Jess Cummings

Head of Talent Acquisition, Americas at Atlassian

Jess Cummings is the Head of Talent Acquisition for Americas at Atlassian. Prior to their current role, Jess was a Senior Manager, Technical Recruiting + Programs at Cisco Meraki from August 2012 to April 2019. In this role, Jess managed a team responsible for attracting, assessing, hiring and retaining top technical talent. Jess built a global team of 25 focused on hiring technical talent into Cisco Meraki's San Francisco, Chicago, London and Sydney offices. Jess also created a new organizational design for technical talent to build a cohesive team of teams including early in career recruitment, professional recruitment and recruiting operations and programs.

Before Jess joined Cisco Meraki, they worked as a Recruiting Coordinator, Jr. Recruiter at Rearden Commerce from February 2012 to August 2012. At Deem (Rearden Commerce), Jess dealt with all the foundational aspects of recruiting - scheduling, sourcing, and improving every process they could get their hands on. Thanks to their exposure to recruiting at Deem, Jess started along their career in helping grow companies with top of the line talent.

Jess Cummings has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Environmental Studies from the University of San Diego. Jess also has a degree in Marketing and Events from ICMS.

A direct report to Jess Cummings is and Amali Siedlecki - Principal Leadership Recruiter. Jess Cummings reports to Erika Fisher, General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer. Jess Cummings works with Manoj Kenadath - Head of TA Strategic Programs, George Totev - Head of Risk and Compliance, and Grant Reid - Senior Corporate Counsel.

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  • Head of Talent Acquisition, Americas

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