Francisco Augusto

Talent Acquisition Specialist with a background in Educational Psychology. Currently at Factorial, I manage end-to-end recruitment for go-to-market, sales, customer experience, and leadership roles across the Portuguese, Spanish and Italian markets. People-oriented, organised, and driven by building strong candidate experiences.

Talent Acquisition Specialist at Factorial (2025-09 – Present)

• End-to-end recruitment for sales, go-to-market, customer experience, manager and team leader roles across the Portuguese, Spanish and Italian markets.
• Full pipeline coordination from sourcing and screening to offer stage.
• Proactive outbound sourcing via LinkedIn Recruiter, job databases and networking.
• In-depth candidate assessment — evaluating behaviour, mindset and key soft skills beyond the CV.
• Maintained up-to-date talent pipeline, anticipating future hiring needs.
• Strengthened employer branding through candidate engagement and experience strategies.

Sales Development Representative – Portuguese Market at Factorial (2024-03 – 2025-08)

• Lead qualification, prospecting and client needs identification within the HR sector.
• Collaborated with the inbound team to generate high-quality opportunities.
• Managed outreach and pipeline activity using HubSpot.
• Recognised as Top Performer in Q1 and Q2.

Psychologist at Onda Social Surftherapy Project (2021 – 2022)

• Coordinated the surf team and psychologists; developed intervention plans and defined the purpose of psychological activities.
• Analysed the impact of the intervention through questionnaires and presented results to project partners.

Sports Psychologist – Internship at Dragon Force (2020 – 2021)

• Developed a football team intervention project focused on cohesion, group dynamics, communication and efficiency.
• Analysed and communicated intervention results to stakeholders.

MSc in School & Education Psychology – ISMAI, Portugal (2020 – 2021)

Integrated Master in Psychology – ISMAI, Portugal (2015 – 2021)