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Mariana TutinoMT

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About Mariana

Senior HR practitioner with over a decade of in-house and advisory experience across global, matrixed organisations spanning EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. Holds a Master’s in Work & Organisational Behaviour from University College Cork and a CIPD Diploma in Professional HR Practice, combining academic grounding with hands-on delivery in scaling technology businesses.

Specialises in three areas:
•cross-border HR governance, employment-law compliance, and structured performance management & exit processes;
•structured, audit-ready candidate assessment and interview framework design (BPS-certified Test User: Occupational Ability & Personality);
•inclusive recruitment grounded in Universal Design principles.

Engagements span biometric authentication SaaS (Daon), cybersecurity (SonicWall), industrial technology (Johnson Controls), consumer technology (Apple), and higher education (University College Cork).

Multilingual:
capable of delivering advisory work in English, French, Spanish, and Italian.

Distinguished by combining procedural HR rigour with psychotherapy-informed practice — an approach that supports the best outcomes for both organisation and individual, particularly in sensitive performance management, exit, and ER contexts.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Basic

  • Italian

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Dublin (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Daon
    HR Manager, EMEA & APAC
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    July 2025 - Today (11 months)
    Dublin, Ireland
    Biometric authentication SaaS (TrustX platform); ~300 employees across multiple jurisdictions

    • Lead the People & Culture function across two regions, partnering with C-suite on workforce planning and organisational structure
    • Implemented structured, scorecard-based interviewing for senior technical hires (e.g. Senior Software Architect), using weighted competency dimensions and audit-ready candidate records
    • Lead senior-level performance management and exit processes — designing goal-oriented PIPs that drive either successful remediation or compliant, low-exposure separation
    • Built compliance framework across return-to-work and ER processes — master templates, SOPs, facilitator checklists, HR sign-off gates, and tracking logs
    • Govern cross-border HR practice across Ireland, the UK, continental Europe, and APAC, navigating multi jurisdictional employment law
    •• Develop regional HR capability in Serbia through structured coaching and delegation
    • Provide executive insight on workforce cost, forecasting, and scalability
    Structured Talent Assessment Communication Risk Management HRBP HRIS
  • SonicWall
    HR Business Partner, EMEA & LATAM
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    July 2023 - July 2025 (2 years)
    Dublin, Ireland
    • Strategic partner to VP- and Director-level leaders during a period of expansion and restructuring
    • Led policy harmonisation across multiple European jurisdictions, adapting a single framework to local employment law
    • Provided engagement analytics to inform retention and employee-experience strategy
    • Coached senior leaders through structured 1:1 development
    • Supported compensation and workforce-planning discussions at leadership level
    Performance Management & Exit Advisory Employment Law Compliance Cross-Border HR Governance HR Director HRBP
  • University College Cork
    HR Consultant
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    June 2023 - June 2024 (1 year)
    Cork, Ireland
    Parallel advisory engagement — inclusive recruitment framework design
    • Engaged by UCC to design inclusive HR frameworks grounded in Universal Design principles
    • Advised on recruitment and onboarding strategy for academic and professional staff
    • Operated as a bridge between academic theory and applied HR practice
    Cross-Border HR Governance Inclusion & Diversity Universal Design in HR HR consultant HR advisor

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Education

  • Master's in
    University College Cork
    2022
    Master's in Work and Organisational Psychology / Behaviour
  • CIPD Diploma in Professional HR Practice
    National College of Ireland
    2024
    CIPD Diploma in Professional HR Practice

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