Talent Acquisition Senior Technical

Alex Martinez

408-***-**** ● *********.**********@*****.***● Linkedin ● California

Technical Talent Acquisition Partner with 8+ years of experience ranging from Agency, Start Up to Big Tech. As someone who is passionate about recruiting, I am confident that my data-driven approach, project management skills, former Head of Technical Recruitment and ability to collaborate cross-functionally, make me an excellent fit for any Talent Acquisition team. EXPERIENCE

AWS (Contractor) – Senior Technical Recruiter Aug 2024- Present Accomplishments:

• Exceeding Nationwide SWE Recruiting KPI in weekly average in Outreaches with 1k, 900 above org average.

•Exceeding weekly Assigned Online Assessment KPI with 15.

•Exceeding month over month candidate Onsite Interviews KPI with 8 vs expected 4

•Closed 6 L5 SDE and 5 L4 SDE candidates within 9 months

•Leading creative diversity efforts within my team as a Sr Recruiter Responsibilities:

• Sourcing and recruiting D&I technical talent across L5 and L6, Software Engineering.

• Mentoring and onboarding 2 new sourcers

•Partner with leadership on effective mass recruiting for Seattle, WA, MD, VA and CO.

•Source and Recruit Top Secret Clearance level candidates for Amazon Dedicated Cloud Services

•Closely collaborate with Cleared leadership on recruiting strategies Meta Inc (Short Term) – Senior Technical Sourcer Feb 2024- Aug 2024 Accomplishments:

• Exceeding DRD and Global SWE Recruiting KPI weekly averages in Outreaches with 86 (50% over org average) Prescreens 10 (60% over org average), Technical Screens 6 (40% over org average) and Onsite Interviews, 3 per week. Org size is 50+ individuals.

•Publicly praised by leadership on exceeding weekly averages across KPI’s.

•On Pace to exceed yearly OE goal of 9 with 4 in H1, and 2 in H2 2024. Responsibilities:

• Sourcing D&I technical talent across IC5 and IC6, Software Engineering, Mobile and ML.

• Mentoring and onboarding 3 new sourcers

•Partner with Engineering leadership on creative Diverse and Inclusive sourcing strategies.

•Partnered with Sr Engineering Managers on Employee Outreach sourcing, and Communication strategies.

Luna Physical Therapy – Head of Technical Recruitment/Sr Technical Recruiter Jun 2023-Feb 2024

Accomplishments:

• Founding Head of Technical Recruitment and Sr Technical Recruiter

•Awarded Q3 and Q4 Performance Bonuses, for exceeding hiring goals in less than 2 months (7 Sr SDE’s closed at 100% close rate).

•Decreased company’s TTF to 2 months (Average was 5 months).

• Successfully spearheaded a data-driven initiative across the entire company, leading to the widespread adoption of my recommended software tool (company saw increased efficiency in repetitive tasks, and saved over 8 hours on a weekly basis).

• Spearheaded and created Luna’s first ever SOP for technical recruiting.

• Created a companywide adopted Technical Recruiting and Sourcing Playbook.

• Created a D&I X Ray Boolean sourcing guide which has led to increased top of funnel diverse resume reviews by 17% (Vs. 8% top of funnel).

Responsibilities:

• Spearheading all Technical Recruitment efforts as 1 of 1 of Luna’s Technical Talent Acquisition.

• Cross functionally collaborating with Luna’s CTO, Head of People, Head of Product and CEO.

• Leveraging comprehensive knowledge of technical recruitment strategies to coach Luna’s leadership in identifying top-tier technical talent, resulting in a streamlined hiring process and increased hiring performance.

• Lead, Drive, and influence with data (Hiring Debriefs, Technical Recruiting Strategy, Diversity initiatives).

• Subject Matter Expert for Text Expander and X Ray Boolean sourcing (emphasizing D&I).

