BIRCAN UZAN

BIRCAN UZAN

Senior Human Capital, Recruitment, Talent, AI in HR and HR Technology Consultant
UAE
English, Turkish, French
Part-time Work from Home

About Me

Senior Human Capital, Recruitment, Talent, AI in HR and HR Technology Consultant with 18+ years of international experience across EMEA, APAC and the GCC, spanning recruitment, executive search, staffing, talent acquisit…

Experience

Managing Director – Strategic Talent Solutions, AI & Technology Executive Search & Recruitment

HumanEvoX Recruitment Consultancy · Dubai, UAE
Aug 2026 - Present · 2 months

<p>Deliver project-based recruitment, executive search, talent intelligence and HR advisory assignments, from intake and market mapping through AI-assisted screening, structured assessment, shortlist delivery and onboarding.</p><p> Design AI-enabled HR workflows across recruitment, talent operations, assessment, L&D, workforce planning and HR service delivery, with human-in-the-loop controls and responsible-AI governance.</p><p> Advise on HR technology, market intelligence, salary benchmarking, organisational capability, hiring feasibility and AI adoption roadmaps.</p>

Program Director & Senior Consultant

Knowledge Group Consulting – Abu Dhabi University · Dubai , Dubai , United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Oct 2025 - Jul 2026 · 10 months

<p>Designed and governed workforce capability, talent development, learning and deployment frameworks for large-scale human-capital programmes affecting 1,000+ professionals.</p><p> Managed programme operations, compliance, schedules, resources, stakeholders, learning analytics and performance reporting across complex transformation and development engagements.</p>

Program Director & Senior Consultant

PROTraining · Dubai, UAE
Jul 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 year 3 months

<p>Directed EMEA corporate training and L&D programmes covering scheduling, facilitators, learner communications, logistics, quality and client delivery.</p><p> Co-designed instructional materials, interactive business simulations and learning experiences; used post-programme data and feedback to achieve 92% client NPS.</p>

Director – Recruitment, Talent Management, Assessment, Training & HR Operations

CM Consultancy · Dubai, UAE
Dec 2019 - Sep 2024 · 4 years 9 months

<p>Led recruitment, onboarding, workplace readiness, talent assessment, training, talent management and contingent workforce operations across client programmes.</p><p> Managed digital HR platforms, service metrics and integrated assessment/learning/workforce requirements against 95%+ service levels.</p>

Director – Talent Acquisition Solutions (EMEA)

Korn Ferry · Dubai, UAE
May 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 year 7 months

<p>Led enterprise recruitment programmes and mid-to-senior executive search mandates across EMEA, combining market mapping, talent intelligence, sourcing, stakeholder advisory and programme mobilisation.</p><p> Coordinated recruitment technology, delivery resources and regional stakeholders to improve consistency and evidence-based hiring decisions.</p>

Head of Recruitment, Staffing & HR Operations

TASC Outsourcing · Dubai, UAE
May 2016 - Dec 2019 · 3 years 7 months

<p>Governed permanent recruitment and temporary staffing operations supporting 800+ active contractors, including compliance, HR operations, technology, SLAs and workforce deployment.</p><p> Standardised recruitment delivery and pipeline alignment, reducing average candidate time-to-hire by 18 days while maintaining 100% audit compliance.</p>

HR Technology & Transformation Consultant

Oracle · Dubai, UAE
Mar 2014 - May 2016 · 2 years 2 months

<p>Supported cloud HCM rollout, optimisation and user adoption, strengthening HR data, recruitment analytics, digital workflows and technology-enabled HR operations.</p>

Global Senior Account Manager

Lee Cooper · Dubai , Dubai , United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Oct 2011 - Dec 2013 · 2 years 3 months

<p>Lee Cooper – Global Account Director</p><p> Directed global key-account relationships, coordinating commercial strategy, client delivery and cross-market partnerships. Managed stakeholder expectations, account performance and growth opportunities while aligning regional teams to ensure consistent execution, service quality and brand standards.</p>

Senior Account Manager

HSBC · Adalar , Istanbul , Turkey
Sep 2008 - Sep 2011 · 3 years

<p>HSBC – Senior Account Manager, Credit Card Loyalty Programs</p><p> Managed strategic client accounts and credit card loyalty programs, overseeing partner relationships, campaigns, customer engagement, performance reporting and service delivery. Coordinated internal teams to strengthen program value, improve retention and support commercial objectives.</p>

