Workforce intelligence platform Reejig has appointed international expertise chief Jonathan Reyes as VP North America to spearhead increase withinside the US.
Reyes is Reejig’s first principal lease withinside the US after remaining out its $21 million investment spherical and being regarded as one of the fastest-developing groups withinside the AirTree Ventures portfolio.
An industry-shaper and paintings futurist who will teach pinnacle US groups on Reejig’s new global of paintings, Reyes brings 20 years’ enjoy developing main groups in era and banking firms throughout americaA, ANZ, UK and Latin America. He become formerly the Global Head of Talent Mobility & Talent Acquisition Operations at Uber and led expertise acquisition roles with Commonwealth Bank and IBM.
Based in Silicon Valley, Reyes can also be liable for main Reejig’s 0 wasted capability assignment withinside the US and reshaping how clients entice and hold expertise, in addition to developing the company’s footprint withinside the new marketplace and constructing a best-in-magnificence crew of neighborhood professionals.
Siobhan Savage, CEO of Reejig said, “I am so thrilled to welcome JR to the Reejig crew. He will play a key function in bringing Reejig’s assignment of 0 wasted capability to our US clients. Over the beyond year, we’ve been pulled to americaA and feature grown exponentially. So, it makes experience for us to have an extraordinary chief at the ground. We have huge plans to develop our crew withinside the US and I look ahead to running with JR to supply a few brilliant effects for our new and rising customers.”
For Reyes, the possibility to shift the manner firms entice and hold expertise has been his riding motivation over the last many years and is ready to form his paintings with Reejig.
“Seeing the impact of diversity, a expertise first lens and prioritising humans has helped me remodel the manner firms technique accomplishing their goals. Reejig takes this possibility and revolutionises the manner we’ve got solved expertise issues in our industry. Technology has converted such a lot of different industries so it’s fairly interesting to look it manifest in HR with Reejig,” he said.
Reyes additionally commented at the traits and tailwinds pushing Reejig into americaA and different international markets, and the way withinside the US and abroad, firms have been recognising the price of expertise via the Great Resignation phenomenon.
“Many enterprise-scale groups are dropping appropriate humans and are feeling the enterprise effect of this abilties and tradition drain. It’s now no longer a accident that a clearer know-how of expertise’s price is main to elevated era investment,” he added.
“Borderless hiring is every other lately extended shift that’s converting the manner groups layout roles, technique and accumulate expertise. The proper expertise might be placed anywhere, however in a global in which maximum humans are running remotely maximum of the time, it all at once feels extra accessible.”
The appointment comes at the heels of Reejig’s present day investment spherical, led via way of means of Skip Capital, headed via way of means of Kim Jackson and her husband, Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar in addition to Airtree Ventures, and Culture Amp’s Didier Elzinga, which closed out at $21 million after its investment companions nearly tripled their preliminary investment; setting down an additional $15 million simply 4 months after the original $6 million Series A capital raise.
Reejig works globally with customers inclusive of AWS, KPMG, Woolworths, Allianz and extra.
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