Rebeca Mejia

Strategic and execution-oriented HR & Talent Acquisition professional with 15+ years of experience building global hiring engines across the EU, US, and LATAM. Expert in full-cycle recruitment for technical, GTM, and leadership roles across high-growth tech, SaaS, EdTech, HealthTech, and services organisations. Equally comfortable owning the TA function end-to-end as a strategic leader and getting handson in the sourcing trenches.

What sets this profile apart: a practitioner who doesn't just use AI tools — builds them. Designed and shipped a proprietary n8n + LLM candidate screening pipeline that automates evaluation, scoring, and pipeline tracking at scale. Combines senior HR/TA experience with self-built automation, data-driven decision making, and a proven ability to transform recruitment from a reactive function into a predictable, scalable engine.

Spanish native · English C2 · Remote-native · Available for permanent, contract, and consulting engagements.

Lead Consultant

2019 – Present • Madrid, Remote

Independent HR & TA consulting practice operating as an embedded senior TA and HR partner for clients across Europe, the US, and LATAM. Delivers full-cycle recruitment, HR infrastructure design, and TA automation across simultaneous multi-client engagements in tech, SaaS, EdTech, HealthTech, and renewable energy sectors.

Talent Acquisition

• Manages end-to-end recruitment for technical (Software Engineers, DevOps, Cloud, AI/ML, Data), GTM (Sales, CS, Marketing, RevOps), and leadership roles across EU, US, and LATAM markets.
• Builds and executes sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, GitHub, talent mapping, and AI-assisted pipeline automation — targeting passive candidates with precision outreach.
• Applies structured assessment frameworks (WHO methodology, competency-based evaluation) and delivers detailed candidate assessments to hiring stakeholders with clear, data-backed recommendation rationale.
• Recruited for renewable energy campaigns (wind, solar, storage) through Careers International — building specialist technical pipelines across European markets.

HR Strategy & Infrastructure

• Designs and implements HR infrastructure from scratch: HRIS selection, onboarding processes, vacation and absence policies (Spain/Germany jurisdiction), HR governance frameworks, and SOP documentation.
• Builds performance management systems, competency models, reporting frameworks (attrition, absenteeism, engagement, cost analysis), and workforce planning models for scaling organisations.
• Acts as strategic HR partner to founders and senior leadership — advising on organisational design, headcount planning, and people strategy aligned to business growth objectives.

AI-Powered TA Automation

• Designed and built a proprietary candidate screening pipeline using n8n + LLM: automates LinkedIn profile evaluation against JD criteria, scores candidates with structured rationale, and logs results to live dashboards — a functional tool in active use, not a vendor integration.
• Continuously builds and refines AI-assisted sourcing workflows, outreach sequences, and pipeline analytics systems — applying an engineering mindset to recruitment operations.

Select Clients (others under NDA):

• Careers International (Renewable Energy) • SD Worx (Belgium/Spain — HR Tech) • Adhere (Silicon

Valley — EdTech) • Perspective (Germany — SaaS) • Mailbird (California — SaaS) • Blue Novius (Amsterdam — HealthTech) • ELE Int (US — EdTech)

SD Worx | International HUBs Recruitment Lead

Nov 2022 – Feb 2026 • Belgium,

Remote

Senior TA leadership embedded within one of Europe's largest HR tech and payroll providers (6,000+ employees, 35+ countries), owning global hiring strategy and execution across international hubs.

• Spearheaded global TA strategy for international hubs, overseeing an average of 500 FTE hires annually across multiple European markets — translating headcount plans into sequenced, operationally excellent hiring programmes.
• Reduced pipeline cycle time by 50% through recruitment automation, ATS optimisation, and structured funnel management — shifting the function from reactive to predictive hiring.
• Achieved a 44% candidate conversion rate through data-driven talent attraction strategies including targeted jobinars and in-house career events calibrated to specific role and market segments.
• Presented data-driven hiring proposals to senior leadership to optimise hub allocation and international expansion decisions — a direct example of TA influencing business strategy.
• Built structured interviewing capability and upskilling programmes across hiring managers and the TA team, raising assessment quality and consistency globally.

Feed the Children International | International HR & TA

Director

2017 – Sep 2022 • Oklahoma, US —

Remote

Senior HR and TA leadership for a global NGO operating across seven countries — responsible for full people function including international recruitment, workforce planning, performance management, and multijurisdiction HR compliance.

• Led full-cycle international recruitment across seven countries; managed complex multi-stakeholder searches in distributed, multilingual, and compliance-sensitive environments.
• Designed strategic HR frameworks across compensation, benefits, DEI, labour compliance, and employee lifecycle — implemented consistently across seven country operations.
• Built performance evaluation systems, succession planning frameworks, and HR SOPs; supervised distributed HR and TA teams across geographies.
• Reported hiring analytics and people metrics directly to senior leadership, enabling evidence-based decisions on headcount, organisational design, and talent risk.

2014 – 2017 • Honduras

Startek (Aegis) | Regional HR & Recruitment Manager

Regional HR and TA management in a high-volume BPO/Contact Center environment, managing large-scale recruitment, policy design, L&D, and HR compliance across multiple markets.

• Managed regional TA function end-to-end: designed processes, tracked pipeline KPIs (turnover, costper-hire, conversion), managed budgets, and delivered hiring at scale.
• Designed and implemented company policies, compensation frameworks, and L&D programmes; ensured labour regulation compliance across regional operations.

Digital HR Certification — HR Analytics | AIHR, Netherlands (Remote

Bachelor's Degree — Human Resources Management | Technological University of Honduras