Tabatha Valentin‑Elliott serves as National TA Recruiter at Naviga, bringing over eight years of recruiting experience, more than four of which have been dedicated to executive search in both corporate environments and agency settings. She joined Naviga in September 2024, and leads national-level recruitment assignments for global organizations.
With deep expertise in sales leadership and management hiring across industries including SaaS/technology, legal, professional services, and material handling/logistics, Tabatha excels at identifying leaders who align with both functional and cultural imperatives.
Her career path includes leadership roles in customer service, retail, medical manufacturing, and sales. At Medtronic, she served as Head Recruitment Chair for an employee resource group, spearheading diversity and inclusion initiatives and gaining critical insight into the real-world pressures of hiring and retention. This experience refined her approach to aligning candidate capabilities and cultural fit, especially under tight timelines and complex stakeholder dynamics.
Tabatha’s executive search methodology emphasizes trusted partnership with hiring managers and recruiters. She invests time upfront to understand each role’s specific business priorities, team dynamics, and any past recruiting challenges. One standout placement involved a Finance Director role in an M&A context, which required coordinating across multiple stakeholder groups. By aligning priorities and influencing budget decisions, Tabatha helped secure a candidate who delivered immediate impact and exceeded expectations.
In her work, Tabatha helps clients overcome a common obstacle: inflexible expectations. Leveraging market intelligence, candidate feedback, and hiring trends, she provides consultative guidance that helps clients adapt and stay competitive in talent acquisition.
Outside her recruiting practice, Tabatha is passionate about baking and mastering the science behind it—and brings that same curious, precise mindset to every search she leads. She describes herself as a “matchmaker of sorts,” specializing in connecting candidates and clients in ways others might overlook. For Tabatha, the most rewarding aspect of her role is creating win‑win outcomes: helping companies scale with top talent while supporting candidates through often stressful career transitions.