Jul 2022 – Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Part of Progress' global Talent and Culture Team, spearheading the company's culture and engagement strategy to align 3000 employees in 20+ countries with foundational values and advance business objectives.
• Monitoring organizational health and crafting engagement strategies for a positive work culture
• Directing the employee listening process by managing the engagement survey, analyzing results, and guiding company-level action planning
• Leveraging engagement data to refine strategies and make data-driven recommendations
• Partnering across the HR Team, Corporate Communications, and Leadership teams to evaluate and enhance workplace culture
• Championing DEIB strategy and initiatives
• Contributing to M&A activities by performing cultural assessment of target companies and supporting the integration process
• Enhancing team dynamics with bespoke solutions and interventions

Dec 2021 – Jul 2022 · 7 mos

May 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Sofia City, Bulgaria

• Driving the Talent Enablement agenda for Group population across Coca-Cola Hellenic (approx. 1200 people in 28 countries from all Central Functions, including the Technology organization and the company's in-house Shared Services Center)
• Partnering with business HR to ensure key position succession, key people career planning, promotability and retention
• Conducting talent profiling and assessment for identified successors
• Deploying ATD award-winning accelerated development programs for internal talent preparing for different leadership transitions
• Designing custom development interventions to address specific BU needs
• Supporting performance management and talent mapping transformation activities

Sep 2016 – Aug 2017 · 11 mos · Sofia, Bulgaria

• Global learning and development lead for a Tech company specializing in delivery channel and integration solutions for financial service providers. 400 employees in 10 countries.
• Designed and managed the implementation of a global leadership development program for 60 managers and 100 individual contributors across sites in Bulgaria, Kenya, Philippines and Mexico.
• Provided tailor-made development solutions, including e.g.:
• peer empowerment program for junior software developers maximizing team performance;
• self-assessment tool reinforcing goal-oriented career conversations for the R&D department;
• financial training program for boosting Function heads’ budget and forecasting skills, etc.

Sep 2014 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Sofia, Bulgaria/Palo Alto, United States

• As a participant of this 2-year rotational development program (now known as Emerging HR Leaders Program), I supported multiple geographies and businesses in 3 consecutive full-time roles as Business Partner, Employee Relations Consultant and Talent and Engagement Partner, while enabling company-wide transformation activities during Separation and heading the program's Development Workstream.

May 2012 – Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Sofia, Bulgaria/Winchester, England

• Driving new business development for the ECM department of a British ICT company (part of Konica Minolta since June 2016),specialized in solutions for Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Business Process Management (BPM), Advanced Capture Solutions, Information Governance (IG) and Information Management, catering to the UK market.
• Provided subject-matter advice to move engagement further during Pre-sales phase and strategic customer support throughout solution deployment phase
• Responsible for lead generation and qualification, building and managing a sales pipeline of 200+ opportunities
• Won company award of Most Sales Leads for four quarters in FY13-14

Oct 2005 – Sep 2010 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Sofia, Bulgaria

• Delivered 5000+ hours of language training to individuals and groups of mixed levels and ages in the fields of General English and Business English
• Successfully prepared multiple students for ESOL certified examinations (FCE, CAE, CPE, TOEFL, IELTS)