Areeba Khandwala

• Supported Air Dominance & Strike hiring initiatives recruiting Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering talent for highly specialized programs.
• Executed full-cycle recruiting across sourcing, candidate assessment, stakeholder management, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and closing.
• Advised hiring leaders on talent availability, market conditions, compensation considerations, and search strategy for difficult-to-fill engineering positions.
• Balanced aggressive hiring goals with strict confidentiality, compliance, and information-sharing requirements within a highly regulated environment.

• Delivered 550+ hires across four Alexa Devices organizations supporting Software Engineers, Software Development Managers, Principal Engineers, TPMs, Product Managers, AI/ML Engineers, Data Engineers, and technical leadership hiring.
• Managed 75+ technical requisitions while owning the full recruiting lifecycle, including intake, search strategy, talent mapping, sourcing, candidate assessment, interview management, offer negotiation, and close.
• Served as a strategic talent advisor to hiring managers, directors, and VP-level leaders, leveraging talent intelligence, market insights, compensation considerations, and hiring analytics to influence hiring decisions and workforce planning.
• Developed AI-assisted candidate intelligence frameworks by analyzing interview outcomes, hiring manager feedback, candidate backgrounds, and hiring results across successful and unsuccessful finalists to improve candidate calibration, sourcing precision, and hiring quality.
• Designed and implemented recruiting operating systems and executive hiring reviews that provided visibility into candidate progression, sourcing effectiveness, interview outcomes, offer acceptance trends, and hiring risks across multiple organizations.
• Introduced sourcing workshops and talent market calibration sessions for engineering leaders, improving alignment on talent availability, realistic candidate profiles, and competitive hiring dynamics.
• Leveraged AI-enabled workflows, automation, market intelligence, and talent mapping strategies to improve sourcing effectiveness, candidate quality, and hiring predictability across difficult-to-fill technical searches.
• Built and scaled talent programs supporting AI, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and technical hiring initiatives.

• Led full-cycle recruiting across software engineering, AI/ML, healthcare technology, executive leadership, and product organizations.
• Supported 20+ enterprise and venture-backed clients, aligning hiring strategies with business growth objectives and technical roadmaps.
• Developed sourcing strategies, talent pipelines, and market intelligence frameworks for high-growth teams.

• Directed a team of recruiters supporting technology, engineering, and startup hiring initiatives.
• Delivered 900+ hires supporting large-scale expansion efforts while advising stakeholders on talent strategy and workforce planning.

• Managed full-cycle recruitment for executive, technology, and non-technology roles.
• Partnered with executive leaders to build high-performing teams by sourcing candidates through networking and managing assessment evaluations to meet strict timelines.
• Fostered relationships with c-level and executive leaders to implement leadership capability strategies, including succession planning and learning initiatives.