Sara Cooper

Worth knowing

Sara is an expert in scaling and high growth companies having advised the OMERS Ventures portfolio on their talent strategies and working inside notable firms such as Microsoft Canada, FreshBooks and now, Jobber. She wrote the Startup Talent Playbook while at OMERS helping founders understand what needs to happen at every stage of growth from first hire to hyper-scale. Sara also created a mentorship network matching high potential start-up employees with executives to encourage talent development within Canada's tech industry. Sara is a trusted advisor, coach and mentor.

Story

Sara has spent her career in Canada's tech industry, including D+H (now Finastra), Microsoft Canada and FreshBooks. At OMERS Ventures she became Director of Talent, where she advised their portfolio companies on talent strategies and helped to evaluate potential investments from a People and Talent perspective. Sara joined Jobber in 2019 as Vice President of People and was named Chief People Officer the following year. She has scaled Jobber from 150 to 1300+ employees with four Canadian offices and an office each in the US and India.

In Sara's words

I've lived in Toronto most of my life except for a brief stint in Ottawa. Thanks to Jobber I've spent a lot of time in Alberta and BC the past few years. Edmonton and Vancouver both feel like home to me.

Highlights

• Chief People Officer @ Jobber (2019 - present)
• Talent Director, Portfolio Companies @ OMERS Ventures (2016 - 2019)
• 2022 Report on Business Canada's Top 50 Executives, The Globe and Mail
• Top 25 Innovators in Human Resources, Business Insider