Paulo Dehnhardt

Banking — Frankfurt, corporate & investment banking

Insurance — Dortmund, health & life insurance

Automotive (Sports Cars) — Stuttgart, high-performance vehicles

Automotive (OEM) — Wolfsburg, passenger vehicles & mobility

Energy / HVAC — Allendorf (Eder), heating & energy systems

DIY Retail — Bornheim, construction & home improvement

Consumer Goods / Chemicals — Düsseldorf, consumer & industrial products

I’m a Talent Acquisition (TA) professional with close to 10 years of experience in the German market — recruiting for complex and niche roles in Innovation, Tech, Design, and Learning & Development, both in-house and for DAX-30 companies. I’ve worked in both startup and corporate environments, managing end-to-end hiring processes and leading recruitment teams through Agile Recruitment.

I’ve operationalised TA across a variety of transformation and innovation contexts — from global CIO offices (Digital Factories, Agile Transformations) to senior management programmes (Leadership Academies), corporate tech accelerators, and learning academies focused on upskilling and reskilling. My work also covers consulting, e-commerce, and other innovation-led areas.

I’ve specialised in hard-to-find talent from specific niches that recruiters rarely cover, mainly:

Being half Brazilian gives me a strong and unconventional conversion rate with LATAM-based engineers for IT positions.