o9 Wins a 2025 TIARA Award for Team Excellence in Global Talent Acquisition

DALLAS, Feb. 5, 2025 –o9, a leading software company that is powering enterprise planning and decisioning models across 30-plus industry verticals with its groundbreaking, AI-powered Digital Brain platform, today announced that it received The Wilson TA Team Excellence Award at the 2025 TIARA Talent Acquisition Awards US ceremony in November 2025.

The prestigious annual award program, which recognizes employers that put excellence in talent acquisition and resourcing at the heart of their people strategies, praised o9 for its strategic, innovative approach to leveraging technology, process agility and cross-functional execution. The o9 Talent Acquisition team supports hiring in 17 countries across portfolios such as R&D, Delivery, Sales and Marketing, and General and Administrative at all levels from interns to senior leadership.  In 2025, the o9 Talent Acquisition team embarked on a project to unify regional processes, improve speed, increase transparency, and provide internal stakeholders with real-time insights. 

The cornerstone of o9’s talent acquisition improvement was the global rollout of a robust, AI-powered applicant tracking system to standardize processes and KPIs.  With built-in dashboards, o9 leaders benefit from instant access to information such as hiring pipeline, performance and hiring metrics, which leads to data-driven conversations and decision making.   The o9 team follows a global model in which recruiters are cross-trained to work across portfolios and geographies, allowing them to better address critical hiring priorities.  A global talent acquisition strategy with consistent KPIs, structured intake process, standardized interview stages and defined SLA targets has led to faster and higher quality hiring while improving candidate experience globally. 

“Today, our Talent Acquisition team oversees end-to-end global portfolios, which has led to a significant increase in accountability and best-practice sharing across regions. It has also broken down silos and created a truly unified talent acquisition community that has been instrumental in enabling o9’s growth,” said Vikas Goel, Chief Human Resource Officer, o9 Solutions. “Our team operates with a clear mission, shared accountability, and a culture of innovation - ensuring our ability to deliver exceptional talent outcomes year after year.  We are honored that our efforts have been recognized by the 2025 TIARA Talent Acquisition Awards, and look forward to continuing on this journey of building the best team in the industry.”

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