Heather Nichols

HR Organizational Manager & AI Talent Strategy. I'm a strategic People Ops leader with a proven track record of building high-performance teams for global, asynchronous organizations. With a unique dual focus on AI Talent Strategy and Dutch Labor Law, I specialize in scaling technical teams while ensuring rigorous compliance and operational efficiency. Throughout my career, I have demonstrated a remarkable ability to optimize complex systems, including reducing applicant review times by 92% and cutting time-to-hire by 20% through data-driven process engineering. My expertise spans from managing global recruitment for thousands of roles at Mercy Ships to sourcing niche AI and LLM engineering talent in the tech scale-up sector.