Strategy, programs, and recruiting infrastructure built by operators who have done the work.

Build the talent pipeline your business needs next. TalentML helps growing companies turn recruiting into a practical, scalable workforce strategy, from hiring plans and recruiting infrastructure to programs, processes, and execution.

Built by operators. Designed for growth.

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Flexible support for your biggest talent challenges. Whether you need a fresh perspective, support with a specific initiative, or a partner to build from the ground up, we meet you where you are. Our engagements range from focused assessments and individual projects to full-scale strategy and implementation.

Talent Strategy & Attraction Build the right talent pipeline to support your business goals 

Programs & Infrastructure Build the programs and systems that make hiring work at scale

Recruiting Operations & Enablement Make recruiting simpler, faster, and more effective

Fractional & Project-Based Leadership Add experienced talent leadership when and where you need it

Let’s connect to build what's next! Whether you're solving an immediate recruiting challenge or building for your next stage of growth, we'd love to learn more about your goals and explore how TalentML can help

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Who We Are

We turn workforce challenges into talent strategies that work. We understand workforce problems, and early talent is one of the most powerful levers we use to solve them. 

TalentML helps organizations design and implement practical, scalable recruiting strategies, from identifying where talent can strengthen the business to building the programs, processes, and infrastructure to make it happen.

We bring approximately 25 years of collective experience building and leading talent programs across technology and financial services, including Goldman Sachs, X, TikTok, Confluent, and other high-growth environments. That operator experience shapes how we work: practical solutions, measurable impact, and strategies designed to work in the real world.

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Meet the Founders

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Monique has spent more than 15 years building and leading talent acquisition and early talent functions across financial services and technology, including Goldman Sachs, Twitter, and Confluent. She has built global university recruiting and internship programs from the ground up, partnering with executives and business leaders to align early-career hiring with workforce priorities. Her experience spans Engineering, Sales, GTM, and corporate functions, with expertise in inclusive hiring, program design, and scalable recruiting operations.

Monique Aristy

Co-founder, TalentML

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Lauren has spent more than 10 years building talent acquisition and people operations functions inside high-growth tech companies, including Confluent, TikTok, and Twitter. Her focus has consistently been early talent: designing university recruiting and internship programs from the ground up. She's currently pursuing her MBA at Boston University's Questrom School of Business, sharpening the strategic and operational side of the programs she builds.

Lauren Zabel

Co-founder, TalentML

  • Monique and Lauren are two of the best early career talent leaders I've worked with. Together, they helped build and scale our global early talent program at Confluent, forging strong, lasting relationships with universities, candidates, hiring managers, and leaders across the business. What sets them apart: they understand early talent is about much more than campus recruiting; they know how to build a thoughtful strategy, create an incredible candidate experience, and develop programs that become a real talent pipeline. Any company working with TalentML is getting two people who know how to build it, scale it, and make it matter.

    Juliet Peniston, VP of Talent @ Confluent

  • I’ve had the pleasure of working with TalentML on building and delivering a high-velocity early talent strategy, from inception through to a scaled, public-company environment. They have a rare ability to combine genuine strategic thought partnership with hands-on execution - they move incredibly fast, care deeply about the quality of their work, challenge your thinking, and create an exceptional experience for both candidates and stakeholders. Whenever I think about early talent, I think of them: true subject-matter experts who understand how to build for scale, not just growth, and who are also an absolute joy to work with.

    Vic Mileham, VP of Talent @ DBT Labs

  • Monique and I worked together to build three development teams, and working with her and her team was an absolute pleasure from start to finish. She really understood what I needed, both technically and in terms of people who would fit well with the team and its culture. She knows the market incredibly well, especially early-career talent, and was always ready with honest advice, practical support, and a shared determination to get the right people on board, even when the search got tough. I truly couldn't have asked for a more genuine recruiter or a better team to work with.

    John Byrne, Director of Engineering | Site Lead, Northern Ireland @ Profit Isle

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