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Niki Murphy

Fractional Talent Strategist & DEI Leader

About Me

Niki Murphy is a seasoned Talent and People leader with 15+ years of experience building high‑performing teams, modernizing talent operations, and supporting organizations through growth and transformation. As a Fractional Talent Leader, she partners with companies that need strategic clarity, hands‑on execution, and a human‑centred approach to hiring and people operations. Her career spans global technology, robotics, automation, e‑commerce, and digital media. Most recently, she served as Canadian Head of Talent and D&I Country Leader at ABB, leading a national team responsible for 700+ annual hires, major talent technology implementations, employer branding, and early‑talent programs. As a consultant, Niki brings deep expertise in end‑to‑end recruitment, onboarding design, internal mobility, leadership development, and talent process optimization. She is known for quickly understanding complex technical environments and hiring for specialized roles across robotics, hardware‑software integrated teams, AI‑adjacent functions, and engineering leadership. Her leadership style is grounded in authenticity, clarity, and collaboration. She excels at bringing structure to ambiguity, reducing operational drag on founders, and creating environments where people can do their best work. Niki has also lectured at McGill University, contributed to community initiatives, and completed advanced training in leadership, coaching, diversity recruitment, and Indigenous relations. Fully bilingual, she brings a culturally sensitive, people‑first lens to every engagement. As a Fractional Talent Leader, she helps organizations hire with intention, build strong people foundations, and create inclusive, resilient, future‑ready workplaces.

Jurisdiction

Canada

Notable Employer

  • North American Talent Acquisition Manager and Global Internal Mobility Manager at Pitney Bowes

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience15-20 years
Current StatusActive
Fractional, Strategic Talent LeaderSelf-Employed
2025 - Present

Currently working as a Fractional Talent Strategist, partnering with organizations on diverse consulting mandates in talent strategy and transformation. Open to exploring the right permanent leadership role aligned with purpose, culture, and impact.

Canadian Head of Talent and D&I Country LeaderABB
2022 - 2025

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, driving innovation and sustainability across industries through advanced solutions in robotics, motion, and digitalization. ~36B USD – 110k employees. Role responsibilities: ⮚ Lead a team of ~10 talent professionals, averaging 700 white collar hires at all levels of seniority annually. Overseeing recruitment, onboarding, coaching and development. ⮚ Drive Canadian initiatives regarding Early Talent, University Relations and rotational programs such as Global Trainee Program, Ambassador Programs and ABB’ Sustainable Talent Program. ⮚ Management of Canadian talent budget. ⮚ Localize global talent strategies by partnering with HRBPs and the Leadership team to align recruitment efforts with local business needs including talent activities related to M&A’s. ⮚ Streamline and enhance talent processes, contributing to the design and rollout of new solutions. ⮚ Oversee analytics and reporting, including pipeline metrics, ensuring data accuracy and audits compliance. ⮚ Develop international recruitment strategies in collaboration with external vendors and internal mobility teams. ⮚ Advocate for internal mobility and career development, working closely with HMs and HRBPs to support cross functional moves. Collaborate with L&D to identify leadership development opportunities for high-potential talent. ⮚ Responsible of Employer Branding initiatives in Canada: sponsorships, social media representation, galas, award ceremonies, speaking opportunities, facilitation of workshops on personal branding. ⮚ Maintain strategic relationships with vendors related to Talent; Agencies, LinkedIn, Indeed. ⮚ Promoted to D&I Country Leader in 2022; driving all D&I initiatives across the country and in collaboration with WHQ, putting ABB Canada on the map as an employer of choice spearheading many initiatives globally. Designed and roll-out of D&I Strategy: SANA (Seeds, Alliance, Navigation and Assessment) that measures ROI. Achievements, Projects and more: ⮚ Successfully led the implementation of Workday’s Talent module in Canada. Global HCM implementation 2025. ⮚ Country Lead for CRM (Phenom People), CMS (career site), and selection tech (HireVue) implementations 2023. ⮚ Successfully offshored Global Shared Services front office support to Poland. ⮚ Strategically hired a School Relations Specialist & Military Liaison for pipeline building. ⮚ Spearheaded the strategic partnership with Military.com to implement a sourcing pipeline of military personnel, demystifying job descriptions and job codes. ⮚ Participated in the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) membership and PAR status process which led to the hire of ABB’s first Indigenous Relations Leadership role focused on Sustainability and growth.

North American Talent Acquisition Manager and Global Internal Mobility ManagerNotablePitney Bowes
2014 - 2020

Responsible for the enhancement and execution of a strategy relating to the movement of internal employees within the organization. Responsible for the development, execution and articulation of an enterprise-minded, ‘Best In Class’ (40%) strategy that will solidify PB’s position on career mobility.

Education

Diploma of Human Resources ManagementMcGill University
2011 - 2014

Skills

Core skills0
Languages2

Languages

English
French