Marisa Liao
VP of Talent Acquisition at Ascenda
United States
Overview
Work Experience
VP of Talent
2023 - Current
Founder, Career and Leadership ICF Certified Coach
2023
Elevance Coaching - Where Excellence Finds Its Peak As a dedicated Career Coach, I inspire individuals to elevate their careers, leadership, and growth by harnessing their strengths. With CliftonStrengths, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and tailored coaching, I guide professionals through transitions, empowering them to realize their peak potential and reach their goals. Together, we’ll craft a clear, purpose-driven path toward success. I offer comprehensive career transition consultation and coaching services which include: -Resume refinement -LinkedIn professional branding -Strategic job search tactics and landing interviews -Mock interviews -Crafting a compelling narrative -Step-by-step progress through the entire 'job-getting' process -Salary Negotiation -Personalized guidance from a seasoned career coach
Founding Member
2021
Uncommon is Asia's first private leadership network for the next generation of female leaders. Our members are making decisions today and transforming leadership tomorrow. We equip leaders with tools for success: a relevant and uplifting network, powerful mentorship, best-in-class coaching and content.
Global Head of Talent Acquisition
2022 - 2023
Head of Global Business Recruitment
2020 - 2022
Headed up the Global Biz recruitment team across 12 markets in APAC, Middle East, Europe, and UK&I HQ. Strategic partner to the C-level executives on talent acquisition. Manage C-suite Execs, GMs, and Head of People stakeholders globally, reported on key hiring metrics and identify scalable hiring solutions, implemented diversity hiring strategies, and managed recruitment resources and TA programs such as employer branding, university hiring, R4R, and AI tools.
Head of Recruitment, APAC
2019 - 2020
Leading a team of recruiters, sourcers, and recruitment coordinators across 6 markets to hire for Leadership, Commercial, Operations, Marketing, and Customer Care. Holistic experience strategizing and activating recruitment processes in cross-cultural environments. Creating programs and solutions to support organizational growth with limited resources. Recruitment capacity model building and headcount planning.
Recruiting Lead
2018 - 2019
Managed a team of recruiters and sourcers across 4 office locations. Partnered closely with Org leaders, HRBP, Internal Recruiting, Compensation, Immigration, and each regional recruiting teams to align on strategies to scale the Marketing Science org globally. Developed Diversity hiring strategies, such as Diversity sourcing hours, employee branding campaigns, recruiting events, and leveraged our D&I team.
Senior APAC Recruiter
2014 - 2018
Managed end to end hiring for APAC Sales and Marketing organizations and developed strategies to find key talent in emerging markets, such as Southeast Asia and Greater China region. Worked closely with all regional Directors and HQ central team as the APAC hiring POC. Developed a successful talent map and market analysis for our emerging markets, which helped complete the hiring for our Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines offices
Technical Sourcer
2013 - 2014
Developed strategies to find leading talent for our Marketing Science, Growth Marketing, and Product Analytics organizations across North America and EMEA. Strategize different ways to build talent pipelines and execute on tactical research, Boolean searches, referral generation, events and sourcing campaigns. Manage various pipelines, priorities, and performance data to influence internal stakeholders.
Stay N' Alive Productions, LLC is a social media marketing firm that provides clients with measurable profits.
Account Manager
2012 - 2013
Technical Recruiter
2011 - 2012
Early Career Development Coordinator
2009 - 2010
UBS Realty Investors is an institutional investment advisor that managed real estate equity assets on behalf of its clients.