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Marisa Liao

VP of Talent Acquisition at Ascenda

United States

Overview

Work Experience

  • VP of Talent Acquisition

    2023 - Current

  • Founder Career and Leadership Coach

    2023

    Unlock Your Potential: Create your ideal career and elevate your leadership game. As a dedicated Career Coach, my philosophy revolves around empowering individuals to ignite their power, embrace their authentic leadership style, and cultivate a purpose-driven path. I firmly believe that within each person lies the potential to forge a fulfilling and meaningful career, and my purpose is to serve as your compass on this transformative journey. I offer comprehensive career transition consultation and coaching services which include: -Resume refinement -LinkedIn enhancements -Strategic job search tactics and landing interviews -Mock interviews -Step-by-step progress through the entire 'job-getting' process -Offer Negotiation -Personalized guidance from a seasoned career

  • Founding Member

    2021

    Uncommon is Asia's first private leadership network for the next generation of female leaders. Our members are making decisions today and transforming leadership tomorrow. We equip leaders with tools for success: a relevant and uplifting network, powerful mentorship, best-in-class coaching and content.

  • Global Head of Talent Acquisition

    2022 - 2023

  • Head of Global Business Recruitment

    2020 - 2022

    Headed up the Global Biz recruitment team across 12 markets in APAC, Middle East, Europe, and UK&I HQ. Strategic partner to the C-level executives on talent acquisition. Manage C-suite Execs, GMs, and Head of People stakeholders globally, reported on key hiring metrics and identify scalable hiring solutions, implemented diversity hiring strategies, and managed recruitment resources and TA programs such as employer branding, university hiring, R4R, and AI tools.

  • Head of Recruitment, APAC

    2019 - 2020

    Leading a team of recruiters, sourcers, and recruitment coordinators across 6 markets to hire for Leadership, Commercial, Operations, Marketing, and Customer Care. Holistic experience strategizing and activating recruitment processes in cross-cultural environments. Creating programs and solutions to support organizational growth with limited resources. Recruitment capacity model building and headcount planning.

  • Recruiting Lead

    2018 - 2019

    Managed a team of recruiters and sourcers across 4 office locations. Partnered closely with Org leaders, HRBP, Internal Recruiting, Compensation, Immigration, and each regional recruiting teams to align on strategies to scale the Marketing Science org globally. Developed Diversity hiring strategies, such as Diversity sourcing hours, employee branding campaigns, recruiting events, and leveraged our D&I team.

  • Senior APAC Recruiter

    2014 - 2018

    Managed end to end hiring for APAC Sales and Marketing organizations and developed strategies to find key talent in emerging markets, such as Southeast Asia and Greater China region. Worked closely with all regional Directors and HQ central team as the APAC hiring POC. Developed a successful talent map and market analysis for our emerging markets, which helped complete the hiring for our Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines offices

  • Technical Sourcer

    2013 - 2014

    Developed strategies to find leading talent for our Marketing Science, Growth Marketing, and Product Analytics organizations across North America and EMEA. Strategize different ways to build talent pipelines and execute on tactical research, Boolean searches, referral generation, events and sourcing campaigns. Manage various pipelines, priorities, and performance data to influence internal stakeholders.

  • Account Manager

    2012 - 2013

  • Technical Recruiter

    2011 - 2012

  • Early Career Development Coordinator

    2009 - 2010

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