Functional Skills

Organizational Design
Talent Acquisition
Employee Retention
Medical Affairs
Operational Efficiency
Employee Engagement
Human Capital Consulting
Succession Planning
Recruiting Process Design
Organizational Culture
Performance Management
Leadership Development

Software Skills

Workday
Windows

Sector Experience

Consumer Goods
Healthcare
Life Sciences & Pharma

Languages

English
Portuguese
Spanish

Countries Worked In

BR US VE
Fortune 500

Experience

carnival cruise lines Human Resources
Vice President, Human Resources
7/2024 - 12/2024
Context: Global HR team / Global Scope / Fortune 500 / 50.000+ employees Led the HR function to sustain business growth by aligning it with the company's strategic priorities. Established key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure HR's direct impact on business performance and drove accountability. Spearheaded the adoption of AI tools that automated administrative tasks, saving the HR team approximately 200 hours per month and enabling a focus on high-impact strategic initiatives.

Johnson & Johnson Human Resources
Vice President, Human Resources
4/2021 - 3/2024
Context: Global HR team / Global Scope / $5B revenue / 10.000 employees / J&J Vision business / Business Transformation Drove development and execution of the J&J Vision Global Human Capital strategy to enable business transformation.
● • Led a major business transformation by spearheading a global human capital strategy to unify the contact lenses and surgical vision businesses, resulting in 19 senior-level talent moves and 100% critical talent retention within 12 months.
• Partnered with MedTech leadership to redefine future leadership requirements and align the organization on the experiences essential for cultivating new leaders in the digital transformation space.
• Designed and executed a global, multi-year strategy that advanced a culture of inclusion and drove measurable business outcomes.
• Cultivated a high-performing HR team, successfully hiring and advancing talent into roles of greater complexity to build a deep bench of future leaders

Johnson & Johnson Human Resources
Senior Director Human Resources Innovative Med, LAtin America
10/2019 - 3/2021
Context: Regional HR team / Regional scope / 1B revenue / 1.6K employees / J&J Pharm Business / Accelerated growth / Employee engagement in Global Pandemic Lead the Human Capital strategy definition and execution for Johnson and Johnson's pharmaceutical fastest growing business during unprecedented market conditions.
• Partnered with business leaders to design and execute a talent strategy that secured specialized skillsets for therapeutic areas, positioning the business for long-term growth.
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● • Enabled the seamless migration of the sales organization to a digital-first model and played a key role in establishing the COVID-19 vaccine group. Drove continued P&L growth and prioritized the recruitment of critical scientific and commercial talent under unprecedented market conditions
• Collaborated with the leadership team to design and implement a comprehensive engagement plan, using executive coaching to build an inclusive culture and achieve strong employee retention during the pandemic
• Incubated and promoted executive leadership talent from Latin America into key global leadership roles, strengthening the company's global talent pipeline

Johnson & Johnson Human Resources
Senior Director Human Resources, MedTech Latin America
6/2016 - 9/2019
Context: Regional HR team / Regional Scope / 1B revenue / 1.7 employees / J&J MedTech / Business Transformation Drove the Human Capital strategy to enable significant business transformation across a portfolio of growth, turnaround, and divestiture businesses for the MedTech division in Latin America. Partnered with executive leadership to execute strategy and drive results
• Delivered a future-fit business model through unified culture and organizational design, streamlining centers of excellence while protecting key talent and capabilities.
• Implemented comprehensive talent programs and change strategies to enhance leadership capabilities, broaden the high-potential pipeline, and foster an inclusive environment that drove innovation and business outcomes
• Drove the transformation of the regional HR model by helping to shape the "One HR J&J" strategy as a member of the LATAM HR Leadership Team. This included codesigning the future organizational structure, influencing talent decisions and promoting talent exchanges across geographies

Johnson & Johnson Human Resources
Director Human Resources & Talent Management
9/2013 - 5/2016
Context: Regional HR team / Regional scope / 1B revenue / 1.6K employees / J&J Pharm Business / Talent Management / Strategic Functions Drove the execution of the talent management agenda for the Pharmaceutical division of JNJ in Latin America. Served as a strategic HR Business Partner to multiple functional organizations, with a primary focus on building talent pipelines for leadership roles.
• Led the execution of the LATAM Talent Strategy, integrating talent acquisition, compensation, and talent management to build strong pipelines for critical positions and enable J&J's vision of becoming a top 5 pharma company in the region.
• Enabled go-to-market impact by creating a dedicated Market Access organization. Partnered with the leadership team to define strategy and scale the team from 2 to 15 employees across the region in 12 months
• Drove cross-functional collaboration to improve new product launches across a multi-country project. Worked with the project leader to define "Launch Excellence" and refine organizational "ways of working," while positioning marketing and market access roles as critical enablers for talent development
• Definition of Medical Affairs vision for the future: drove broad HR strategy in partnership with the Medical Affairs LATAM council to position the area as a key strategic driver of business success.

Johnson & Johnson Human Resources
Director Talent Acquisition
4/2011 - 8/2013
Context: Brazil TA team / Emerging Market: Brazil / / 1B revenue / 5K employees / J&J Consumer Health, Pharm and MedTech scope / Talent Acquisition & Talent Selection Built Brazil's first dedicated recruitment team supporting the 3 J&J business segments in a flagship market across all areas (manufacturing, R&D, commercial, corporate functions). Led organization of managers, recruiters and talent sourcers. Focused on defining and deploying talent identification, employer branding, talent assessment and talent selection processes in a high volume market at all levels and disciplines. Managed strategic KPI reporting, budget, process development, and the full staffing lifecycle.

Johnson & Johnson Human Resources
Manager HR, Senior Manager HR, Director HR
11/2000 - 3/2011
Held several roles of increasing responsibility across different sectors and markets at JNJ

Quaker Oats Human Resources
HR Analyst
7/1998 - 11/2000
Responsible for HR process support to the Venezuela organization