acquisition On Demand, a consulting firm dedicated to helping clients with their talent acquisition challenges. She is passionate about leveraging her years of TA management experience to help craft winning recruiting strategies and campaigns for organizations that rely on talent to create competitive advantage. Past clients: OPOWER, Meebo, Juniper, Logitech, RockYou.

Talent Acquisition Consultant

meebo (through TA On Demand)

Feb 2011 – May 2011(4 mos)

Consultant - Head of Recruiting

OPOWER (through TA On Demand)

Jun 2010 – Feb 2011(9 mos)

Past Client: OPOWER

VP, Talent Acquisition

Yahoo!

Sep 2003 – Jul 2009(5 yrs 11 mos)

Carol built a formidable global talent acquisition machine that produced thousands of high-profile hires to fuel Yahoo’s hyper-growth.

Director of TA, Director of HR

Intuit

Jan 1999 – Sep 2003(4 yrs 9 mos)

Ran global TA organization for 3 years and rotated to a Business Partner role managing HR for the functional organizations for 1 year.

Staffing Manager

Synopsys

1995 – 1998(3 yrs)

Contract Recruiter

KLA-Tencor

1991 – 1993(2 yrs)

HR Representative, Employment Mgr.

Seeq Technology Inc.

1983 – 1987(4 yrs)