Strategic HR Business Partner

Architecting High-Growth
Human Cultures.

Orchestrating human-centric cultures and data-driven talent strategies to scale hyper-growth technology companies from seed to IPO.

Career Trajectory

Professional Evolution

2020 — Present

NexaTech Solutions

Director of People & Culture

  • Scaled remote-first engineering and product teams by 300% across 14 time zones within 18 months.
  • Architected and deployed enterprise Workday HRIS architecture, replacing legacy systems and saving 40hrs/week in administrative overhead.
  • Engineered a predictive churn model reducing voluntary attrition of top performers by 25% YoY.
  • Designed comprehensive equity and compensation frameworks benchmarked against tier-1 tech markets.
2016 — 2020

Quantum Innovations

Senior HR Business Partner

  • Partnered directly with C-Suite to translate business objectives into actionable talent strategies resulting in a successful Series C funding round.
  • Overhauled performance management cycle, transitioning from annual reviews to continuous agile feedback loops (implementing Culture Amp).
  • Spearheaded corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) initiative, increasing underrepresented minority representation in leadership by 18%.
2013 — 2016

Horizon Media

Talent Acquisition Specialist

  • Optimized end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, decreasing average time-to-hire by 40% while maintaining quality of hire metrics above 90%.
  • Developed employer branding campaigns that increased inbound organic applications by 150%.
  • Sourced and secured top 1% machine learning engineering talent in highly competitive technical markets.
Technical Stack Radar

Core Competencies

HRIS & Tech Ecosystem

Workday HCM 95%
Greenhouse ATS 90%
Culture Amp / Lattice 85%
Tableau (People Analytics) 80%
BambooHR Gusto Pave (Comp) Notion

Strategic & Soft Skills

Organizational Design 95%
Change Management 90%
Conflict Resolution 85%
Talent Acquisition Strategy 98%
Agile HR Empathy & Coaching Employment Law Total Rewards
Strategic Interventions

Impact Case Studies

Team collaboration

Global Onboarding Overhaul

Engineered a seamless, automated 90-day onboarding journey for distributed teams. Resulted in a 40% decrease in time-to-productivity for new engineering hires and a 95% positive feedback score.

BambooHR Lessonly Slack API
Data dashboard and analytics

Data-Driven Compensation

Led the transition from ad-hoc salary negotiations to a transparent, data-backed compensation matrix linked to geographic market rates and performance milestones, ensuring internal pay equity.

Pave Workday Tableau
Remote workspace setup

Remote-First Culture Playbook

Authored and implemented the definitive guide for asynchronous communication and remote team building post-pandemic, maintaining high employee engagement scores despite zero physical office presence.

Notion Loom Miro
Diverse group of professionals

DEI Framework Integration

Developed comprehensive inclusion metrics tied to executive KPIs. Restructured the hiring funnel to mitigate bias, resulting in a 22% increase in diverse candidates reaching the final interview stage.

Culture Amp Greenhouse Gem
Academic & Professional

Credentials

Master's in Human Resource Management

Cornell University | 2011 - 2013

SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)

Society for Human Resource Management | Active

Certified Agile HR Practitioner

AgileHR Community | 2019

Endorsements

Professional Reputation

"Elara transformed our HR department from a tactical administrative function into a strategic pillar of the company. Her implementation of Workday and the predictive churn model directly contributed to our ability to scale rapidly without breaking our culture."

Sarah Jenkins

CEO @ NexaTech Solutions

"Working with Elara is a masterclass in change management. When we shifted to continuous performance reviews, her empathy and coaching helped engineering leadership adapt seamlessly. She truly understands the intersection of data and human behavior."

Marcus Thorne

VP of Engineering @ Quantum Innovations

"As a recruiter, reporting to Elara was the highlight of my career. She clears roadblocks, advocates for best-in-class HR tech stacks like Greenhouse, and ensures the talent acquisition team is viewed as a strategic partner by the executive board."

Aisha Patel

Senior Technical Recruiter

Next Steps

Initiate Collaboration

Currently open for fractional HR consulting, executive roles, or strategic advisory board positions.

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