Caroline Lewis
Charlotte
Summary
Strategic HR leader with expertise in Recruiting and Total Rewards functions, driving talent acquisition strategies and compensation programs. Aligns people operations with business goals, optimizes recruiting processes, and develops rewards strategies that attract and retain top talent.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Director, Recruiting and Total Rewards
LendingTree
Charlotte
07.2022 - Current
- Lead Recruiting and Total Rewards functions (team of 12) for a fast-paced, growth-oriented organization, partnering with executive leadership to align talent and compensation strategies with business objectives.
- Manage full-cycle recruiting efforts across multiple business units, improving hiring processes, candidate experience, and time-to-fill for key roles.
- Responsible for executive hiring strategy and full-cycle recruitment for leadership-level positions.
- Develop and administer compensation and benefits programs, ensuring market competitiveness, internal equity, and employee retention.
- Partner with leadership on workforce planning, organizational design, and talent acquisition strategies to support company growth and evolving business needs.
- Oversee salary benchmarking, compensation analysis, and annual compensation planning processes to maintain competitive and equitable pay practices.
- Evaluate and enhance employee benefits offerings to improve engagement, retention, and overall employee experience.
- Utilize recruiting and HR data analytics to drive decision-making, optimize hiring performance, and support Total Rewards strategy.
Recruiting Manager, Product
Robinhood
Menlo Park
06.2021 - Current
- Leader of the Design, User Research, and Content Recruiting teams; managing a team of 15 employees, comprised of Recruiters and Sourcers.
- Responsible for managing the recruiting strategy of the team, which includes headcount prioritization, quarterly business reviews on team progress to goal, performance management and coaching for direct reports, and senior stakeholder management to ensure the team is able to execute efficiently.
- Contributing member of the M&A Tiger Team to assist with company acquisitions as well as the L&D Tiger Team to create career development opportunities for the entire Recruiting function.
Recruiting Manager
Red Ventures
Charlotte
07.2019 - Current
- Leader of the Media and Technology recruiting team for the CNET organization; managed a team of 6 employees.
- Experienced in recruiting for a variety of positions, with a specialization in Technical Recruiting.
- Responsible for all senior level recruiting for technical leadership positions (VP and above).
- Developed and managed the recruiting strategy, which included assigning team ownership of open needs, ongoing reporting to leadership on hiring progress, performance management and coaching of direct reports, and identification and presentation of market trends related to salary data and career trajectory analysis.
- Served as the Talent Partner for the Technology group, involving management of all internal resourcing moves related to career growth or business need.
- Introduced and led multiple diversity initiatives, most recently the Path Forward Return to Work program, a program designed for re-entry to the workplace for those who have been out of the workforce for an extended period of time due to caregiving.
- Served as Recruiting Leader for multiple acquisitions and built the teams in Pasadena, CA, Detroit, MI, Austin, TX, and London, UK.
Recruiting and Business Development Manager
AtlasAdvancement
McLean
03.2015 - 03.2016
- Served as Recruiting Manager for AtlasAdvancement, an executive-level search firm; focused in growing new business within the Sales and Marketing business unit.
- Key clients included: Bloomberg BNA, CACI, ADP, Learning Tree International, Booz Allen Hamilton, NTT Data, iMap Data, Rosetta Stone, Deloitte, Hitachi Data Systems.
Recruitment Consultant
Beacon Hill Staffing Group
Washington
09.2014 - 03.2015
- Worked as one of three recruiters to support between 50 and 75 clients, ranging in revenue from $2million to $500million+.
Senior Consultant
Performix Consulting, LLC
Reston
06.2011 - 08.2014
- Consulted for Performix Consulting (PC), a strategy and technology consulting firm that provides Management Consulting, Program Management and Technology Advisory Services.
- A strategy and technology consulting firm that provides Management Consulting, Program Management and Technology Advisory Services
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
Elon University
Skills
- Talent acquisition
- Executive recruitment
- Diversity recruitment
- Compensation analysis
- Workforce planning
- Data analytics and reporting
Timeline
Senior Director, Recruiting and Total Rewards
LendingTree
07.2022 - Current
Recruiting Manager, Product
Robinhood
06.2021 - Current
Recruiting Manager
Red Ventures
07.2019 - Current
Recruiting and Business Development Manager
AtlasAdvancement
03.2015 - 03.2016
Recruitment Consultant
Beacon Hill Staffing Group
09.2014 - 03.2015
Senior Consultant
Performix Consulting, LLC
06.2011 - 08.2014
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
Elon University