Lever Experts in Germany

• Interim VP People at Malt, Vay, Sharpist, Unleashed Capital, and i2x
• Project work with Zalando, DeepL, DoorDash, Bilfinger, Aiven, Contentful, Gorillas, Tier Mobility, Moss, Oetker Digital, and Uberall on compensation & benefits, performance & talent management, people operations, and HR business partnering
• Implementation of HR & compensation tools at DeepL, Flink, HeyJobs, Yager, Finoa, and Unleashed Capital
• Hourly HR & compensation consulting for Lufthansa Innovation Hub, Finanzguru, DigitalService des Bundes, ifok, Vialytics, Leonyte, ACELR8, and Refokus

• Led executive search projects for senior international hires in Engineering, Product, and Business.
• Supported the firm's pan-European expansion at their Amsterdam HQ as well as their newly established Madrid and Frankfurt offices.
• Conducted market research and delivered location-specific employer branding strategies.
• Advised on organizational design, culture, and transformation initiatives.

• Recruiting Consulting

• Led the global HRIS transformation program (16 country units): program setup, PMO, phase planning, status reporting, and steering up to partner/SteerCo level
• Built an HR readiness assessment framework (6 dimensions, weighted scoring) as a decision basis for implementation and AI maturity — mandated by the board as the project outcome
• HR process architecture: analysis of 80+ level-3 processes and 87 ISO process documentations across 13 country clusters; gap analysis and harmonization roadmap
• Designed agentic AI HR processes (hiring, onboarding, probation period management) on SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud and ServiceNow — human-in-the-loop design, process screening for agentic potential, decision paper at partner level
• HRIS market analysis: vendor screening, criteria framework, and evaluation logic for system selection
• HR target operating model: organizational analysis, archetype framework (9 dimensions), governance design for a global HR function
• Self-assessment tools and workshop formats for 16 country HR teams incl. nomination and stakeholder management; SharePoint project hub and communication architecture
• AI-supported consulting delivery: my own Claude-based working model for analysis, document creation, and project management — one consultant delivering program output

• Organizational design & HR transformation project.
• OKR development.

• RPO/interim recruiting (full-cycle recruitment)
• Implementing and optimizing recruiting processes
• Personnel placement (new client acquisition and support, active and passive sourcing, conducting interviews)

Consulting on the development of comp structure

Review and development of salary bands and market benchmarking

Supporting Figures configuration

• Responsible for innovative sourcing and recruiting strategies to attract A-players
• Managing the entire recruiting process (excluding tech) for blue- and white-collar roles
• Leading a 14-member team
• Building an AI-powered HR tech stack
• Promoting employer branding, active sourcing, and data-driven process optimization

• Filling positions in permanent and freelance contracts
• End-to-end process management with hiring managers and HR business partners from needs analysis to contract negotiation
• Direct Search, Social Media Recruiting, Advertising, Active Sourcing
• Use of SAP Success Factors and LinkedIn Recruiter
• Project languages: German, English

• Partnering with clients in Germany and EU
• Human-centered, objective assessments based on performance, needs, and interests
• Development of a talent acquisition and retention strategy, design of efficient processes, interviewer trainings
• Interim recruitment and team management (e.g. parental leave, sick leave, initial hire)

Led a team of 3 and drove up business development figures, candidates sourced into the pipeline and lowered the average time-to-fill for vacancies. Managed the entire technical recruitment process from sourcing through to post-probation reviews, also increasing both candidate and client satisfaction.

Sourced technical candidates for many specialised technical roles within companies spread across Europe, including data experts, developers, DevOps, IT system administrators and sales engineers.

Pre-screened sourced candidates for both technical and cultural fit, reducing the time spent by hiring managers weeding out candidates with poor fit.

Interviewed candidates in order to determine their levels of role-specific knowledge, and their potential fit within client businesses.

Provided coaching and interview preparation for candidates.

Carried out reviews with candidates after placement to ensure that both clients and candidates were happy and that candidates remained within their new roles.

Worked with a number of ATS systems based on client resources and needs, including Personio, Lever and Team Tailor.

Constructed a CRM/ATS system for VITA using the open-source Odoo software delivering significant savings in time and efficiency.

• Active sourcing for a project for one particular role
• Market research
• Qualification interviews with potential candidates