Magdalena Albuquerque Lourenço

Senior Talent & People Leader | Talent Strategy | Employer Brand & EVP | Organizational Transformation | LATAM | Workforce Planning | Executive Hiring

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

About

Senior People & Talent Executive with 15+ years of experience across Talent Acquisition, Executive Search, Employer Branding and Organizational Transformation. Experience building talent ecosystems, structuring functions from zero, leading transformation agendas and partnering with executive leadership across LATAM and Brazil. Background spans multinational companies, consulting firms and complex environments including Korn Ferry, Robert Half, Sanofi, Kenvue and Ipiranga.

Experience

  • Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition & People Strategy at Ipiranga
    Jan 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 6 mos

    - Built and structured Talent Acquisition function from scratch - Led Talent strategy aligned to business growth and transformation agenda - Executive partner to HR and business leadership on workforce planning, critical hiring and succession exposure - Led EVP and Employer Brand agenda - Established governance, KPIs, rituals and executive reporting - Supported executive hiring across corporate, operations and transformation functions - Leadership ecosystem including: Talent Management Manager, DHO Manager - Managed complex stakeholder environment across HR, business and leadership teams

  • LATAM Talent Acquisition & People Strategy Manager at Kenvue
    Jun 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

    - Led the LATAM talent strategy across multiple functions, translating global guidelines into regional business priorities - Partnered with regional leadership on leadership pipeline, succession planning and workforce capabilities - Managed and developed multicultural teams across the region, ensuring strategic alignment and local adaptation - Supported culture, engagement and EVP initiatives with direct impact on regional execution and transformation agendas - Operated in a high-complexity, multi-stakeholder environment, balancing global direction and local business needs

  • Brazil Talent Acquisition and Management Manager at Sanofi
    May 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    - Defined Talent Strategy across Specialty Care, Vaccines, Consumer Health, Industrial Affairs and Corporate Functions. - Partnered with leadership on turnover risk, succession readiness and workforce decisions. - Led Employer Brand, DE&I and leadership initiatives. - Managed large talent teams and complex stakeholder environments. - Supported business continuity through talent pipeline and capability planning.

  • Talent Acquisition Sr Associate at Korn Ferry
    Jul 2020 - May 2021 · 11 mos

    - Executive Search projects across multiple industries. - Exposure to Organizational Strategy, Assessment & Succession, Leadership Development and Rewards solutions. - Supported strategic talent projects in complex environments

  • Senior Recruiter Team Lead at Adecco
    Jul 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Led a team of 6 people. - Responsible for sales and development of new clients, offering differentiated solutions that ensure greater compatibility with the company’s needs and agility in presenting alternatives to solve problems in multiples areas, such as treasury, accounting and financial planning, supply chain, engineering and operations, human resources and sales and Marketing. - Consulting for clients involving from salary research; hunting; mapping of candidates; administration of the R&S process on different platforms; - Management of KPi's; Responsible for the candidate's experience and all process end to end of the R&S process.