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Cory McCollough

@corymccollough

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Strategic People leader driving talent acquisition, engagement, and organizational growth.

Spain

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior people leadership role where I can scale talent strategy, improve engagement, and build operational HR systems aligned to business growth.

I am a strategic people leader focused on scaling growth through recruitment, engagement, and organizational design. I design structures and policies that enable scalable decision-making, operational consistency, and alignment with company values.

I have led global talent and expert networks, growing membership and streamlining engagement—achieving significant increases in network size and dramatic reductions in time-to-engage. I create centers of excellence, processes, and systems that support high-quality hiring and rapid deployment of subject matter experts.

My hands-on HR experience includes end-to-end recruitment, performance and talent management, compensation and benefits design, HR digitization, and labor and employee relations. I launched global feedback systems and regular engagement surveys that drove follow-up action on DE&I and improved participation and alignment.

I work collaboratively with commercial and leadership teams to align talent strategy with business goals, reduce time-to-hire and attrition, and implement governance and documentation for teams across multiple geographies.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Fractional Chief People Officer

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Global Oct Virtual Advisory Board

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year)

Designed corporate structures and company-wide HR policies to support scalable growth, improved decision-making, and ensured regulatory compliance while managing employee relations and end-to-end recruitment.

Organizational Design Policy Development Employee Relations Recruitment Onboarding Talent Management Governance Stakeholder Management

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Head of Subject Matter Expert Network

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Emeritus

Apr 2024 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Built scalable talent strategies and grew a global expert network ~50% in key areas; created a 1,300-expert database and automated contracting to reduce engagement time by 75% while aligning fees to commercial goals.

Talent Acquisition Network & Growth Program Design Database Management Vendor Management Contracting Stakeholder Management Compensation

Associate Director, Global Educator Network

Headspring

Jan 2019 - Jan 2024 (5 years)

Created a Center of Excellence and led recruitment and engagement for a global educator network of 800+ experts, managing strategic partnerships and network development across multiple regions.

Faculty Recruitment Partnership Management Program Development Global Operations Learning Development

Manager, Human Resources

Vaughan Systems

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 (11 months)

Professionalized HR operations for a 350-person team, digitized HR processes, and reduced time-to-hire by 30% and attrition by 20% through process overhauls and recruitment improvements.

HR Operations Recruitment HRIS Health & Safety Talent Development Employee Engagement

People & Talent Manager

Headspring

Jan 2006 - Jan 2019 (13 years)

Launched a company-wide 360° feedback program and regular engagement surveys (98% participation), resolved employee relations cases, and streamlined bonus and incentive processes to improve accuracy and reduce processing time by 20%.