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Lucia Papa

HR Team Lead

Lucia Papa
Berlin, Germany

Experience

Oct 2022 - Jul 2023
10 months
Karlsruhe, Germany

HR Team Lead

M-A-U-S Seminare gGmbH

  • Built, developed, and led the HR department
  • Advised the management and introduced new role models
  • Drove HR development and implemented internal HR processes
Jun 2022 - Jul 2025
3 years 2 months

Interim HR & Recruiting

Lucia Papa Consulting

  • KWiQ GmbH (energy sector) – recruiting and onboarding
  • Mom Hunting (recruitment agency) – talent management
  • Active sourcing & direct outreach and placement of specialists and executives
  • Friedrichstadt-Palast (arts & culture) – interim project management
  • Introduced Personio as applicant management system
  • AOK Federal Association – senior consultant
  • Analyzed recruiting processes of AOKs across Germany
  • BDO (accounting firm) – HR project management
  • Introduced new career levels
  • Stadtwerke Delmenorst (energy) – recruiting consulting
  • Conducted requirement analyses / candidate personas for energy consultants & developed a general channel strategy for employer branding
  • Dr. Neumann Wol AG (printing) – recruiting consulting
  • Conducted requirement analyses / candidate personas for sales
  • M-A-U-S Seminare gGmbH – interim recruitment team lead
  • Team building and leadership; process and workflow optimizations; realignment of recruiting; workforce planning; planning and management of company-wide recruiting (high volume & internal)
May 2017 - Feb 2022
4 years 10 months
Berlin, Germany

Sr. HR Business Partner

Arup Deutschland GmbH

  • Supported approx. 150 employees and advised managers
  • Talent development, salary rounds, reporting, and recruiting processes
  • Special project: digitization and HR communication system
  • Structured recruiting for four locations
  • Managed and coordinated all recruiting activities
  • Workforce planning and defined recruitment strategy
  • Direct search and agency coordination
  • Digitized recruiting with Recruitee
Jun 2010 - Apr 2017
6 years 11 months
Berlin, Germany

Recruiting & Digitalization Project Manager (DACH) / IT Recruiter

McFit GmbH

  • Implemented a centralized applicant management system (Job Router)
  • Developed a standardized recruiting process for over 170 branches
  • Led an employer branding campaign including career portal and media planning
  • Created a controlling tool for job ad placements with 60% cost reduction
  • Centralized management of media and job ad placements
  • Responsible for building the HR core team during expansion into Italy, including recruiting, selection processes, process design, and internal coordination
  • Collaborated with executive management on international key hires (CEO, CFO, etc.)

Summary

Interim recruiting pro with 15+ years of experience. I design recruiting strategies based on requirement analyses & candidate personas, digitize processes with AI tools, and deliver measurably faster, reliable hires. Whether it’s active sourcing or leading a 14-person team – I take a hands-on approach to implementation and fill specialist and leadership roles in healthcare, tech, construction, and commercial functions.

Skills

  • 20+ Years Recruiting

  • Managed 14 Recruiters

  • End-to-end Recruiting

  • Strategy & Kpi Management

  • Active Sourcing & Direct Approach

  • Hr Tech & Ai Automation

  • Team Building & Coaching

  • Ms Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook

  • Project Management: Trello, Asana, Confluence, Sharepoint

  • Communication: Ms Teams, Slack

  • Recruitment: Recruitee, Personio, Job Router, Taleo (Oracle), Teamtailor, Talentwunder (People Aggregator-active Sourcing), Linkedin Recruiter

  • Hr Administration: Personio, Hibob, Factorial, Kenjo, Taps

  • Ai: Chatgpt, Perplexity, Claude, Hemingwayapp, Flux, Notebook Llm, Deepl

Languages

German
Native
Italian
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2011 - Jun 2013

IHK Berlin

Certified Business Specialist (IHK) · Berlin, Germany

Oct 2002 - Jun 2008

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Master of Arts · Behavioral and Empirical Cultural Studies · Heidelberg, Germany

Oct 1993 - Jun 1997

Handelsschule (ICEC) Bellinzona

Commercial High School Diploma (Matura) · Bellinzona, Switzerland

Certifications & licenses

Prompt Design Specialist - AI Masterclass

Die Körtings

Systemic Coach Practitioner

Competence on Top

Resilience Trainer

Resilience Academy

Active Sourcing

Quadriga Berlin

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