Artificial intelligence
People and talent professionals in Artificial intelligence
These ten professionals hold or have held HR, people partner and talent acquisition roles at artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Cohere. A reader can learn how AI companies recruit research and engineering talent, partner with leaders on organization design and run people operations through rapid growth.
Professionals to explore
01—10Abbie Bates
LinkedInExperience: VP, People & Culture · Google DeepMind
VP, People & Culture at Google DeepMind since 2025. The highlight lists the VP, Senior Director, Director and Head of People & Culture roles. Other listed Google DeepMind roles include Senior Director, People & Culture (2022–2026), Director, People & Culture (2019–2022), Head of People & Culture at DeepMind (2017–2019) and People & Culture Partner at Google DeepMind (2016–2017).
Hannah Pritchett
LinkedInExperience: Chief People Officer · Anthropic
Chief People Officer at Anthropic since 2024. The highlight describes Anthropic as an AI safety and research company working to build reliable, interpretable and steerable AI systems. Other listed roles include VP of People at Binti (2022–2024), Scaling Operations at Stripe (2015–2022) and Trust & Safety at Facebook (2010–2015).
Jaclyn Opritza
LinkedInExperience: HRBP Lead · Anthropic
HRBP Lead at Anthropic since 2024. A highlight describes leading and growing the HR business partner function at Anthropic. Other listed roles include HR Leader at Stripe (2022–2023), HR Business Partner Manager at Stripe (2018–2022) and HR Business Partner at Facebook (2016–2018).
Jon Wolheim
LinkedInExperience: Head of Talent (Performance Management, People Programs, Talent Acquisition) (Sr Dir) · SoundHound AI
Former Head of Talent (Performance Management, People Programs, Talent Acquisition) (Sr Dir) at SoundHound AI (2022–2023). A highlight describes building the people infrastructure for large-scale AI transformation and lists SoundHound AI (IPO) among past employers. Also Entrepreneur in Residence at Boston University since 2026. Other listed roles include VP, Global Head of Leadership Acceleration at Lila Sciences (2026), VP, HR at Lila Sciences (2025–2026) and Vice President, People and Partnerships at Games For Love (2023–2025).
Joy Cashman
LinkedInExperience: Head of HR Business Partners · OpenAI
Head of HR Business Partners at OpenAI since 2023. The highlight describes OpenAI as a company building safe and beneficial AGI systems. Other listed roles include Sr. HR Business Partner at Roblox (2023), Director, HR Business Partner at Twitter (2021–2023), Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner at Twitter (2020–2021) and Lead HR Business Partner at Twitter (2019–2020).
Kate Parkyn
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Talent · Cohere
Senior Director of Talent at Cohere since 2026. The highlight describes Cohere as building foundational models and AI solutions for enterprise teams. Other listed roles include Design Advisory Member at Evidently Me (2024–2025), Talent Director at Isomorphic Labs (2022–2026), Talent Acquisition Lead - Research & Engineering at Google DeepMind (2014–2022) and Recruitment Manager at Sporting Solutions (2012–2014).
Khalia Harding
LinkedInExperience: Director - People & Culture Partnering · Google DeepMind
Director - People & Culture Partnering at Google DeepMind since 2025. A highlight describes building and directing People & Culture functions for Alphabet's frontier generative AI division of 3,000+ experts. Other listed roles include Head of People & Culture Partnering (GenAI) at Google DeepMind (2024–2025), Senior Human Resources Business Partner at Google (2017–2024), People & Culture Manager at Hardhat (2016–2017) and Human Resources Business Partner at fibreHR (2016).
Lindsey Tran
LinkedInExperience: VP, Head of Global Employee Relations and People Standards · OpenAI
VP, Head of Global Employee Relations and People Standards at OpenAI since 2025. A highlight describes leading OpenAI's global employee relations, employment investigations, people compliance, global mobility and immigration, M&A people integration, people operations and recruiting operations teams. Other listed roles include Interim Head of People at OpenAI (2025–2026), Head of Global Employee Relations and Investigations at OpenAI (2024–2025), Head of Global Employee Relations and Investigations at Block (2022–2024) and Director of Global Employee Relations at Twitter (2018–2022).
Robert Jaime
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Talent Acquisition · Eightfold AI
Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Eightfold AI since 2026. A highlight describes leading global talent acquisition strategy for an AI-native talent intelligence platform. Other listed roles include Senior Director, Recruiting and Product Owner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (2022–2026), Director of Recruiting and Product Owner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (2021–2022), Head of Recruiting at BCG Digital Ventures (2018–2021) and Recruiting Manager at BCG Digital Ventures (2016–2018).
Vikram Dhani
LinkedInExperience: Head of Talent - Building the Team Behind Frontier and Agentic AI · Inflection AI
Head of Talent - Building the Team Behind Frontier and Agentic AI at Inflection AI since 2025. The highlight describes Inflection AI as a public benefit company building human-centered AI and AI agents for individuals and enterprises. Also Member at HIGHER Community since 2026. Other listed roles include Talent Leader Global AI, Engineering & GTM Recruiting at SAP (2022–2025), Head of Talent AI, Product & Design Founding Recruiter at SAP (2020–2023) and Product Owner Talent Acquisition Automation at SAP (2020–2021).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you recruit and close research and engineering candidates when several AI companies compete for the same people?
- 02Which people processes broke first as headcount grew quickly, and how did you rebuild them?
- 03How do you help leaders design teams and roles when the work itself changes as models and products evolve?
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