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Edoardo

Head of People & HR Consultant | Enabling International Businesses Scale-ups & Enterprises | 10+ Yea

About Me

I'm an Italian-born People & Culture professional with 10+ years of experience building and scaling HR functions across European tech companies, from early-stage startups to hyper-growth scale-ups and large corporates. My work spans the full P&C spectrum: people strategy, talent acquisition, total rewards, L&D, culture transformation, and HR operations. I've led teams of 15+, partnered with C-suite and MDs across multiple geographies, and supported organisations through complex transitions including international expansion, M&A, and IPO readiness. Beyond HR, I'm a certified Agile Coach, Life Transformational Coach, and conflict resolution practitioner. I combine hands-on operational expertise with a coaching approach, helping managers lead more effectively, teams work better, and organisations build cultures that last. Currently freelancing as Sr. HR Generalist and Head of People for international clients through my practice, EDO Coaching & Consulting.

Jurisdiction

Germany | Italy | Netherlands | Switzerland | United States | Canada | Kenya

Notable Employer

  • People & Culture Manager at Axel Springer - Bonial
  • Consultant, People Culture & Organisation at torq.partners

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience10-15 years
Current StatusActive
People & Culture ManagerIDAGIO
2018 - 2020

Leading a department of 3 employees. Managing the following areas of P&C: • People Operations & People Partnering • Talent Management & Retention • Communications, Knowledge & Collaboration • DEI & Mental Health in the Workplace • Leadership & Culture Development - Coaching & Conflict Resolution • Community & Events

People & Culture ManagerNotableAxel Springer - Bonial
2020 - 2021

Leading a department of 5 employees. Managing the following areas of P&C: • People Operations & People Partnering • Talent Management & Retention • Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding • Communications, Knowledge & Collaboration • DEI & Mental Health in the Workplace • Leadership Development, Coaching & Conflict Resolution • Culture Transformation • Community & Events

People & Culture Manager, Global Workforce CoachHub
2021 - 2022

Accompanied the organisation through its hyper-growth international scaling phase, bringing the workforce from 180 to 800 FTEs in 8 months • HR Business Partnering • Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding • People Strategy & Workforce Planning • Talent Management, Development & Retention • Communications, Knowledge & Collaboration • Leadership Development - Coaching & Conflict Resolution

Consultant, People Culture & OrganisationNotabletorq.partners
2022 - 2023

Leading various strategic projects for clients at all stages: funding, scaling, expanding internationally or for SMBs going through M&A and/or preparing for IPO. Consulting VCs on Venture Building and Venture Exiting: • People Operations & People Partnering • People Strategy & Workforce Planning • Global Total Rewards •Talent Management & Retention • Talent Attraction & Acquisition •Communications, Knowledge & Collaboration • DEI & Mental Health in the Workplace • Leadership Development, Coaching & Conflict Resolution • Culture Transformation

People & Culture Lead (interim contractor)Mika
2023 - 2024

• People Operations & People Partnering • Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding • People Strategy & Workforce Planning • Talent Management, Development & Retention • Communications, Knowledge & Collaboration • Leadership Development, Coaching & Conflict Resolution • Culture Transformation • Employee & Workplace Experience

Sr. People & Culture Generalist & Agile Coach (interim contractor)Lufthansa - Yilu
2024 - 2024

Leading & executing on the following areas: • HR Business Partnering for Executives • Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding • People Strategy & Workforce Planning • Talent Management, Development & Retention • Communications, Knowledge & Collaboration • Leadership Development - Coaching & Conflict Resolution • Culture Transformation • Agile Coaching for the whole Product & Engineering Department

Head of PeopleBhblasted
2024 - 2025

Leading a department of 15+ members, managing all functional areas of People & Culture across a hyper-growth group of companies. • People Strategy & Workforce Planning for International Scaling Driving integrated people strategies and workforce planning aligned with short, mid, and long-term business objectives across BUs and geographies. • HR Business Partnering for Executives & MDs Acting as trusted advisor to senior leadership, embedding the HRBP model and guiding leaders through strategic org design, performance, and team development. • Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Building a full TA ecosystem: tooling (Ashby), playbooks, team, and data insights. Developed a new global employer brand across web, campaigns, events, and social media. • Global Total Rewards Defining comp philosophy and international benchmarks, launching salary bands, manager training, performance framework, benefits suite, and recognition systems. • Learning & Development Designing learning journeys connected to career paths, from onboarding to leadership growth, based on skills mapping and role-specific progression. • Employee Experience & People Operations Redesigning onboarding and events, openings offices, building an employee experience focused approach. Restructuring the people operations ecosystem with tooling, processes and guidelines for efficiency and compliance with international labour laws. • Communications, Knowledge & Collaboration Created scalable practices for cross-functional work, with a new CKC framework with Slack Enterprise, CKC Playbook, Internal Wiki, and ClickUp governance. • Leadership Enablement Enabling managers through coaching, facilitation, performance calibration, and conflict resolution. • Culture Transformation Leading rollout of a new Culture Code aligned to strategy: turning values into actionable behaviours. • ESG & CSR Integrating ESG into P&C agendas across DEI, well-being, and community impact.

Interim HR Manager / Head of PeopleEDO, Coaching & Consultant (https://www.edo-coaching.consulting/)
2025 - Present

Interim contractor for various international scale-ups in NorAm and EMEA: • HR Business Partnering • People Operations and Tool Implementation • Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding • People Strategy & Workforce Planning • Talent Management, Development & Retention • Communications, Knowledge & Collaboration • Leadership Development - Coaching & Conflict Resolution • Culture Transformation & Agile Coaching

Skills

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Languages6

Languages

English
Spanish
French
Dutch
Italian
German