Aarti Chopra
Bridgewater
Summary
Global Talent Acquisition Leader with extensive experience building and leading high-performing recruiting organizations across North America, India, LATAM, and large-scale digital practices. Proven track record shaping enterprise hiring strategy, guiding multi-region TA teams, and influencing VP+ leaders through talent intelligence and workforce planning.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Recruiting Leader, SCOT & Customer Service
Amazon
01.2022 - Current
- Led a team of 12 recruiters and recruiting business partners to deliver high-quality SDE hiring for Amazon SCOT, strengthening operational mechanisms, bar-raising practices, and partnership with engineering leadership.
- Owned SCOT and Customer Service recruiting strategy aligned to business and financial plans; improved time-to-fill from 67 to 41 days by redesigning forecasting, prioritization, and funnel management.
- Built talent intelligence dashboards focused on supply modeling, conversion ratios, and channel ROI to improve hiring predictability and guide investment decisions.
- Developed market analysis and a location scorecard for non-tech organizations to identify talent hotspots, cost structures, and competitive intensity, enabling targeted sourcing strategies for Amazon Stores.
- Improved technical hiring selection rates from 5 percent to 40 percent by auditing hiring processes, partnering with bar raisers, and training recruiters on evaluating technical resume signals.
- Rebuilt the veteran hiring strategy in partnership with Military and Diversity teams by addressing systemic sourcing and assessment gaps and driving sustained increases in veteran hiring.
- Mentored recruiting managers and business partners on business acumen, strategic partnership, talent intelligence adoption, and the integration of generative AI into recruiting workflows.
- Increased Bar Raiser capacity by 12 percent in Customer Service and partnered with CS leadership to achieve 100 percent completion of interview behavioral health training, improving consistency and fairness in hiring.
- Elevated recruiter productivity from fewer than one hire per month to three to five hires per month through precision sourcing playbooks, funnel diagnostics, and standardized capability training.
Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition, Digital Business
Cognizant
01.2010 - 01.2022
- Headed a multi-region Talent Acquisition organization across the US, Canada, India, Mexico, and LATAM.
- Scaled Digital Engineering & Experience hiring to 2,500+ annually across Cloud, AI/ML, UX, Agile & IoT.
- Improved women-in-tech representation from 5%–>28% through targeted sourcing and leadership sponsorship.
- Built Digital COEs enabling repeatable hiring capability across business units.
- Implemented RPO and MSP frameworks improving throughput and vendor performance.
- Developed capability-building programs to cross-train engineers in emerging technologies.
- Strengthened contractor hiring and vendor governance across US/Canada.
- Influenced business leaders via supply/demand models, diversity metrics, and talent insights.
Talent Acquisition Manager
Ishi Systems
01.2003 - 01.2010
- Managed recruiting for Fortune 500 clients across multiple industries.
- Developed custom ATS improving sourcing efficiency.
- Mentored recruiting teams to elevate capability and hiring quality.
Education
Masters in Computer Applications - Computer Science
Delhi University
Delhi, India06-2003
Certification - Accelerating Diverse Leadership
Propel Leadership Certification
Teaneck, NJ10-2021
Master of Science - Machine Learning For Leaders
Amazon ML University
New York, NY09-2025
Skills
- Global TA Leadership
- Workforce Planning
- Talent Intelligence
- DEI Strategy
- Executive Stakeholder Influence
- Generative AI in TA
- Recruiting Operations
- Digital Talent Hiring (AI/ML, Cloud, UX)
Websites
Accomplishments
- Designed the Amazon Customer Service Veteran Hiring Strategy with measurable representation impact.
- Scaled Digital hiring at Cognizant to 2,500+ annually across Cloud, AI/ML, and Engineering.
- Increased women-in-tech representation from 5%→28% through targeted sourcing and leadership sponsorship.
- Implemented enterprise-ready talent intelligence dashboards improving hiring velocity and funnel insights.
Timeline
Global Recruiting Leader, SCOT & Customer Service
Amazon
01.2022 - Current
Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition, Digital Business
Cognizant
01.2010 - 01.2022
Talent Acquisition Manager
Ishi Systems
01.2003 - 01.2010
Masters in Computer Applications - Computer Science
Delhi University
Certification - Accelerating Diverse Leadership
Propel Leadership Certification
Master of Science - Machine Learning For Leaders
Amazon ML University