• Recruited Senior Software Development Engineers, Senior Android, and iOS Engineers, Partner Success Management, and Product Management (Mobile)

• Source, Screen, Prep, Debrief and Close qualified candidates while providing excellent candidate experience.

AWS - Technical Recruiter II Jun 2022-Jun 2023

Accomplishments:

• Exceeded KPI of Offers Extended/Closed per year within 4 months (12 offers extended/closed against 9 per year goal)

• Close rate was 94%, and Recruiter Performance Rate (TTF, Cost Per Hire, Quality of hire, Candidate Experience) was 122% on Average.

• Exceeded weekly Sourcing KPI's by +25% on 22 Reqs. Weekly outreach average is 175 (Goal is 130) InMail’s/emails. 25 (18 Goal) Prescreens per week + 12 prep calls.

•Ran office hour sessions (80 people), monthly. Meetings include updates on latest Immigration news and updates, answer org questions, provide data on latest industry news (layoffs, hiring trends, relocation/remote data, hiring hot spots (cities, states). Leveraging this data my team has increased sourcing KPI's by 15 % across outreaches, RPS, and Business Phone Screens.

• Created and developed diversity sourcing strategy meetings for my direct team.

•Spearheaded weekly sourcing sessions on all things Diversity and SDE's to increase diversity talent pools, thus resulting in 19% (originally 4%) over top of funnel, diverse resume reviews.

•Exceeded all training and project quotas (115% required trainings, and 137% above required Project Lysol goal).

Responsibilities:

• High volume Technical Recruiter II of 20+ technical reqs within AWS.

• Cross functionally collaborated with Senior Leadership/Hiring Managers to identify SDE candidate Pipeline.

•Roles Sourced and hired for include Senior Product Managers-Technical, Software Engineers, Business Intelligence Engineers, Escalation Managers, Technical Program Managers, Solutions Architects, Data Engineers.

• Mentored, developed, and onboarded contractors/entry level sourcer’s (4) within the organization.

•Host and managed, Commerce Platform’s hiring manager weekly syncs. I provide updates on reqs, candidate movement and hiring.

• Nominated (by leadership) as the SME on Immigration Laws/Pay Transparency Laws and Talent Research and Development.

•Capability Training/Development POC (Point of Contact for all Commerce Platform Talent (80 +). Meta -Technical Sourcer Nov 2021 -Jun 2022

Accomplishments:

• Achieved and exceeded 7 of 6 OE (Offers Extended) H1 goal in less than 6 months.

•Exceed weekly metrics of 40 net new out reaches, 18-23 Pre-Screen calls, 5 initial phone interviews, 3 full loop interviews.

•Actively and passively engaged with 1,000 + PM candidates ranging from IC4 to IC6 level (4 years through 15+ years’ experience).

•Achieved average pass-through rate of 40% in initial phone interviews to full loop stage (company average is 28%).

Responsibilities:

• Product Manager Sourcer for top funnel across Consumer, Growth, Integrity/Privacy, AI/ML, Platform, Ads, and Hardware domains.

•Led domain sourcing sessions while introducing new sourcing strategies pertaining to diversity and underrepresented talent, using X-Ray Boolean search string over Linkedin and Github.

• Rotationally hosted and ran intake syncs with Product Management hiring managers across top priority domains.

• Worked cross functionally with recruiting coordinators, recruiters, and hiring managers. Amazon- Technical Recruiter/Client Lead Mar 2020- Nov 2021 Accomplishments:

•Closed 12 of 13 Offers Extended for Android Engineering roles ranging from L4 to L6, Q3/Q4 2021. 92.3% Close Rate (+12.3 % over KPI).

• Closed 5 of 5 Offers Extended as Client Lead for Software Development Manager within Lab 126. Q4 2021.

•Exceeded Yearly Hiring Goal, 12 hires in 2020, and 20 hires in 2021, against 8 yearly goal.