University Admissions Counselor & Test Prep Specialist

The Princeton Review · Chicago , Illinois , United States of America (USA)
Jan 2002 - Dec 2010 · 8 years 11 months

<p>Advised students on university selection, admissions strategy and application requirements. Delivered tailored test-preparation guidance, assessed individual needs, tracked progress and supported candidates in strengthening their academic profiles and achieving admission goals.</p>

International Student Relations Specialist

Northwestern University · Chicago Heights , Illinois , United States of America (USA)
Sep 2003 - Jun 2008 · 4 years 9 months

<p>Supported international students throughout admissions, enrolment and campus integration. Provided guidance on university procedures, documentation and student services, coordinated with academic teams, resolved enquiries and helped students successfully adapt to studying and living in the United States.</p>

PROJECTS

HumanEvoX AI-Assisted Hiring Decision Intelligence™ LLM

HumanEvoX Recruitment Consultancy · https://humanevox.com
Duration : 01-Aug-2026 - 18-Sep-2026

<p>Created a specialized Large Language Model (LLM) and AI-assisted recruitment intelligence framework for HumanEvoX Recruitment Consultancy, supporting technology, AI and executive hiring across the GCC, EMEA and global markets. The solution accelerates research, strengthens candidate evaluation and standardizes recruitment workflows while keeping final decisions under human control.</p><p>Developed the LLM’s knowledge architecture, operating instructions, evaluation criteria and reusable prompt library. Structured it around technology recruitment, executive search, talent intelligence, candidate assessment and career branding. Embedded knowledge across AI and machine learning, data, software engineering, cloud, DevOps, cybersecurity, ERP, HR technology, digital transformation and technology leadership.</p><p>Built workflows to translate job descriptions into structured skills, competencies and experience requirements; create candidate personas and sourcing strategies; generate Boolean searches, target-company maps and talent-pool segments; compare profiles against mandatory and preferred criteria; identify skills gaps; and produce candidate scorecards, interview guides, anonymised profiles and commercially focused shortlists.</p><p>The model also supports talent-market mapping, competitor analysis, salary benchmarking, talent-availability research, personalized outreach, ATS-aligned CVs and LinkedIn career branding. It converts fragmented hiring information into structured, decision-ready outputs using a consistent methodology.</p><p>Designed the framework around:</p><p>WORK → FRICTION → AI CAPABILITY → NEW OUTPUT → BUSINESS VALUE → HUMAN DECISION</p><p>This connects every AI use case to a defined recruitment problem, required capability, operational output, business value and final human judgment.</p><p>Embedded responsible-AI controls covering bias, privacy, explainability, accuracy, evidence quality and human oversight. Recommendations are based on job-related evidence. The model does not make autonomous hiring decisions, infer sensitive personal characteristics or present unsupported information as fact. Recruiter verification remains mandatory before insights are shared externally.</p><p>Created reusable job-intake templates, competency frameworks, sourcing plans, screening matrices, scorecards, interview packs, market maps, talent-intelligence reports, shortlist summaries, outreach sequences and quality-assurance checklists.</p><p>Tools used include custom LLM development, OpenAI/ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, LinkedIn Recruiter, Apollo, Boolean and semantic search, ATS/CRM workflows, AI-assisted candidate matching, talent analytics, prompt engineering and responsible-AI governance.</p><p>The project established a scalable recruitment operating model combining AI-generated intelligence with human expertise, enabling faster research, more consistent assessments, stronger documentation and evidence-based hiring recommendations.</p>

Skills

Generative AI Talent Intelligence HR Automation People Analytics HR Technology Recruitment Executive Search Staffing Talent Acquisition Talent Operations Talent Assessment Talent Development Talent Management Learning & Development Training Operations HR Operations HRIS HCM Oracle HCM SAP SuccessFactors Workday HR Analytics 360 Recruitment Sourcing Screening Market Mapping Candidate Experience ATS Workflows Employer Branding Employee Lifecycle Onboarding Offboarding HR Service Delivery SOPs SLAs Process Mapping Workflow Automation Compliance Training Needs Analysis Curriculum Development Instructional Design Digital Learning Facilitation LMS Evaluation Learning Analytics Capability Development Competency Frameworks Job Analysis Assessment Architecture
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