Simone K.

Simone K.

Talent Operations Specialist @ Headway

About

I’m a systems-minded recruiter with 6+ years of experience scaling fast-moving teams across clinical, GTM, and operations functions in startup and growth-stage environments. I’ve done the full spectrum of recruiting and talent operations work, from sourcing and full-cycle recruiting to scheduling, onboarding, and building backend processes from scratch. My sweet spot is sitting at the intersection of recruiting and operations, where candidate experience meets metrics and hiring runs smoothly without losing the human touch. I’ve supported hiring across a wide range of roles, including licensed mental health providers, GTM teams, and G&A functions, adapting sourcing strategy, process, and tooling to the business and regulatory context. Along the way, I’ve helped scale teams from 85 to 250+, built pipelines that convert, and contributed to offer acceptance rates consistently above 93%. I’ve partnered closely with hiring managers, Clinical Ops, and cross-functional stakeholders at companies like Warner Bros., Chili Piper, Octave, Cartwheel, Little Otter, and 15Five, reducing friction, improving hiring velocity, and fixing inefficiencies before they become fires. 🛠 Ops and talent strategy are my love language 🧠 Neurodivergent thinker with a strong instinct for process optimization 🎖 Disabled Air Force veteran with a figure-it-out mindset 🌍 Remote-first. Based in Atlanta Let’s build better hiring together. CliftonStrengths: Empathy | Relator | Responsibility | Intellection ISFJ • Enneagram 6 • Wonderlic 28 Views shared here are my own, based on my personal experience, and do not represent the views of my employer or partners.

Country

United States

City

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Industry

Staffing & Recruiting

Skill

Analytical Skills, KPI Dashboards, Dashboard Metrics, Dashboard Building, Corporate Recruiting, Diversity & Inclusion, HRIS Database Management, Recruitment Advertising, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Communication, Teamwork, Start-ups, Social Media, Strategy, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Employer Branding, Sourcing, Recruiting, Applicant Tracking Systems, Interviews

Experience

Headway

Talent Operations Specialist

Headway

LinkedIn
2026-1 - Present · 9 mos
Warner Bros. Discovery

Executive Talent Operations

Warner Bros. Discovery

LinkedIn
2025-8 - 2026-1 · 6 mos
Little Otter

Talent Acquisition Partner

Little Otter

LinkedIn
2025-4 - 2025-8 · 5 mos

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

•Filled 100% of open therapist and care coordinator roles within 60 days to support school-year expansion. •Reduced time-to-hire by 35% by tightening intake, screening, and interview processes in coordination with Clinical Ops. •Developed DEI-forward outreach templates and passive candidate drip campaigns, increasing pipeline diversity and response rates. •Supported onboarding optimization by aligning recruiting handoffs with licensure and credentialing timelines.

Cartwheel

Talent Strategy & Operations Specialist

Cartwheel

LinkedIn
2024-8 - 2025-4 · 9 mos

•Partnered with the Director of Talent Acquisition to define therapist hiring personas, write sourcing guides, and build enablement resources for future recruiters. •Designed ATS workflows, streamlined scheduling handoffs, and implemented sourcing strategies that supported rapid hiring scale. •Defined sourcing strategies for clinical talent (LCSWs, LMFTs, PsyDs, associates), including outreach templates, channel prioritization, and tracking frameworks. •Led cross-functional planning on hiring events and top-of-funnel campaigns with Marketing; increased qualified clinical applicants by 42% in 3 months. •Audited and optimized ATS (Greenhouse & Gem) usage for data accuracy, compliance, and actionable reporting. •Built Gem dashboards to monitor pipeline health, source effectiveness, and recruiter capacity, enabling the TA team to make informed prioritization decisions. •Acted as a strategic partner to the Senior Clinical Recruiter, supporting team-wide process alignment and TA enablement across multiple states.

Octave

Senior Recruiter

Octave

LinkedIn
2023-8 - 2024-8 · 1 yr 1 mo

•Delivered 300+ licensed therapist hires in 12 months through evergreen pipelines, consistently hitting 20–30 hires/month across 4 states. •Owned full-cycle recruiting for licensed therapists (LCSWs, LMFTs, PsyDs, Associates) across CA, MA, TX, and NY, hiring both 1099 and full-time clinicians. •Developed sourcing strategies tailored to multistate licensure requirements, adapting outreach to align with local regulations and payer needs. •Partnered with Clinical Directors and Credentialing to align hiring velocity with onboarding readiness and licensing timelines, reducing clinician onboarding gaps by 30%. •Built sourcing sequences that drove a 45% increase in diverse therapist applicants, leveraging channel diversification and persona-based messaging. •Mentored and supported junior recruiters and sourcers, establishing team-wide practices for clinical screening, DEI sourcing, and ATS tracking consistency. •Oversaw the full offer process—including compensation review, licensure confirmation, verbal offers, and onboarding preparation—across multiple work types (1099 and full-time).

Casetext, Part of Thomson Reuters

Recruiting & Sourcer

Casetext, Part of Thomson Reuters

LinkedIn
2023-5 - 2023-8 · 4 mos

Remote

•Recruited for core GTM roles including AEs, Enablement, and Post-Sales, during a high-stakes pre-acquisition phase. •Built and executed sourcing strategy focused on candidate readiness to sell complex AI products with legal buyer nuance — improving first-interview-to-offer ratio by 37%. •Co-led development of comp benchmarks and candidate messaging guides, reducing back-and-forth cycles and improving time-to-yes.

Chili Piper

Senior Recruiter

Chili Piper

LinkedIn
2021-7 - 2023-4 · 1 yr 10 mos

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

•Joined as Recruiter #2 during Series B, scaled global headcount 3x (85→250+) through strategic GTM and G&A recruiting initiatives built from the ground up. •Designed and operationalized the entire recruiting foundation: scorecards, interview rubrics, onboarding flows, offer templates, and Gem reporting infrastructure. •Built sourcing systems that reduced cost-per-hire by 38% and allowed for predictable delivery across NAMER, EMEA, LATAM, and Africa. •Drove 93% offer acceptance rate and helped unlock $13M+ ARR growth by enabling hiring at key revenue milestones. •Coached hiring managers through their first-ever hires in GTM, Product, Ops, and RevOps, creating team-level playbooks still used post-departure.

15Five

Recruiter

15Five

LinkedIn
2019-5 - 2021-6 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Greater Atlanta Area

•Recruited across Sales, Customer Success, Engineering, and Product during aggressive scaling. •Delivered sustainable pipeline execution across 20+ roles at a time while building DEI-first outreach campaigns and reducing average time-to-hire by 41%. •Elevated candidate experience by building pre-close rituals, proactive Q&A docs, and comp breakdown tools — contributing to Glassdoor’s “Top 3 Places to Work” recognition.

Intuit Mailchimp

Senior Technical Support Specialist

Intuit Mailchimp

LinkedIn
2016-11 - 2019-4 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Atlanta, Georgia

Comcast Business

Technical Product Sales Support Coordinator

Comcast Business

LinkedIn
2015-11 - 2016-11 · 1 yr 1 mo

Greater Atlanta Area

Education

Chattahoochee Technical College

Chattahoochee Technical College

LinkedIn

Human Resources Management and Services

2012 - 2014 · 2 yrs

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