Raleen Gagnon

Raleen Gagnon oversees market intelligence and the development of consistent program processes, product features, and strategic components of ManpowerGroup's Global Center of Excellence for its Managed Services Provider offering. As the Director of Global Research and Strategy, she manages all research; market demand, and global trend analysis to develop and support actionable insight for country-specific go-to-market planning.

Prior to this Raleen was the Director of Strategic Marketing at Monster Worldwide, where she collaborated with sales leadership to develop strategic programs and initiatives for the Staffing Industry, Global Sales, and Public Sector. Launching competitive intelligence programs and comprehensive assessments of gap analysis and opportunities in the market, she established long term strategies and strategic alliances to shift the direction of the business divisions that she supported.

Her career in corporate strategy has been built on the foundation of over a decade in competitive intelligence, managing her own business, CI Consulting, and as a Research Director at Fuld and Company. With experience in Life Sciences, Manufacturing, and Technology, she has overseen and delivered the research and analysis to identify emerging markets, ranked and validated acquisition targets, provided competitive pipeline and organizational benchmarking studies, and conducted comprehensive competitive profiling and monitoring studies. In these roles, Raleen has worked with many of the Fortune 1000 to evaluate market opportunities, forecast key trends, and reset pricing and service models based on economic indicators.

Leveraging a deep knowledge of sourcing strategies and the original 'head hunting' model, she has delivered strategic assessments and benchmark analysis on an array of HRIS solutions, Staffing Technologies, Benefits Services, RPO, SaaS offerings, and cross-platform initiatives to drive workforce optimization. Her background in talent acquisitions and executive search yield a unique insight into how competitive intelligence and industry research can shift the fundamental structure of a business as they proactively manage their organization to meet the emerging needs of their target market.

Raleen has a Marketing degree from Bentley University, is a member of Staffing Industry Analysts, and has published numerous articles and whitepapers on the strategic direction and opportunities in staffing and key industries looking to leverage globalization, virtual workforce augmentation, and contingent workforce strategies.