Description

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner with a strong track record of building and scaling teams across international markets, specialising in IT and Professional Services recruitment.

Known for delivering results in high-pressure environments — combining deep sourcing expertise with a business-oriented mindset and strong stakeholder management at senior level.

Currently leading hiring at Cyncly, driving the growth of new strategic hubs in Lisbon and São Paulo, partnering closely with senior leadership to attract hard-to-find tech profiles in competitive markets.

What I bring to the table:

→ Full-cycle recruitment for Tech & Professional Services roles

→ Experience hiring across EMEA, Americas and Asia

→ Proven ability to build teams from scratch in fast-scaling environments

→ Comfortable with ambiguity, stakeholder complexity and tight timelines

Languages

English
Fluent
Portuguese
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Lisbon (up to 50km)

Cyncly
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (Interim)
February 2026 - Today (6 months)
• • Successfully filled 20+ positions across Portugal and Brazil since joining, supporting the growth of the new Lisbon and São Paulo hubs
• • Leading end-to-end recruitment for Professional Services and IT roles across multiple regions, including hard-to-find tech profiles such as German-speaking Technical Implementation Consultants
• • Partnering with senior stakeholders to define hiring strategies and priorities for two new strategic hubs (Lisbon Regional Operations Center and São Paulo)
• • Managing full-cycle recruitment: sourcing, screening, stakeholder management, and offer negotiation
• • Driving pipeline generation through LinkedIn Recruiter and proactive sourcing strategies in competitive markets
Freelancer
HR Consultant
November 2024 - Today (1 year and 9 months)
• Recruitment: AI Engineer, LLM Engineer, Computer Vision Engineer, DevOps, AI Content Creator.
• 3 months project: Implemented a new end-to-end recruitment process. Trained the team on the use of AI and LinkedIn for sourcing and recruitment. Configured the ATS and defined optimized workflows. Developed automated recruitment reports, improving KPI tracking and decision-making. Achieved the same number of hires as during the same period last year.
Solvay
Talent Acquisition Senior Partner
January 2022 - January 2024 (2 years)
• • Recruited 92 positions across Asia, Europe, North and South America, of which 60 were IT and digital profiles — including cybersecurity specialists, infrastructure engineers, architects, data experts, and application professionals
• • Appointed Ambassador and Business Advisor for the Digital Technology department, advising leadership on hiring strategy, market insights, and workforce planning
• • Supported SAP SuccessFactors users, resolving 90%+ of issues without escalation
• • Maintained recruitment dashboards in Looker, extracting data from SuccessFactors and consolidating in Excel to improve visibility and accuracy of hiring metrics
• • Promoted adoption of AI-based sourcing tools, training recruiters on ChatGPT and other automation solutions
• • Earned Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt for leading a data accuracy project that enhanced reporting reliability and stakeholder confidence