Technical Recruiter Level Positions

GULRUKH AHMED

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

650-***-**** *******@*****.*** LinkedIn

SUMMARY

Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner with 10 years of Industry experience with companies like AWS, Meta, VidMob & SAP. Excellent track record of delivery to clients with exceptional candidate experience scores. Expertise - leadership, IC technical sourcing/offer negotiations/closing, funnel conversions/DEI strategies/ Team mentoring and coaching. EXPERIENCE

AMAZON WEB SERVICES, AWS SANTA CLARA, CA 05/2022 –03/2023 TECHNICAL CLIENT LEAD RECRUITER

• Supported the Cloud Platform group for Technical IC and leadership roles including SDE, SDM, Sys Dev Eng., Product Managers and TPM positions.

• Prepared candidates for onsite interviews, represent them in debriefs and conduct offer negotiations and closing.

• Closed 10 candidates/month. Led team in Offer acceptance rate of 80% vs the org average of 71%.

• Conducted data analysis and reporting for clients on gap to goal and headcount planning and Talent management working with business, HRBPS, finance and operations.

• Tracked and managed candidate experience rates for the team and scored over 90% in candidate rating.

• Conducted diversity and inclusion trainings for the team and involved in other IDE Initiatives. Focused on increasing diversity candidate pool and improving conversion rates.

• Coached hiring managers on best practices for following Affirmative Action and other recruitment related topics. Currently supporting over 25 hiring managers supporting three business areas.

• Facilitated over 9 virtual and onsite recruiting events across US to build and grow passive talent pipeline.

VIDMOB PALO ALTO, CA 11/2021 - 05/2022

RECRUITING LEADER

• Full cycle recruiter involved with sourcing to closing candidates. Hired more than 25 candidates for multiple roles in 5 months.

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• Led recruiting for Product, Design and Engineering Teams supporting C suite on Leadership and Individual contributor roles

• Developed recruiting and interviewing process for different roles, defining competencies required and loop structures.

• Worked with executives and org leaders on hiring the best talent across US and South America markets and coming up with best practices on hiring plans and strategy.

• Participated in greenhouse integration and settings to support most efficient process for hiring managers, interviewers and candidates.

META MENLO PARK, CA 12/2017 – 11/2021

EXECUTIVE RECRUITER, ENTERPRISE TEAMS 12/2019 - 11/2021

• Executive recruiter for Enterprise teams at Meta/Facebook for the Enterprise Teams. Partnered with hiring managers and org leaders up to the VP level on searches including Engineering Director, SDMs, PM, UX design, TPM leadership roles.

• Partnered closely with 6 sourcing recruiters on market mapping and developing talent insights for senior level positions.

• Had an over 88% closing rate with high number of diversity hires. Prepped candidates for their onsite interviews and represented them in debriefs and candidate reviews.

• Owned offer negotiations and closing process, worked with different cross functional stakeholders including finance and HR on approvals and compensation packages.

• Exceeded delivery goals every half with over 95% candidate experience scores. SDE/ANDROID RECRUITER 12/2017 - 12/2019

• Full cycle recruiting - sourced and closed candidates for Android boot camps for teams across Meta.

• Sourced candidates through multiple sources including LinkedIn Recruiter, FBR Database, Entelo, Google Searches, Github and Twitter.

• Maintained candidate pool, worked on offer negotiations and closing with finance and other stake holders .

• Maintained over 98% approval rating on Candidate experience.

• Prepped candidates for phone and onsite interviews, represented candidates in debriefs and Candidate review sessions.

• Led and initiated projects that were scaled to multiple teams and was the team in- trainer for new hires on the team.

• Led multiple diversity sourcing sessions with the team and POC for diversity efforts on the team.

• Managed and planned recruiting event in Monterrey, Mexico to prepare and train diverse candidates for technical and non-technical interviews. 3

SAP ARIBA PALO ALTO, CA 03/2017 - 12/2017

FULL CYCLE EXECUTIVE AND IC TECHNICAL RECRUITER

• Full Cycle Recruiter for technical leadership as well as individual contributor positions.

• Supported over 15 hiring managers at a time on multiple hiring needs.

• Evaluated resumes, interviewed and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.

• Sourced and screened candidates for technical roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers and onboarding CITRIX SANTA CLARA, CA 04/2015 - 03/2017

TECHNICAL RECRUITER

• Full cycle technical talent acquisition specialist for multiple business units.

• Partnered with hiring managers on different job profiles at different levels including SDMs, SDEs, TPMs, Product Managers.

• Operated and maintained Workday for applicant tracking and candidate management.

• Conducted phone screenings and hacker rank evaluations for candidates. verified applicant references and employment details.

• Owned end to end recruitment process from intake sessions, screening, phone screens, on- sites to offer negotiations and closing. EDUCATION

MBA in Marketing 2003

BBA – Marketing and IT 2002

AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Chair Women for a professional Networking organization Best candidate and client experience Award with SAP & Citrix Mentor/Coach and Speaker for Muslim Professionals Org in North America Represented SAP Ariba at the Grace hopper event in 2017 Cloud Ambassador at Citrix.

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