Irina Andrian

Strategic and results-driven Senior Talent Advisor and Technical and Business Recruiter with over 15 years of experience leading full-cycle recruitment across North America, including 7+ years at Salesforce. Deep expertise in hiring for engineering, leadership, AI, security, product and project management, corporate and operations roles, with a proven ability to scale hiring programs across large, complex organizations. Trusted advisor to senior leadership including VPs and SVPs, with a strong record of building high-impact pipelines, driving scalable hiring initiatives, and negotiating complex offers in highly competitive markets. Known for creating structures, inclusive interview processes, building cross-functional partnerships, and delivering consistent hiring outcomes that align with both speed and quality.

• Over 15 years of sustained success in both corporate (Salesforce) and agency (Randstad, S.I. Systems) recruitment environments, with deep expertise in technical and business talent acquisition across North America
• Exceeded hiring targets by up to 150% through strategic sourcing, proactive pipeline development, and strong stakeholder partnerships
• Successfully managed a high-volume desk of 20-25 open requisitions concurrently across engineering, AI, product, and leadership roles; balancing speed, quality, and candidate experience
• Eliminated 90% of agency spend during my 1st year in Engineering Hiring by building high-performing internal pipelines and implementing scalable, data-driven hiring strategies saving substantial budget while improving hire quality.
• Consistently delivered quality hires by applying surgical sourcing strategies, in-depth candidate assessments, and structured evaluation processes
• Partnered with VPs and SVPs to scale organizations rapidly, including launching a hiring framework for a Marketing Cloud VP with 30+ open roles which later expanding it across multiple organizations and was adopted by Salesforce as a new model of hiring for highly repeatable profiles.
• Played a key role in long-term strategic workforce planning, headcount forecasting, and aligning hiring goals with broader business objectives
• Led complex offer negotiations involving equity, RSUs, and retention packages in competitive tech markets, ensuring both candidate satisfaction and business alignment
• Trained and calibrated 70+ hiring leaders on inclusive hiring practices, structured interviews, and performance-based evaluations, improving consistency and diversity outcomes
• Trained outbound sourcers and recruitment coordinators, and participated in hiring efforts to build and strengthen the internal recruiting team
• Reduced time-to-fill and drop-off rates by collaborating cross-functionally with Talent Ops, HR, and Finance to optimize the recruitment funnel and track key hiring KPIs
• Proficient in Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS dashboards, Tableau; leveraged tools to streamline sourcing, pipeline management, and hiring operations
• Recognized as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, known for delivering both immediate hiring wins and long-term organizational impact