Senior Talent Acquisition Partner · Mission Viejo, CA · Available now
I build the people infrastructure that lets companies scale.
Full-cycle recruiting through comp operations — I own the whole hiring stack.
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About
Recruiter. HR Ops. Talent Engineering.
I specialize in full-cycle technical and GTM recruiting at VC-backed and high-growth tech companies. I come in as sole recruiter and love the challenge when there’s no playbook yet.
Most recently at PayNearMe, I was one of two founding in-house TA partners — I built the function from scratch, implemented three ATS platforms, and scaled the company from 110 to 265+ employees over five years.
- Full-cycle technical & GTM recruiting
- ATS implementation · Greenhouse, Ashby, Workable, SmartRecruiters
- Compensation benchmarking · Radford McLagan
- Job leveling framework design
- Hiring manager enablement · Workforce planning
- Passive sourcing & InMail strategy
Selected Impact
The work, in numbers.
Candidates who say yes
Built genuine candidate relationships early, aligned on comp before offers extended — well above the 70–85% industry average.
Outreach that gets replies
Nearly double the industry average, built on personalized outreach anchored to each candidate’s background — not templates.
Faster pipelines
Cut avg time-to-hire from ~79 to ~60 days through ATS infrastructure, function-aligned ownership, and AI-enabled sourcing.
Vendor evaluation to administration
Led full vendor evaluation and implementation across Workable, SmartRecruiters, and Greenhouse. Owned integrations, administration, and day-to-day management.
Data-backed pay decisions
Built master job architecture mapping roles to 50th, 65th, 75th percentiles. Submitted comp surveys and owned the 2024 and 2025 merit cycles across all functions.
Framework from the ground up
Partnered with each team to define leveling philosophy, build the architecture, establish competencies, and own calibration and ongoing maintenance.
Experience
Where I’ve built.
PayNearMe
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist · Founding in-house TA Partner · Scaled org from 110 to 265+ employees, built compensation benchmarking practice, and created company’s first job leveling framework for Engineering and Product.
Lumeon
Recruiter · Full-cycle recruiting across Engineering, Product, and G&A for distributed US and UK teams.
Black Swan Data
Technical Recruiter / HR Generalist · Sole US recruiter for a global data and analytics company. Pivoted into HR generalist capacity during Covid.
Prosum
Technical Recruiter · Agency recruiting across gaming, software, healthcare, and higher education clients.
Tools & Tech
What I work with.
ATS
Sourcing
Domains
AI & Automation
Compensation
What people say
In their words.
Therese has a rare ability to understand both the needs of the business and the people she’s bringing in. She’s collaborative, responsive, and deeply invested in the people around her — you can feel how much she genuinely cares.
Victoria Penn
Senior Brand & Communications Manager, PayNearMe (hired by Therese)
We partnered closely for five years building out the data team. Therese was an exceptional collaborator — clear, consistent, and remarkably flexible as the role, market, and team’s needs evolved.
Lori Crew
Senior Director of Data, PayNearMe
We partnered closely on headcount planning and compensation forecasting, ensuring strong alignment between Recruiting and Finance as the company grew. Therese is collaborative, thoughtful, and genuinely cares about both candidates and the teams she supports.
Dallis Meeks, FMVA
Senior Finance Associate, FalconX (formerly PayNearMe)
We partnered to improve our hiring process with clearer role scorecards, more defined screening criteria, and more proactive sourcing. Therese brought energy, professionalism, and a genuine people-first mindset to the teams she supports.
Dui Toledo
VP of Engineering, PayNearMe
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