Baylen Smith

Blue Origin’s Operations Production (Blue Production Leaders) organization is the manufacturing, test, and launch backbone of the company—supporting ~6,000 Builders across New Glenn, Lunar, Engines, and TeraWave. I lead hiring for all Production Leaders, partnering with an SVP, five VPs and four business verticals to design and execute talent strategies that scale complex hardware and operations at speed while maintaining a consistently high hiring bar. 🚀 Manage a 40-person TA team (Client Lead Recruiters, Full-Cycle Recruiters, and Sourcing Recruiters) delivering critical operations, technical, and leadership talent. 🚀 Build and optimize recruiting mechanisms (pipeline strategy, interview architecture, metrics, and reporting) to support high-volume hiring while maintaining a rigorous hiring bar. 🚀 Collaborate closely with HR, Finance, and Operations leadership to forecast demand, allocate recruiting capacity, and ensure predictable hiring for production ramps. 🚀 Serve as a Bar Raiser and member of the Blue BR Core, coaching interviewers and driving mechanisms to maintain and continually raise Blue Origin’s talent bar.

Doing Space-people things. I also Bar Raise occasionally.

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Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Visa Inc.'s headquarters are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we have nearly 10,000 employees around the world. We operate three data centers on two continents. • Pioneered innovative strategies for engaging passive candidates, significantly enhancing recruitment efficiency and reducing time-to-hire. • Actively monitored and adapted to evolving technology trends, ensuring Visa remained at the forefront of competitive talent sourcing in the tech industry. • Managed relationships with key stakeholders, including SVPs, VPs, and Directors, aligning recruitment strategies with broader organizational goals.

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