Julia Vargas
Julia Vargas

Senior People & Business Transformation Manager

Actively looking · Member since 16 Aug 2026
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Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Hybrid
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a People and Business Transformation leader with more than 18 years of experience in multinational organizations across Argentina, Latin America, and global environments. My career has progressed from local operational HR roles to regional and global leadership positions.

I have led strategic people, culture, learning, and transformation initiatives at Santander Group, PagoNxt, Getnet Argentina, Accenture, and Kantar Ibope Media. I specialize in connecting people strategy with business growth, organizational transformation, and capability building.

As Global Head of Learning at PagoNxt, I designed the global learning function for 6,000 employees across eight countries and created the Payments Academy. I have experience leading distributed international teams and partnering with C-level stakeholders across diverse cultural and regulatory contexts.

As part of the founding management team at Getnet Argentina, I helped scale the fintech organization from launch to break-even, growing it to 160 employees. I built people and culture foundations including talent acquisition, compensation, employee experience, learning, labor relations, employer branding, OKRs, and eNPS.

I have also led regional HR integration and transformation programs across Southern Cone countries, with additional projects throughout Latin America. My background combines HR business partnering, organizational development, change management, labor relations, learning, agile practices, and executive stakeholder management.

I hold a Master's degree in Labour Policies and Industrial Relations, a Bachelor's degree in Labour Relations with Honors, and certifications in ontological coaching and agile methodologies. I am also an experienced university lecturer and speaker on people, fintech, future of work, and organizational transformation.

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Experience

Career history

Global Head of Learning PagoNxt (Santander Group)

Designed and led the global Learning function for 6,000 employees across Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. Aligned learning strategy and capability building with group transformation priorities.

Created the Payments Academy and defined the global architecture for internal academies. Led a distributed international team, partnered with C-level and business leaders, and reported to Santander headquarters.

People & Transformation Manager Getnet Argentina (Santander Group)

Joined the founding management team of Santander Group's payments fintech and led business transformation from the People and Culture dimension. Supported the organization from launch through break-even, scaling it to 160 employees.

Designed and implemented culture, employer brand, talent acquisition, compensation, development, learning, employee experience, and labor relations practices. Implemented OKRs and eNPS, interfaced with Santander headquarters, reported to the board, and participated in strategic committees.

Associate Consultant – Head of HR Projects Plus Consultores

Led executive search and recruiting teams serving clients including Agco, Allianz, Exolgan, DHL, and Sheraton.

Managed organizational development, education, diversity, and inclusion consulting projects for multinational companies and private educational institutions.

HR Manager Southern Cone (HRBP Manager) Kantar Ibope Media

Led regional HR integration across Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, and Bolivia, reporting to LATAM management in Brazil. Delivered ad-hoc projects in Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Central America.

Established regional policies, processes, KPIs, budgets, HR management software, and recruiting services from Buenos Aires. Led employer branding, performance, development, succession, internal communication, and change management initiatives, earning the ONE KANTAR MEDIA 2017 global award for onboarding gamification.

Senior HRBP IT Accenture / CDA Informática

At Accenture, supported LATAM regional outsourcing through centralized IT demand management, performance management, process reengineering, labor documentation audits, and country-level compliance.

At CDA Informática, led IT talent acquisition, assessment centers, training programs, career planning, and succession planning activities.

HR Coordinator Ministry of Mining, Argentina

Worked in the national talent acquisition area, supporting public-sector recruiting initiatives and annual training programs.

Managed activities related to health and safety and internal communication.

Administration Analyst Siemens

Worked as an Administration Analyst within Siemens' industrial business environment.

Built foundational corporate administration and organizational experience in a multinational company.

University Lecturer University of Buenos Aires

Taught Personnel Management I in the Labour Relations degree program and contributed to the Postgraduate Diploma in Organizational Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Also served as a guest lecturer at ITBA's Fintech Master's program and delivered Emeritus LATAM workshops on the Future of Work and Organizational Transformation.

Education

Learning history

Università di Bologna

Master's, Labour Policies and Industrial Relations

Master's degree in Labour Policies and Industrial Relations.

University of Buenos Aires

Bachelor's with Honors, Labour Relations

Bachelor's degree in Labour Relations, completed with honors.

Universidad del CEMA

Executive Program, Innovation in Human Resources

Executive Innovation Program in HR.

AMANS – AACOP

Professional Certification, Ontological Coaching

Certified Professional Ontological Coach.

Scrum Inc. / Enterprise Agility Institute

Professional Certifications, Scrum Master, Customer Agility and Enterprise Agility

Completed certifications in Scrum Master, Customer Agility, and Enterprise Agility.

University of Buenos Aires

Intensive Seminars, Labor Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation

Completed intensive seminars in labor negotiation, mediation, and conciliation.

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