Taryn Bonugli

– Empowering tech startups and scale-ups to thrive through strategic talent management, I provide fractional leadership that bridges the expertise gap without the burden of full-time hires. – Driven by a passion for innovation and data-driven decision-making, I craft tailored solutions that align talent strategies with business objectives. My mission is to transform how organisations value their people, from cost centres to strategic assets, fostering cultures of continuous learning and growth. By democratising access to top-tier talent expertise, I aim to create a ripple effect across the tech industry, elevating standards and enabling both companies and individuals to reach their full potential in an ever-evolving landscape. – Talent Solutions: Talent Acquisition Team Enhancement and Development, Strategic TA Operations Design and Implementation, ATS and Sourcing Technology Integration, Strategic Alignment of Human Capital and Business Objectives, EVP Creation and Implementation, Specialised Executive and Technical Talent Acquisition & Comprehensive Employee Lifecycle Management and Leadership Development. – Contact me today for a consultation

– I'm serving as a Talent & Growth Advisor for The Connect, an innovative creator-first platform revolutionising brand-creator collaborations in the creator economy. My role involves developing comprehensive talent and People strategies, including: – Building and securing the company's advisory team across key functions. – Designing a robust people and talent function roadmap. – Architecting an end-to-end hiring process, including developing assessment tools, interview frameworks, and an Employee Value Proposition (EVP). – Supporting the strategic recruitment of key talent and leveraging my professional network to identify and secure talent. – Working closely with the founder and leadership to support The Connect's mission of empowering creators and unlocking new collaborative opportunities.

– Delivering strategic TA for Microsoft's Customer & Partner Solutions (MCAPS) commercial sales organisation across EMEA – Consistently exceeding monthly hiring targets throughout the contract, maintaining a strong and active delivery pipeline – Maintained a 95%+ offer acceptance rate, reflecting the strength of candidate relationships built throughout the process – Contributed to Microsoft's global ATS and career systems migration, coaching hiring managers through technology transitions and supporting process redesign across the enterprise – Proactively embedded Microsoft Copilot and AI tools across the entire recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and research through to candidate engagement and offer management. Driving productivity and speed without sacrificing quality – Leveraged data and market intelligence to advise hiring managers and business leaders on TA strategy and talent gap implications – Pivoted seamlessly from Tech & Product to Commercial Sales recruitment, demonstrating versatility across diverse business functions

– Join Talent is a 'talent acquisition as a service' (TAaaS) business - dedicated to driving business scale up growth performance. As leaders in the Talent Acquisition space we provide strategic consultancy and delivery support to founders & business leaders on designing & implementing highly effective recruitment models for your company, as well as on how to build a unique & compelling employer brand to attract top talent. – Our business is a 100% founder-owned British start-up/scale-up that has successfully supported 250+ clients in their growth plans, earning us recognition as one of EMEA's stand-out scale-up success stories of the last 3 years in our own right. Today Join Talent employs over 250 professionals across 21 countries and has an enviable roster of clients from start-ups to Unicorns and through to FTSE 30 household names. – As the 13th fastest growing company in Europe in Financial Times 1,000 2023 'Fastest Growing Companies in Europe' list, we are no stranger to scale up success first hand. Join Talent have also been winners of the Scotland & NI region of Great British Entrepreneur Awards for Start-up (2021) and Scale-Up (2022), as well as 2nd place in the Top 100 UK SMEs 2023. We were included in the Times & LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders 2022 list and individual winners of their Disruptor of the Year award for 2022. – We are also a registered diversity vendor as a female majority owned and run business. Proudly registered as an ISO accredited organisation.

– Provided professional interview coaching & offer negotiation services for data scientists, data engineers, product designers, SRE/ DevOps, and software engineers. – Tailored programs included; interview preparation, CV crafting, interview technique/framework training & mock interviews/ role-plays.

– Zalando is a leading European online platform for fashion and lifestyle. – Owned full-cycle recruiting for multiple teams at Zalon including Software Engineering, Product, UX/UI Design, Data Science, and Fashion. – Focused on hiring for roles requiring Java, Scala, React, JavaScript, Python, machine learning, statistics, and related skills. – Partnered with managers to understand hiring needs and provide interview training. – Leveraged data analysis to inform hiring decisions and requirements. – Managed end-to-end recruitment process from requisition through offer. – Provided expertise on recruitment best practices tailored to specific roles and needs. – Supported ad-hoc hiring for commercial and fashion teams.

