Andrea Bow
About Andrea Bow
Andrea Bow serves as the Head of Global Talent Acquisition and Talent Operations at MetaMap, where she has successfully implemented various recruitment strategies and DEI initiatives. With extensive experience in technical recruiting at companies like Meta and Uber, she has a proven track record of improving hiring processes and increasing workforce diversity.
Current Role at MetaMap
Andrea Bow serves as the Head of Global Talent Acquisition and Talent Operations at MetaMap. She has held this position since 2023, working remotely from the San Francisco Bay Area. In her current role, she has created and implemented talent capacity planning and forecasting strategies. Additionally, she designed and implemented competency-based interview guides and customized question banks for all organizational departments, enhancing the recruitment process.
Previous Experience at Meta
Andrea Bow has extensive experience at Meta, where she worked in various recruiting roles from 2018 to 2023. She started as a Technical Recruiter in Engineering Leadership for one year, followed by a three-year tenure as Recruiting Manager, Engineering Leadership. In her final year at Meta, she served as Recruiting Manager for North America Engineering Leadership, focusing on strategic recruitment initiatives.
Recruitment Background
Before her time at Meta, Andrea Bow held several recruiting positions across different companies. She worked at Uber as a Technical Recruiter and later as a Senior Technical Recruiter from 2015 to 2018. Additionally, she served as a Full Cycle Recruiter at PagerDuty and as a Recruiter/Account Director at Premier Staffing Inc. Her early career included a role as a Recruiter at Boly:Welch.
Education and Expertise
Andrea Bow holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Physiology from the University of Oregon. Her educational background has contributed to her expertise in talent acquisition and recruitment strategies, particularly in technical fields. She also completed her secondary education at Saint Francis High School.
Achievements in Diversity and Recruitment Efficiency
At MetaMap, Andrea Bow has successfully developed and executed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, resulting in a 12% increase in the representation of underrepresented groups in the workforce. She led the revamp of the technical interview process, improving the engineering onsite-to-offer ratio from 6% to 22%. Additionally, she implemented data-driven strategies that reduced MetaMap's overall time to hire by 35%.