Jun 2023 – Jan 2024 · 7 mos · London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

• Senior Talent Acquisition Manager hands-on. As a strategic advisor, I consult leaders to define and drive their talent agendas. I'm an SME on all recruiting activities and maintain up-to-date knowledge of my region's recruiting issues, trends, and employment regulations. I partner with leadership (CTO, VP, and SWE Managers) to identify talent needs, workforce planning strategies, and search assignments.
• I develop and maintain a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified leaders. I leverage online recruiting resources, cold calling, and in-house ATS to identify and recruit top talent. I source and pre-screen candidate resumes and credentials for appropriateness of skills, experience, and knowledge about position requirements.
• I lead the presentation, selection, offer, negotiation, closing, and administrative components involved in full lifecycle recruiting. I maintain accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidate searches, hiring manager interactions, and other recruiting activities to ensure a thorough audit if required. I prioritise effective communication by proactively updating others and expressing ideas clearly and promptly.
• As succession planning needs dictate, I develop an effective pipeline of key talent available for immediate hire. I stay informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques to be competitive in state-of-the-art recruiting practices. I support diversity, equal opportunity and the objectives of The Economist Group.
• I have extensive experience in recruitment, including talent mapping, passive sourcing, and candidate management. My consultative and collaborative approach allows me to build effective organisational relationships. I am skilled in managing multiple priorities and tight deadlines, prioritising conflicting demands, and delivering consistent results. I have strong interpersonal skills and can communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Apr 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · Stockholm, Sweden · On-site

• Klarna is a Swedish bank that provides online financial services such as payment solutions for online storefronts, direct payments, post-purchase payments and more. Their core service is to assume stores' claims for payments and handle customer payments, thus eliminating the risk for sellers and buyers and working with more than 100.000 Merchants and 60 million consumers. Klarna is the largest privately held fintech company in Europe.
• Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the full-cycle recruitment process.
• #1: Preparing #2: Sourcing #3: Screening #4: Selecting #5: Hiring #6: Onboarding
• Roles covered - Javascript engineers and Fullstack Javascript engineers (Javascript, React, React Native, Redux, Angular, NodeJS, Java).

Sep 2017 – Mar 2018 · 6 mos · London, United Kingdom · On-site

• GoCardless is a London-based Fintech company specialising in Direct debit payments; as a Talent Acquisition Researcher, I Supported GC in building the Data Team ( focused on BI Analysts and Data Scientists ).
• Duties and responsibilities.
• I am working with the Talent Acquisition Partner to define and implement effective and innovative recruitment and selection processes.
• Sourcing and screening candidates all over the UK.
• I was headhunting and building candidate pools and pipelines.
• Advertising/Sourcing: Posting adverts, actively headhunting, reaching out to passive candidates and creating a strong talent pool (LinkedIn GitHub stake overflow).
• Work with multiple stakeholders and Hiring Managers.
• Build Stakeholder relationships and work with them to establish the process, coordinate interviews, and ultimately reach hiring decisions.
• Maintain Elements@Gocardless recruitment brand: Ensure that all my candidates have a personalised and exceptional candidate experience. I maintained transparent and open communication with all the candidates.
• Share ideas and knowledge with my team and broader business to upskill me and others around me.
• On-boarding: Ensure a smooth transition from offer through to employment.
• Then, bring on board the best talent available.

May 2015 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · London, United Kingdom · On-site

• As a Global Consultant at Networkers Technology, my focus was primarily on sourcing potential employees and engaging with clients on a global scale.
• Delivering into our most significant IT accounts around Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
• Regularly having different technical requirements means I have to have a well-rounded knowledge of various technology areas.
• SDN, NFV, VMWARE, IoT, VoLTE, RF, Tx, FTTX, FTTH, RF, RIC/NOC, Juniper Cisco, Layout, Verification, Embedded, Unix, Linux, Oracle etc…
• Managing the day-to-day activities, the resource process from role receipt, CV review and submission, interviews, offer and contract generation, and contractor after-care and management.

Mar 2013 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Barcelona Area, Spain

• FINA World Swimming Championships, Barcelona 2013.
• Worked as a Coordinator in the Areas of Marketing, Promotion and Spectator Services, consisting of a total of 218 volunteers from different
• nationalities, performing the following tasks:
• Define tasks, profiles, shifts and schedules and volunteer assigned according to directives for functional areas and their subsequent management during the operational phase.
• Recruitment through face and telephone interviews.
• Distribute volunteers working in teams according to their availability and profile.
• Information from different areas is provided in person via telephone and e-mail.
• Design and implement the specific training for volunteers.
• Management and organisation of legal documentation of volunteering.
• Receive and escort volunteers during the operational phase.
• Organization and troubleshooting equipment
• Management of operational logistics in volunteering (feeding, uniformity, subsidy of public transport)
• Coordination with Voluntary Participation and equipment consisting of 24 professionals.

Aug 2010 – Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Barcelona Area, Spain

• Assistant to the preparation and organisation of events.
• facilities Futbol Club Barcelona .2010-2011
• Sale of season tickets Vip.2010 Enterprise 2011
• Partner in advocacy entity FCB.

Jan 1998 – Jan 2010 · 12 yrs · Barcelona Area, Spain

• I was a confident professional basketball player. 🏀Professional🏀athlete (Basketball) 🏀