Martha Cecilia Barrios Aguilar
Martha Cecilia Barrios Aguilar

Operations and Program Manager

Open to offers · Member since 20 Oct 2026
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Desired salary
Confidential
Work preference
Hybrid / Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Mid

About

Professional summary

I am an operations and program coordination professional with experience building data systems, improving processes, and documenting procedures for cross-functional teams.

I have managed international and multi-country programs across government, multilateral institutions, and private-sector organizations. My work includes stakeholder coordination, reporting, policy analysis, program delivery, and institutional relations.

As founding Director of Paraguay's National Traffic and Road Safety Observatory, I led the implementation of SIAT, a national road-incident data system integrating information from police, road rangers, and hospitals.

I have also coordinated scholarship selection programs across five countries for the Inter-American Development Bank and partnered with organizations including WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank, and the IDB.

In my recent roles in Portugal, I have worked in risk, legal compliance, trust and safety, and customer safety operations. I am comfortable managing high-volume casework, quality standards, sensitive escalations, and cross-market process improvement.

I hold graduate qualifications in international business and business administration and communicate professionally in five languages, including Spanish, Guaraní, English, Portuguese, and German.

Notice period: 1 Month

Skills

25 capabilities

Experience

Career history

Senior Process Executive, Risk Legal & Compliance Cognizant

I analyze policy and procedural differences between regional markets and produce comparative documentation used to support cross-training programs.

I review content and legal takedown requests involving privacy, defamation, fraud, and intellectual property against client policy frameworks. I maintain productivity and quality targets while supporting both the core market and All Other Regions coverage.

Trust & Safety Associate Accenture Portugal

I reviewed approximately 120 user-generated posts per day for a global technology client, assessing content and accounts against platform policies.

I consistently met daily review-volume targets while supporting trust and safety operations.

Safety Advisor & Customer Representative Foundever

I diagnosed and resolved Airbnb user safety cases through calls, chat, and messaging, closing cases in approximately two days on average against a ten-day SLA. I met a target volume of ten cases per day.

I applied trauma-informed communication to complex and urgent cases, investigated and escalated sensitive matters, implemented emergency response plans, and maintained secure and accurate customer information in case-management systems.

Project Management Consultant Inter-American Development Bank

I coordinated Paraguay's Carlos Antonio López scholarship program (Becal) across Canada, Germany, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom.

I supported candidate selection for master's and doctoral scholarships at top-100 global universities and authored terms and conditions defining eligibility criteria and guidelines for each scholarship type.

Director National Traffic and Road Safety Observatory

As founding Director, I led the multi-year design and launch of SIAT, Paraguay's unified national road-incident data system. The project integrated data feeds from police, road rangers, and hospitals over a four-year implementation period.

I developed joint projects with WHO, UNICEF, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank. I hired and led a technical team of economists and statisticians, secured a USD 20,000 AB InBev grant, acted as Scrum Master for the funded SIAT phase, and managed an approximately USD 500,000 rural school road-safety program.

National Consultant, Security Department EU Election Observation Mission Paraguay

I supported the design and execution of security protocols for the Paraguay EU Election Observation Mission.

My responsibilities included preparing documentation and coordinating security matters with local authorities.

Foreign Trade Manager Distriplast S.A.

I directed import and export operations for an industrial and agricultural plastics manufacturer.

I managed trade compliance and negotiations with customers, suppliers, and customs authorities.

Import/Export Coordinator Agencia Barrios

I coordinated vendors, freight forwarders, and customs documentation across the international supply chain.

I supported import and export processes by maintaining communication and documentation among logistics stakeholders.

Administrative Executive Assistant Distriplast S.A.

I managed inventory records, invoicing, and administrative processes for the organization.

I also supported financial operations and day-to-day business administration.

Education

Learning history

University of St Andrews

MLitt, International Business

Master of Letters in International Business.

Universidad Nacional de Asunción

MBA, Business Administration

Master of Business Administration. Thesis pending.

Universidad Nacional de Asunción

BBA (Honours), Business Administration

Bachelor of Business Administration with honours degree and merit.

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