Geri Murphy

Head of People

Austin, United States

Experience

Jun 2022 - Jun 2024
2 years 1 month
Austin, United States

Head of HR

Temporal Technologies

A platform for reliable, scalable management of microservice workflows and long-running processes.

First HR hire, partnering with 1st-time founders at Series B, scaling from 70 - 200+ global headcount. Hired and directed the People Operations and People Business Partner teams. Developed core People functions including employee lifecycle management, culture, engagement, performance, compensation, benefits, compliance and employee relations.

Created a semi-annual employee survey to facilitate feedback; avg. 88% participation. Results led to e.g. creation of 1st compensation philosophy, career path planning, improved communications.

Designed and rolled out a continuous Growth & Development program (performance management, level architecture, career ladders, continuous feedback). ~10% increase in satisfaction YOY.

Implemented scalable People tech stack; better data gathering, analytics and workflows.

People management development - manager training and coaching, and leadership development.

Transferred benefits brokerage to simultaneously improve US benefits offering and save 13% on costs, introduced perks management tool and several new global perks.

Nov 2021 - May 2022
7 months
Austin, United States

Head of People Strategy

Cart.com

Provider of e-commerce and logistics solutions that enable companies to manage their online presence and operations.

Head of People Strategy (People Business Partner) team during blitzscaling from 40-1300+ headcount over 12 months, Seed through Series B3, reporting to CPO.

Directed HR activity for 6 acquisitions; comparative analysis of culture, reviewing due diligence, job mapping, compensation analysis, integration of teams, onboarding, and engagement activities.

Provided ongoing coaching and support to executives on organizational design, career pathing, employee relations, performance management and employee experience.

Scaled organizational design and planning - job design and evaluation, staffing strategy, compensation design, tool evaluation & implementation and succession planning.

Partnered with CPO to stand up the People Operations and Talent teams, processes and tools.

Apr 2021 - Nov 2021
8 months
Austin, United States

Senior People Business Partner

Cart.com

Aug 2019 - Mar 2021
1 year 8 months
Philadelphia, United States

Associate Director, Talent Engagement

Sidecar Interactive (acquired by Quartile)

Specializes in optimizing online retail performance through data-driven advertising and marketing solutions for e-commerce businesses.

Head of Talent Engagement team during scaling from 130-200 headcount, Series B through Series C, reporting to VP, Talent & Culture.

Strategic oversight of all HR programs; created and scaled HR operations primarily focused on performance management, compensation banding & structures, onboarding and offboarding, role profiling, cross-team career ladders and succession planning.

Delivered cohesive People initiatives targeting organizational design, controlled growth, employer branding, and DEI&B.

Coached and developed executives to strengthen their leadership capabilities and enable shared delivery of business priorities.

Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
1 year 1 month
Philadelphia, United States

Project Manager, Talent & Culture

Sidecar Interactive (acquired by Quartile)

Apr 2018 - Jun 2018
3 months
Philadelphia, United States

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Sidecar Interactive (acquired by Quartile)

Jul 2016 - Apr 2017
10 months
Dublin, Ireland

HR Generalist - EMEA

Openet (acquired by Amdocs)

A world-leading provider of 5G charging, policy and cloud technologies.

HR Generalist support for 300+ EMEA employees in 7 countries; onboarding through exit.

May 2015 - Apr 2016
1 year
Dublin, Ireland

HR Administrator - EMEA

Openet (acquired by Amdocs)

May 2014 - May 2015
1 year 1 month
Dublin, Ireland

HR Administrator

Arthur Cox

One of Ireland's top-tier corporate law firms.

Administrator for key workflows and processes; onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews etc.

Summary

Remote work & culture enablement Performance management Leadership development Building & developing People teams Career path mapping & job design Organizational design Culture development & employee engagement Manager training Policy, program & process creation Acquisition management HR tech-stack evaluation Compensation & benefits EOR & PEO management DEIB programming International growth - NAR, EMEA, APAC Scaling early-stage startups

Languages

English
Native

Education

Oct 2016 - Oct 2016

D.I.T. & IBEC

Higher Certificate, NFQ Level 6 · Irish Employment Law · Dublin, Ireland

Oct 2010 - Jun 2014

Technological University Dublin (Formerly D.I.T.)

Honors Bachelors Degree, NFQ Level 8 · Human Resource Management · Dublin, Ireland · First Class Honors, equiv. GPA 3.8

Certifications & licenses

Foundations in People Management

Irish Business & Employers Confederation

Certificate in Irish Employment Law

D.I.T. & IBEC