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Doug L.

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Vice President Talent Acquisition at Upbound Group
📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States

Doug L. is the Vice President of Talent Acquisition at Upbound Group, leading enterprise-wide recruiting for the $4B company. With a background in Business Management from Norfolk State University, he specializes in scaling hiring practices and building high-performing teams. Colleagues describe him as genuine, persistent, and a consummate professional.

Outside of work, Doug shows a passion for his profession by celebrating the talent acquisition community and its shared goal of connecting people with opportunities. He is also an avid football fan and follows the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

He led a team implementation of a conversational AI platform that cut time-to-fill by 50% and saved hiring managers over 35, 000 hours annually.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Vice President Talent Acquisition
Job Level
Senior
Location
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States
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AI in Recruiting
Led the implementation of the Paradox conversational AI platform, dramatically improving hiring efficiency and reducing time-to-fill by 50% at Upbound Group.
Scaling TA Teams
Has direct experience rapidly growing a remote talent acquisition team from 5 to 35 professionals to support a period of record-breaking hiring.
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Career

Work history

10-2023
Vice President Talent Acquisition
Upbound Group
1-2023 - 10-2023
Senior Director Talent Acquisition
Upbound Group
1-2022 - 12-2022
Vice President Talent Acquisition
Mr. Cooper
11-2019 - 12-2021
Senior Director Talent Acquisition
Freedom Mortgage
1-2015 - 11-2019
Practice Director - Financial Services Recruiting
Randstad USA
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Doug Lee - Vice President Talent Acquisition at Upbound Group. Featured in The Org
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Education
1998 - 2002
Business Management
Norfolk State University
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