Feb 2024 – Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• 📍 Recruiting for tech, product and sales
• 🗺️ Delivered end-to-end hiring across EMEA, including Benelux, UK, Nordics, Southern Europe, and Africa
• 🌍 Driving impactful hiring initiatives with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• 🏳️‍🌈 Active member of Backbase’s LGBTQIA+ Pride group.
• 🎥 Enhancing employer branding by collaborating with teams to showcase their daily work.
• 🤝 Managing multiple stakeholders across diverse value streams and domains.
• 📚 Designed and rolled out global interview training programs for internal stakeholders.
• 🌟 Delivering global workshops on candidate management and offer negotiation strategies.
• 🛠 Introducing productivity tools and building skills to improve organizational efficiency.
• 🚀 Supporting new recruiter success as an onboarding buddy.

Nov 2021 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• 📱 Scaled QA capabilities across R&D, hiring Mobile and Web QA Engineers to support product quality at scale.
• 🧪 Built and expanded QA hiring pipelines aligned with evolving engineering maturity and delivery speed.
• 🎨 Hired the entire UX Research function from scratch, laying the foundation for evidence-led product development.
• 🔄 Supported the transition from UX Research into Service Design, partnering closely with leadership to redefine role scope, expectations, and impact.
• 🧠 Scaled the UX Guild for Designers, supporting craft growth, consistency, and cross-product collaboration.
• 🛠 Recruited Backbase’s first DesignOps Manager, plus Figma Ops specialists to professionalise tooling, governance, and design workflows.
• 🧩 Hired Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to strengthen delivery practices across multiple value streams.
• ⚙️ Partnered with R&D, Product, and Design leadership to align hiring with agile transformation goals.
• 🤝 Acted as a long-term hiring partner for senior stakeholders, balancing speed, quality, and team health.

Jul 2021 – Nov 2021 · 4 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• 📍 Specialized in recruiting top-tier UX/UI professionals across the EMEA region for a leading tech recruitment consultancy in Amsterdam.
• 🌟 Managed the full end-to-end recruitment process, from sourcing to placement, ensuring seamless candidate and client experiences.
• 🔎 Proactively sourced passive and active candidates to build a robust talent network in the UX/UI sector.
• 🤝 Developed strong client relationships, onboarding new accounts through strategic business development techniques.
• 📈 Played a key role in connecting innovative companies with exceptional UX/UI talent to drive their product success.

Feb 2018 – Jul 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Greater Dublin

• 📍 Specialized in recruiting top culinary talent for Ireland’s premier hotels, restaurants, corporate caterers, and healthcare caterers.
• 🌟 Managed the full end-to-end recruitment cycle, including sourcing, screening, and placing chefs in both temporary and permanent roles.
• 🔎 Built and maintained a robust database of passive and active candidates to meet diverse client needs.
• 🤝 Delivered strategic business development, client networking, and market insights to aid hiring decisions and strengthen partnerships.
• 📈 Managed social media platforms, creating content schedules, boosting engagement, and analyzing page traffic to enhance candidate flow and reduce advertising costs.
• 💼 Oversaw payroll processes, ensuring accuracy by collecting timesheets and coordinating with accounts for candidate payments.
• 🎯 Proudly contributed to building pipelines and increasing referral rates by fostering strong relationships within the industry.

Jun 2017 – Sep 2017 · 3 mos · British Columbia, Canada

• 5* resort, recognized as the #1 Resort in the Top 20 Resorts in Canada
• Working with Carl Wilks, formerly with Marco Pierre Whites & Gordon Ramsay
• Responsible for starter and pastry section within the fine dining restaurant, Aura
• Summer full time contract whilst travelling Canada

Sep 2016 – Apr 2017 · 7 mos · Greater Dublin

• 1* Michelin Contemporary Irish restaurant in Dublin, Ireland.
• Working under Head Chef, Eric Matthews and Chef Patron, Ross Lewis
• Responsible for running the cold starters and larder section
• Preparation of house cured proteins, butchery, fish preparation

Apr 2016 – Sep 2016 · 5 mos · Greater Dublin

• 5* boutique hotel and AA rosette restaurant
• Responsible for starter section within fine dining restaurant, Sika
• Working under Executive Head Chef, Tony O'Donnell and Restaurant Head Chef, Peter Byrne
• Aiding banquet team to cater for VIP events for up to 750 guests throughout a number of outlets at once

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom

• 2* Michelin Scottish restaurant, voted top in Scotland
• Working under Chef Patron, Andrew Fairlie and Head Chef, Stephen McLaughlin
• Trained as a cold kitchen apprentice on canapés and pastry before progressing on to run a section