Aysha Khan
Talent Lead @Xapien
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WORK HISTORY
Talent Lead @Xapien
London, GB
I lead Talent at Xapien, partnering closely with founders and senior leadership to scale the business across the UK and US during a critical growth phase.My focus is recruiting across the business from engineering, applied research, product and GTM hiring with vast majority of overall hiring being engineering, alongside building the people foundations needed to support long-term scale. I’ve built Xapien’s talent function from the ground up from designing hiring frameworks, to shaping people policies and workforce planning.Key areas of focus include:Scaling teams across Engineering, Applied Research, QA, Product, GTM, Marketing, Operations and Commercial functions for example: Engineering Managers, Senior Backend, Platform, Frontend, Staff & Applied Research Engineers, mid level QA\'s, FP & A Managers, Solutions Consultants amongst many morePartnering with leadership on team design, hiring priorities and sequencing across all verticalsReducing agency dependency and improving hiring efficiency Leading talent planning aligned to Series B readiness and future growth roadmaps
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ABOUT AYSHA KHAN
I’m a senior Talent & People Leader with 10+ years’ experience building and scaling teams in high-growth tech and SaaS environments, from early-stage start-ups through to Series A–D scale-ups and global organisations.My background spans both talent and people leadership, partnering closely with founders and senior leaders on organisational design, workforce planning, and scaling strategies across the UK, US and international markets. I’ve built and evolved talent functions from the ground up, implementing hiring frameworks, ATS and people infrastructure that support rapid growth without losing quality or culture.I’ve hired extensively across Engineering and Product, including senior leadership and specialist technical roles such as Heads of Engineering, Engineering Managers, Backend, Platform, Frontend, Staff and Applied Research Engineers, as well as Head of Product and senior product hires. Alongside this, I’ve led hiring across GTM, Marketing, Operations and Commercial functions.Throughout my career, I’ve focused on improving hiring efficiency and impact, reducing time-to-hire, cutting agency dependency (saving £200k+), and acting as a trusted advisor to C-suite stakeholders through periods of growth, change and transformation.I work best in fast-moving environments where things aren’t fully defined yet, bringing structure where it’s needed, challenging thinking where it helps, and building people strategies that genuinely work for both the business and the humans within it.
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