Syeda Ayesha

• Played a key role in partnering with exec's and global business leaders and scaling up the two product lines (ADOC and Pulse) from 65 employees to 112 employees across the levels in the last year without vendor support.
• Owned full recruitment life cycle during a period of hyper-growth across Product, Engineering, Data Science, TAM and Customer Support including complex negotiations with candidates ranging from individual contributors to Directors.
• Introduced the "10X hiring" concept, which was subsequently implemented into engineering hires (Bar-Raiser Program @ Acceldata)
• Mentoring and collaborating with early college grads, sourcer's and HR Ops

Skills Acquired - Executive Hiring|Continuous Improvement | Business Acumen | Strategic Initiatives | Problem Solving | Resilience |

Exposure - 10x Hiring concept | Process Improvement | Startup Culture |

• Successfully recruited and hired top-tier talent for the "Query Engine" team at Dremio
• Fostered relationships with stakeholders and acted as a true talent partner, providing insights and guidance throughout the interview process from intake to offer
• Hired positions like SDEs, SDETs, Cloud Support Engineers, and SRE
• Implemented initiatives to solve the problem of senior & niche roles.

Initiatives - Sourcing Jams | Tech Talks | Batch Week | Referral Program

Skills Acquired - Startup Culture |Accountability|Continuous Improvement | Quality Hire | Teamwork |Peer to Peer Learning

• Lead the intake meetings and collaborated with hiring managers to understand the hiring needs and business goals for the Enterprise Technology Services team
• Achieved monthly and quarterly hiring targets in high-pressure and high-volume environments
• Enhanced the candidate experience throughout the hiring process, maintaining clear communication and providing timely feedback
• Hired positions like Data Engineers, SDEs, Frontend Engineer, Fullstack Engineer etc
• Mentored a team of sourcers and recruitment coordinators
• Closed 154 positions within one year, recruiting highly skilled professionals across diverse domains.

Learnings : Vendor Management |Multitasking |Candidate Nurturing |Time Management | Volume Hiring |

• Joined as Sourcer, The task was to scale the engineering and support function, Added value to Q-Q growth, Subsequently, I was promoted to the role of Technical Recruiter
• Mining the best talent for engineering and support functions through job boards, social media, and networking to attract high-quality candidates
• Have conducted numerous successful drives to revamp priority teams and have placed 40 candidates within just 3 months
• These positions include SDE1, SDE2, SDE3, SDET, and LSE roles
• Prepare reports on a weekly and monthly basis as needed/ required
• Collaborated cross-functionally with HR teams to ensure alignment between recruitment activities and overall organizational objectives
• Awarded as the "HR Hall of Fame" for excellent performance and achieving the targets in 2019
• Hired roles - Backend / Frontend / Fullstack / UI Developers, DevOps Engineers, Product support engineers, Presales Consultants, CSM roles, Solution Architect, UX Designer etc
• Increased focus on diversity hiring 10% upside.

Projects Handled:

Inclusive Interview Panels: Part of an initiative to have diverse panels during the interview process to help decrease unconscious bias while interviewing.

Diversity & Inclusion: An active part of an important initiative to increase the diversity of candidates. Elevated diversity and inclusion in hiring practices by proactively identifying opportunities to engage with diverse candidate pools.

• Vendor management and recruitment coordination
• Responsible for sourcing, screening, contacting, confirming, and scheduling interviews