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Ahmed Elias - Senior Talent Acquisition Manager – Global Tech Recruiting

Ahmed Elias

Director-level Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in global technical recruiting

AmazonUniversity at Buffalo14 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks Remote

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Talent Acquisition leader who scaled a LATAM recruiting team to 17 and led major operational transformations at Amazon, including onboarding a workforce tracking tool across a ~20K employee population in BR/MX/CR. Known for hands-on confidential executive searches and for building a standardized SDE interview-prep program that materially lifted conversion rates (TPS 23%→46%, onsite 13%→33%) while freeing significant recruiter capacity.

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Key Strengths

  • Scaled recruiting org from 4 to 17 recruiters/sourcers (since 2020)
  • Hands-on executive/confidential search delivery (e.g., country engineering leader Mexico; Sr Director Engineering Brazil)
  • Built structured confidential search process (confidentiality alignment, NDAs, targeted outreach, prioritized scheduling, comp partnership)
  • Cross-functional partnership with HRBP/Finance/Capacity Planning on attrition, retention, quality of hire, interviewer capacity, and talent movement
  • Led LATAM (BR/MX/CR) workforce tracking tool onboarding and governance for ~20K employees by Q4 2022
  • Implemented standardized SDE interview prep program that improved TPS conversion 23%→46% and onsite conversion 13%→33%
  • Drove efficiency gains by freeing 8–12 hours/month per recruiter via group prep sessions and enablement model
  • Measured adoption and candidate/recruiter satisfaction via surveys (NPS 9)

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Experience

Senior Talent Acquisition Manager – Global Tech RecruitingAmazon · Mar 2022 – Present
Talent Acquisition Manager – Technical RecruitingAmazon · Nov 2020 – Feb 2022
Lead Technical RecruiterAmazon · Sep 2019 – Oct 2020
Full-Cycle RecruiterAmazon · Jun 2017 – Aug 2019
Account ManagerTSR Consulting Inc. · Aug 2016 – May 2017
Technical RecruiterTSR Consulting Inc. · Sep 2013 – Jul 2016
Junior Technical SourcerTSR Consulting Inc. · Sep 2012 – Sep 2013

Education

University at Buffalobachelor, Business Administration

Skills

Workforce PlanningForecastingDashboardingStakeholder ManagementCross-Functional CollaborationChange ManagementMentoringCoachingAccount ManagementRecruiting StrategyRecruiting OperationsTechnical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionEPD Talent AcquisitionCapacity Planning

Languages

English

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Ahmed EliasDirector-level Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in global technical recruiting