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Mariia Chernysh
Talent Acquisition Manager

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Summary

Strategic Talent Acquisition Leader with 10+ years of experience driving recruitment operations across international markets.
Built and led distributed teams, optimized sourcing models, and delivered measurable hiring impact across different markets.
Expert in scaling TA functions in complex, high-demand environments.

Experience

Talent Acquisition Manager Italy/France&Benelux, 07/2022 - 10/2025
Luxoft, Italy (Remote)
Key Responsibilities & Impact
Led distributed TA teams (up to 8 recruiters) across EMEA, overseeing recruitment operations for up to 140
concurrent roles and ensuring delivery against business SLAs.
Delivered an average of 30 hires per quarter through structured workforce planning, pipeline optimization and KPI-
driven performance management.
Designed and implemented a recruitment analytics framework (CV rejection ratio, time-to-fill, funnel conversion),
enhancing data transparency and decision-making.
Acted as strategic advisor to hiring managers, providing market intelligence, salary benchmarking and role calibration
support.
Strengthened cross-functional collaboration between TA, HR and business stakeholders, reducing offer drop-offs and
improving hiring stability.
Managed external recruitment vendors, negotiating service terms and monitoring performance to ensure quality
delivery and cost efficiency.
Partnered with business leaders on workforce planning and hiring forecasts aligned with growth objectives.
Achievements
Reduced CV rejection ratio from 35% to 10% by improving intake alignment and screening quality.
Reduced time-to-fill by 17% through structured KPI monitoring and workload redistribution across the team.

Group Head of Sourcing Center, 12/2021 - 07/2022
Luxoft, Kiev (Ukraine)
Scope
Team size: 20 sourcing specialists
Regions: EMEA & India
Function: Centralized sourcing unit supporting multiple business lines
Key Responsibilities & Impact
Built and led a centralized sourcing function supporting multiple regions and business units, ensuring consistent
pipeline delivery across international markets.
Managed performance, development and productivity of 20 sourcing specialists (FTE), establishing clear KPIs and
quality standards.
 Designed and implemented a scalable operating model, including task allocation, sourcing governance, performance
tracking and competency assessment framework.
Introduced advanced sourcing methodologies and structured candidate engagement strategies to enhance talent
outreach effectiveness.
Increased qualified talent pipeline coverage across critical and hard-to-fill markets, strengthening overall recruitment
capacity.
Achievement
Built and scaled a 20-member centralized sourcing team, delivering 33 accepted Senior-level offers across EMEA and
India within the first 3 months of launch.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, 08/2016 - 12/2021
Luxoft, Kiev (Ukraine)
Scope
Focus: IT & Senior-level hiring
Workload: up to 25 parallel vacancies
Regions: EMEA, Asia, USA, Canada, India
Key Responsibilities & Impact
Managed full-cycle recruitment for Senior and hard-to-fill IT roles across multiple international markets in high-
demand environments.
Delivered up to 20 hires per quarter during peak hiring periods while maintaining quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
Conducted talent market mapping and salary benchmarking to support hiring feasibility and strategic workforce
decisions.
Partnered with hiring managers to align business expectations with market realities, improving role calibration and
candidate targeting.
Supported international hiring and relocation processes in collaboration with HR and Legal teams.
Achievement
Delivered approximately 400 Senior-level hires over 5 years across global markets, successfully managing both local
recruitment and complex cross-border relocation processes.

Education

Master’s Degree in Law, 2009 - 2016
National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine

Skills

Talent Acquisition Strategy KPI Management
Recruitment Operations Distributed Team Leadership
Workforce Planning Stakeholder Advisory
Process Optimization
Languages

Ukrainian Russian

English Italian

Websites and Social Links

LinkedIn: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)

References

Reference available upon request