– SumUp supports more than 3.5 million merchants in over 30 markets worldwide, and operates a product suite of tailor-made business tools created specifically for the micro and nano segment. – Developed and led a global recruiting strategy to attract and hire top talent across all functions and regions. – Built a global team (Germany, Bulgaria & USA) of recruiters and employer branding from scratch; provided coaching and development. – Built and scaled hiring processes as the company grew - focus on speed, quality of hire, and candidate experience. – Spearheaded employer branding initiatives to build talent brand and pipelines for future growth. – Implemented creative sourcing techniques like social media outreach, events, referrals, and university recruiting. – Analyzed recruiting metrics (implemented Greenhouse), identify issues, and develop innovations to enhance recruiting.

– Zalando SE (leading European online platform for fashion and lifestyle) payment services business. – Responsibility for hiring: Senior Backend Software Engineers (Java/ Scala), SRE/ DevOps (Microservices architecture & AWS), Data Engineering (Hadoop, Python, Spark, Kafka & Cassandra) across the Zalando PayCo business. – Building the world's most innovative online fashion platform isn't where our common purpose ends, however. Zalandos are driven to build a tech culture that reinforces Purpose, Autonomy and Mastery. With these three principles to guide us, we can ensure that each Zalando continues to grow, learn and thrive.

– Hotelbeds is the world's leading Bedbank, delivering hotel accommodation, excursions, tickets, transfers and car hire to travel suppliers and distributors across the industry. – Responsible for providing end-to-end recruitment for middle and executive management roles across three regions: EMEA, APAC and America. – Partnering with the HR Business Partners and the Hiring Managers to define the role profiles for technical and soft skills requirements and assess the most efficient sourcing strategy.

– Just Eat is an online food order and delivery brand. – Provided full life cycle recruitment across software engineering and predominantly mobile (Android & iOS). – Built effective and innovative ways to attract top mobile talent and provided training to the broader recruiting team around internal referral hunting and networking through social media channels. – Delivered a variety of process improvement initiatives, interviewer training, and implemented take-home technical tests. – Responsible for managing technology events/meet-ups to raise Just Eat's brand in mobile and diverse communities.

– Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. – Specifically hiring for Facebook's Mobile Engineering team my role is to hire the most talented and passionate Android Engineers for our offices in London.

– Yahoo! is focused on making the world's daily habits more inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. – Full life-cycle tech recruitment EMEA - android, iOS, ML, data, PM, design. – Supported Yahoo Labs growth, attracting top research talent globally. – Developed and led CS Graduate Program for Yahoo London. – Led employer branding, DE&I, talent attraction, process optimisation. – Conducted technical interviews, managed approvals/offers, and onboarding. – Projects: hiring manager workshops, candidate engagement, grad recruitment.

– From the web, to mobile, to social, Monster help companies find people with customised solutions and we use the world's most advanced technology to match the right people to the right job.

– Provide full lifecycle recruitment support in a lead role for a Government Project. – Responsible for development and execution of recruiting plans for assigned openings. – Directly source, interview, qualify, negotiate offers and hire candidates to fill open staffing requisitions. – Specialise in technology recruitment which covers development, infrastructure, QA, support and PMO. – Managed WMTT (Wholesale Markets Treasury & Trading) resourcing, approval and compliance process for a busy desk with over 850 + contractors. – Support IT, Operations (Trade Support, Client On boarding, Static Data, Confirmations, Securities etc), Marketing & Communications, Governance, Legal, Finance, Front Office (Sales, Derivatives), support staff, Business Management, Corporate Banking, Human Resources, Risk etc

– RSL is a Tier One supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence and is prime contractor for a number of major programmes such as ASTOR (Airborne Stand-Off Radar), SIFF (Successor Identification Friend or Foe), PGB (Precision Guided Bomb) and JETTS (Joint Effects Tactical Targeting System). The company designs, develops and manufactures a wide range of advanced electronic products and systems. In the defence field these include anti-jam GPS antenna systems, IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) and precision engagement systems.

– CMC Markets is a global leader in online derivatives trading. – When CMC Markets was established in 1989, the vision was to create an institutional styled trading service that was accessible to all - a vision that became a reality in 1996 when CMC Markets released the world's first online Internet Foreign Exchange trading platform. While CMC Markets has expanded and now offers CFDs and Financial Spread Betting, the commitment and faithfulness to the original vision remains rock-solid.

– Servista are an IT services company who are bringing to the European market, the benefits of Indian Offshoring. Servista operate in the Telecoms, Financial Services and Energy market sectors, with core offerings in CRM, Billing, Operational Workflow, IT Systems Transformation and Testing.

– Strong pan-European blue chip client base and approved supplier status to SAP. Industry renowned relationships with Europe's leading SAP specialists.

– The Arrows Group specialises in placing professionals of all levels in the International Senior Management and IT sectors. – Technical recruitment, account management, business consulting, business developement and advertising.