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Jess Pass

Senior People Operations/HR Consultant

Jess Pass is an accomplished senior HR leader with a broad range of experience in global HR, talent management, and policy creation. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, leading midsize and large organizations through the due diligence process and post-merger HR infrastructure. She is highly skilled in employee relations, people analytics, compensation, and benefits.

Industries

Animation

Biotechnology

Civil Engineering

Computer & Network Security

Computer Games

Computer Software

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Entertainment

Facilities Services

Fundraising

Import & Export

Individual & Family Services

Information Services

International Affairs

Oil & Energy

Outsourcing/ Offshoring

Renewables & Environment

Semiconductors

About Jess Pass

EXPERIENCE

Jess started her career at Schneider Electric, where she was responsible for all HRBP functions for a department of 5,000 employees across the U.S., Moscow, and Asia-Pacific regions. She moved into a compensation analyst role there, in which she analyzed, audited, and executed compensation statements for employees around the world.

After years of in-house leadership roles, she then moved into project-based contract work. Among other functions, she restructured HR infrastructure, company job descriptions, roles, and grading for the nonprofit Ounce of Prevention Fund; served as senior total rewards HR business partner for Tribune Publishing; executed global HR training and sales programs for 1,500 employees at Twitter; and, then led HR Talent and Operations, scaling the people department and overseeing company compensation philosophy, people strategy, and culture initiatives at various organizations.

Jess then went to work as a bilingual HRBP consultant, specializing in system and payroll implementations, M&A PEO transitions, HR employee relations, handbook evaluations, and performance management for clients such as Agility Logistics, GreenParkSports, and Boys & Girls Clubs.

OUTSIDE THE OFFICE

Jess has played basketball since she was eight years old and also played in college. She also loves hiking, swimming, and is an avid yogi, breathwork, and meditation enthusiast. She also tutors in Spanish/conversational skills and enjoys traveling.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • National Employment Law Expertise
  • Corporate Governance
  • Stock Option Administration
  • Organizational Design & Development
  • Compensation Benchmarking
  • Strategic Outsourcing
  • Culture Development
  • Global HR
  • Payroll & Compensation
  • Policy & Procedure Development
  • 401K Plans
  • HR IT Implementation
  • Performance Appraisal
  • M&A – Due Diligence
  • Board Reporting
  • HR Audits & Compliance

Education

  • B.A., English and Spanish Language; Pre-Law University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, Champaign, IL

Location

Austin, TX

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