Alison L.

Alison L.

5.0

The Wharton School (UPenn) Logo

Studied at The Wharton School (UPenn)

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Worked at Bain & Company

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I coach because I get great personal and professional satisfaction from doing something that directly helps improve other people's lives, especially if it means helping them find a career/role they love.

Work Experience

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Strategic Talent Advisor

Talent Fuel Advisory

September 2024 - Present

- End to end search placement - Compensation benchmarking and talent market analyses - Strategic career advising for university students and professionals re-entering the workforce or career pivoting

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Global Head of Talent Acquisition Sourcing for Experienced and Leadership Talent

Bain & Company

2020 - 2024

Hiring Manager

- Launched and scaled Bain's first in-house global talent sourcing and insights capability, transforming talent acquisition by delivering high-impact talent market insights and pipelines of distinctive, diverse tech and non-tech talent to hiring teams. This capability empowered global recruiting teams to make data-driven, strategic decisions at the front-end of the talent funnel, enabling them to run searches smarter and faster. - One year post-launch, the team identified 70+ diverse mid to senior level leaders and experts in engineering, product, analytics, GTM, operations, et al. who received offers, which reduced agency spend by ~$5M , cemented the success of the new capability, and led global TA leadership to approve additional investment to make it one of six new centers of excellence aimed at accelerating and unifying the way Bain approaches recruiting. - Served as recruiting subject matter expert for Qualiphire, Bain’s AI-driven skills-based recruitment platform, providing critical insights and guidance to refine the platform’s effectiveness and improve the client user experience.

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Head of Experienced Professional Recruiting, Asia Region

McKinsey & Company

2019 - 2019

Hiring Manager

- Appointed to this interim role to lead a team of 60+ managers, recruiters, talent sourcers and coordinators based in 10 countries across Asia who were responsible for filling 500+ critical non-campus roles annually. Additionally, led the successful search to hire and onboard a high-performing TA leader in Southeast Asia to take ownership of the team in 2020. - Led the team through McKinsey’s 1st comprehensive recruiting best practices training program, which transformed and unified the team’s approach to end to end recruitment, and established a consistent, gold-standard approach that was previously lacking. This initiative also enhanced team cohesion, expanded the diversity and quality of talent pipelines, accelerated time-to-fill for critical roles in tech, digital, and analytics, and boosted candidate and hiring team satisfaction.

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Global Head of TA & Strategic Initiatives, New Ventures

McKinsey & Company

2014 - 2018

Hiring Manager

New Ventures incubated and scaled a portfolio of ~50 B2B SaaS start-ups that combined software, analytics and proprietary data with McKinsey’s deep expertise to create lasting impact. - Scaled and led McKinsey’s first global tech recruiting team who placed distinctive and analytically-driven talent into 600 critical engineering, analytics, product, GTM, operations and leadership roles. These hires were instrumental in launching and scaling the B2B SaaS start-ups in McKinsey’s New Ventures portfolio. - Partnered with New Ventures senior leadership and in-house experts to shape and implement the global talent acquisition roadmap, effectively addressing complex challenges around diversity, workforce planning, assessment, employer branding, and recruiting technology innovation. This strategic alignment ensured that recruitment efforts supported New Ventures' high-growth and high-impact objectives. - Oversaw recruitment forecasts and team capacity, with robust tracking of pipeline throughput, search status, and progress KPIs. This proactive management approach ensured consistent achievement of diversity and hiring targets, contributing to an agile, data-driven recruiting function aligned with the evolving, fast-growth of New Ventures.

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Executive Recruiter

McKinsey & Company

2011 - 2014

- Led executive recruiting for McKinsey Solutions (an in-house incubator of SaaS startups later rebranded as New Ventures) as well as for multiple McKinsey consulting practices, providing strategic talent acquisition at the highest levels to support McKinsey’s innovation and growth initiatives. - Successfully filled ~20 executive positions annually, including the following placements that were first hires of their kind for the firm and were critical in driving McKinsey’s digital/tech transformation for itself and for its clients: McKinsey’s Global Chief Digital Officer, McKinsey Academy’s Global Chief Technology Officer, McKinsey Academy’s Chief Operating Officer/Middle East, Global Solution Partner Head for the Cyber Solutions Group

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Talent Strategy and Executive Search Consultant

Strategic Talent Advisory Solutions

2007 - 2010

Hiring Manager

- Executed comprehensive research and candidate development strategies for 50+ mid to senior level searches across media & entertainment, healthcare, non-profit, and interactive marketing sectors. Delivered competitive landscape analyses, formulated targeted research strategies, and identified, engaged and screened slates of distinctive, diverse candidates for search firm, agency and start-up clients. - Served as interim Director of Research for a boutique digital marketing agency and optimized research operations by training staff in advanced competitive analysis methodologies and tools. Additionally, conducted critical web analytics projects for agency clients, enhancing their strategic insights and positioning. - Acted as interim Assisted Searches Director for Ivy Exec’s Consulting Vertical, leading an in-house team to successfully complete searches for top-tier professional services clients. Drove high-quality placements through team alignment and effective project management, meeting both the client timelines and strategic objectives.

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Senior Healthcare Practice Analyst

Boston Consulting Group

2005 - 2007

As one of only three analysts in this role worldwide, served as primary content expert for the health care practice - Conducted strategic product, market, and competitor analyses and partnered with practice leadership in preparing client proposals, pitch decks, and satisfaction surveys

Education

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MSPH, Health Policy and Analysis

Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship recipient

McIntire School of Commerce - University of Virginia Logo

McIntire School of Commerce - University of Virginia

BS, Information Systems and Management

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The Wharton School (UPenn)

MBA, Strategic Management, Health Care Management, Marketing, Strategic Management, Health Care Management, Marketing

2000 - 2002

Admissions Committee Experience

I was a member of the student admissions committee, which partnered with the admissions department to address questions from applicants and help cultivate their interest as they awaited decisions on their applications.

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