Martin McDevitt

Senior Advisory Consultant

Salary / Daily rate

Gorey corporation lands, Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Remote only

Skills

Talent AcquisitionCustomer CareKnowledge ManagementStrategy & ConsultingCustomer SuccessAICoaching

Languages

English

About me

Intro

Global Talent Acquisition leader with 14+ years expertise in technical recruiting and team management. Delivered 20% reduction in time-to-hire and managed 16+ recruiters across EMEA, APMA, LACAN regions at Fortune 500 companies. Specialized in data-driven recruitment strategies and talent optimization for tech organizations.

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Work experience

Senior Advisory Consultant

Seefar Foundation

Jan 2025 - Present

1 year 10 months

Ireland · Hybrid

Novartis

Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

3 years

Ireland · Hybrid

Global Technical Talent Acquisition Manager

Sep 2022 - Dec 2024

2 years 4 months

Ireland · Hybrid

• Redundancy in December 2024. • As a highly skilled and results-driven Global Manager, I have successfully developed and implemented a global recruitment strategy that has resulted in a 20% reduction in time-to-hire. • Utilising data-driven insights, I have been able to identify hiring trends and optimise the recruitment process to ensure the most efficient and effective outcomes. • In my role, I managed a team of 16 recruiters and sourcers across EMEA, APMA, and LACAN regions, ensuring that all hiring, and project initiatives were completed on time and in alignment with our success metrics. • Additionally, I have designed and implemented a comprehensive candidate sourcing program that has improved the accuracy of hiring decisions by 17%.

EMEA Technical Talent Acquisition Manager

Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

10 months

Dublin, Ireland

• As a passionate, results-oriented, and inventive Manager, I possess strong stakeholder and relationship management skills. • I have successfully managed a team of nine, recruiters and strategic sourcers based in the EMEA region who were delivering technical talent to multiple functions within Novartis. • Under my leadership, the team has achieved a 15% increase in diverse hires and a 20% reduction in time-to-hire. • I work closely with business leaders across all regions, including EMEA, AMER, and APAC, to define the overall global strategy and significantly shape how Novartis recruits the best diverse talent available. • Using a data-driven approach, I have proactively defined new and innovative TA processes, resulting in a 25% increase in candidate satisfaction. • I collaborate with TA, P&O, and other organizational leaders to optimize and enable a proactive approach to our hiring agenda

Recruitment Manager - EMEA - Student Programs

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

May 2020 - Jan 2022

1 year 9 months

Dublin, Ireland

• As a passionate, results-oriented, and inventive Manager, I possess strong client relationship skills. • I am responsible for managing a team of Nine recruiters based in the EMEA region, tasked with delivering Early Careers talent within Amazon. • My background in technical recruiting, combined with my experience in people development, enables me to think differently about how Amazon delivers talent into the EMEA region. • I work closely with business leadership across all regions, including EMEA, AMER, and APAC, and directly contribute to the overall global strategy. • My role is to significantly shape and own how Amazon thinks about Early Careers Talent.

Technical Talent Acquisition Manager - EMEA

Travelport

Jul 2019 - May 2020

11 months

Ireland, Shefford SG17 5QL, UK

• Role finished due to covid layoffs • Strategic Talent Acquisition Manager with Travelport devising and implementing talent strategy • Using the latest sourcing techniques to help Travelport secure top talent using cost effective ways • Partner with the business leaders to drive best in practice recruitment and highlight Travelport brand in line with talent strategy

Senior Technical Recruiter - EMEA

Verizon Connect

Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

1 year 2 months

Donabate, Co. Dublin, Ireland

• Manage portfolio of upwards of 100+ live and upcoming roles across the R&D, Design and Product functions across EMEA, with offices in Dublin, Portugal and Italy • Act as a Talent Advisor to management on market trends, salaries and availability of candidates. • Liaise with hiring managers, squad leads and recruitment manager to identify right candidates for the organisation • Manage large volume of direct and agency partner candidates • Full 360 recruitment life-cycle which includes the screening, processing and negotiating of terms with candidates and/or agencies • Own the PMO function for reporting of weekly stats for hiring throughout the EMEA region • Source passive candidates via Linkedin using strong Boolean searches

Principal IT Recruitment Consultant

Wallace Myers International | World Class Professional Staffing

Oct 2016 - May 2018

1 year 8 months

Donabate, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Helping skilled IT individuals find a new career venture whilst partnering with my clients in sourcing them skilled and unique IT individuals. Client and People Management is a major part of my role and I am currently the account manager for Wallace Myers with a number of companies ranging from enterprise class through to SME's and Irish start-up organisations. I value relationship building as people buy from people and the chance to make a difference to both my clients and candidates alike is a major motivation for me.

RealTime Recruitment

Feb 2011 - Oct 2016

5 years 9 months

Dublin, Ireland

Principal IT Recruitment Consultant

Feb 2016 - Oct 2016

9 months

Dublin, Ireland

Skills: Employee Engagement · People Management · Staffing Services · Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)

Senior IT Recruitment Consultant - Test & Business Analysts - RealTime Recruitment

Feb 2014 - Mar 2016

2 years 2 months

Dublin, Ireland

I am a Senior IT Recruitment Consultant for Business Analysts and Test in Ireland. My areas of expertise are Business Analyst, Test Analyst, Test Engineer, QA Engineer & QA Automation Engineer I successfully place candidates from Junior through to Senior level. For information on current opportunities, contact me directly at [email protected] or call me on +353 (0) 1 652 0 652

IT Recruitment Consultant/Sourcer

Feb 2011 - Mar 2014

3 years 2 months

Dublin, Ireland

I have been recruiting for realTime recruitment for the past two and a half years now and have been placing technical and non-technical people within high profile organisations in the following areas: Business Analysis, QA/Test Analysis, Data Analysis and Systems Analysis. My main focus in realTime is to recruit top quality people into their ideal positions. If you want to work with the most professional recruitment company in Ireland and be in with a chance to join some of the most high profile organisations that Ireland has to offer, then contact me on (00 353) 1 652 0652 or alternatively send your CV in strictest confidence to [email protected]

Services Assistant

Department of Defence Ireland

Sep 2009 - Jan 2011

1 year 5 months


Education

West Lothian College

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA

2001 - 2002

1 year 3 months

Oatridge College, Broxburn

Qualified Greenkeeper

1996 - 1999

3 years 1 month

Oatridge College

Degree in Greenkeeping & Groundsmanship

1996 - 1999

3 years 1 month

St Kentigern's Academy, Blackburn, West Lothian

1991 - 1996

5 years 1 month

Edinburgh Napier University

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA

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