•Client Lead for Amazon Lab 126 Software Development Manager and Android Team (handpicked by Senior Manager)

•Recruiter Performance Average was 128% TTF, Cost Per Hire, Quality of hire, Candidate Experience) was 122% on Average.

•Highlighted on “Amazon TA Spotlight” careers page, 2021.

•Recommended and selected to the first ever “Diversity and Inclusion” recruiting team at Amazon

•Created Technical Sourcing Playbooks for my sourcers. This reduced ramp up period from 2 months to 1 month.

•RPQ

Responsibilities:

•Sourced, screened, prepped, closed candidates. Handled complex salary negotiations, adhered to U.S pay transparency and Immigration process laws.

• Sourced over 100 high quality/diverse candidates within the technical industry on a weekly basis, using X-Ray Boolean over Linkedin and Github (Software, Electrical, Mechanical and Technical Program Managers).

• Led weekly/biweekly syncs with hiring managers/ recruiters. Provided updates on top funnel pipeline, metrics, and data on high priority reqs.

• Specialized in Technical Diversity candidate sourcing by managing /owning weekly diversity sourcing sessions, levering X Ray Boolean, LinkedIn Recruiter and iCIMS.

• Attracted top talent and handled special projects, such as collaborating on diversity initiatives and creating innovative strategies to locate top talent across the nation.

•Worked cross functionally with recruiting coordinators, recruiters, and hiring managers.

• Agile project management, such as our weekly competing company “Battle Cards”, CPA (Candidate Placement Accelerator) program. Company “Battle Cards” leverages market data/trends to help Recruiters identify “Hot Markets, industries, and Skillsets within the country. Improved diversity resume resumes from 3% to 28% top of funnel.

• Mentored 1 sourcer and led weekly sourcing sessions amongst my team of 6 sourcers/recruiters. Google (Contract)- Technical Recruiter Jun 2019- Mar 2020 Accomplishments:

• Successfully mapped, organized, and launched a Diversity Hiring Event for Sr SDE’s, SDMs, SRE, TSE, Technical Program Managers. This led to over 22 Diverse Technical hires (Sr SDE’s, SDM’s, TSE’s, SRE’s and TPM’s), exceeding my Q3 and Q4 quarterly goals, and reducing TTF from 8 months to 3.5 months.

•Built and implemented a diversity sourcing doc, encompassing diversity sourcing via X Ray, Github, LinkedIn Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Full cycle recruiting for technical talent with a diversity focus

•Sourced over 500 Diverse candidates, 200 RSVP’d, 100 attended, 65 Phone Screens, 38 Onsites, 23 hired.

•Cross collaborated with Stake Holders, Hiring Managers across national time zones (India, UK).

•Led and conducted diversity X Ray Boolean sourcing sessions for my organization. Workyard (Start Up)- Talent Acquisition Partner Dec 2018- Jun 2019 Aerotek- Recruiter Jan 2017- Dec 2018

Skills

Bilingual in Spanish and English (Read & Write) Candidate Screen/ Prep Salary Negotiation Strong Interpersonal Skills A self-starter Full Cycle Recruiting Immigration Law SME Data and Talent Mapping Social Media (Twitter, GitHub) Sourcing X-Ray Boolean Search (Boolean Logic) LinkedIn Recruiter/Insights Creative Diversity Sourcing Strategies Diversity and Inclusion Microsoft Office

(Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) Employer Branding ATS (Beamery, FB Recruiting, iCIMS, Lever) Awards

• Luna Physical Therapy Q3, Performance Bonus 2023

•Exceeds Expectation Review Rating (top performer) AWS 2022 Q4

•Amazon TA Spotlight Highlight 2021

•Workyard Recruiting Bonus Q1 2019

•Aerotek “Sharp Shooter of the Month”, March 2018

•Aerotek “Growth Leader Award” Q1 and Q3 2018,

EDUCATION

Mission College 2013-2015

Business Marketing

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