Leadership Development Program Coordinator (parallel role) at Lumolead (a TalentMelon initiative) (2025-06 – Present)
- Coordinated the end-to-end delivery of LumoGrow, a 360-degree feedback-based leadership development program conducted in partnership with Unlearn Academy.
- Managed platform onboarding, feedback-process follow-up, session planning, facilitator and coach coordination, participant communication, and client delivery.
- Reviewed 360-degree feedback reports and program data to identify development themes, supported HR teams in interpreting results, and worked with coaches to reflect these themes in session content and activities.
- Coordinated experiential learning activities including role plays, case analyses, and simulations and followed participants' development commitments and program completion.
- Tracked participation, engagement, completion, and session ratings via dashboard, achieving 90% average participation and engagement and 95% average session satisfaction.
- Translated participant, facilitator, and client feedback into improvements in program flow, platform experience, content delivery, and communication.
Compensation and Benefits Consultant at TalentMelon HR Consultancy (2024-02 – Present)
- Led semiannual compensation survey and HR research cycles involving up to 100 technology companies per period, managing data collection, analysis, reporting, company outreach, and client delivery across more than 200 organizations.
- Reviewed role scope, responsibilities, seniority, and organizational impact to map client positions to a standardized catalogue of 80 roles and 10 levels, supporting consistent job matching and grade alignment.
- Worked with client job-evaluation and grading data aligned with Hay/Korn Ferry, Mercer IPE, and WTW frameworks to identify role and level inconsistencies and guide HR teams through corrections.
- Advised HR managers on role structures, grade alignment, and market positioning by translating employee-level and market data into practical recommendations.
- Co-produced six HR research reports with Endeavor Türkiye, Twiser, and Enocta; designed survey questions and analyzed trends in performance management, leadership development, compensation, benefits, and AI in HR, with reports reaching 1,000+ downloads each.
- Analyzed and validated 20,000+ employee records for missing or inconsistent data, pay outliers, and role-level accuracy and prepared Excel dashboards covering workforce segments, market positioning, and HR trends.
- Improved research methodology, data templates, validation controls, peer-group recommendation tables, and the compensation reporting platform based on stakeholder requirements and user feedback.
- Presented research findings and recommendations in client meetings and webinars, facilitated discussions, and responded to stakeholder questions.
People Operations at Paramount Students International (2023-06 – 2024-02)
- Managed a remote team of seven, coordinating onboarding, internal training, and employee engagement initiatives across an international organization.
Research Assistant at International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development Research (2021-11 – 2022-06)
- Analyzed 300+ interview transcripts and 5,000+ coded segments in NVivo, identifying communication patterns and organizing findings for a research manuscript and international conference outputs.
- Contributed to research coordination, documentation, and the preparation of findings for academic and professional audiences.
Human Resources Project Intern at Skyeng EdTech (2021-09 – 2021-12)
- Analyzed HR processes during an acquisition-related organizational change initiative, identified improvement areas, developed recommendations, and presented findings to senior leadership.
Research Assistant at Ege University Social Psychology Lab Research (2018-04 – 2019-06)
- Coordinated participant recruitment, informed consent, and data collection for behavioral studies involving more than 500 participants.
- Set up survey and experimental procedures in SurveyMonkey and OpenSesame and administered psychometric measures under research protocols.
- Conducted data quality checks and advanced statistical analyses in SPSS and contributed findings to research reports.
