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VERONIKA BUBNOVA
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | HR Business Partner
Ukraine | Open to global remote roles
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Talent acquisition and HR professional with 5+ years of experience in IT, combining international
full-cycle recruitment with HR business partnering. Experienced in hiring across engineering, QA,
product, design, DevOps, and business functions; managing 7-10 concurrent vacancies; and
mentoring sourcing researchers. Partner with leaders and hiring managers on hiring priorities,
workforce planning, performance, and employee relations in distributed teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LEADSUP | Remote
Senior HR | Apr 2026 - Present
• Lead full-cycle recruitment for SEO, link building, ASO, business development, and other specialist
roles, partnering with hiring managers to define requirements and assess candidates.
• Manage onboarding and the employee lifecycle for a distributed team, including employee support,
exit interviews, and offboarding.
• Partner with managers on performance expectations, career development, compensation
discussions, and employee relations.
• Conduct HR check-ins and 1:1 meetings, consolidate employee feedback, and address
engagement, workload, and communication concerns with team leads.
• Develop HR policies and improve HRM workflows, employee records, scorecards, and reporting;
coordinate learning and engagement initiatives.

TEKNIKA CORPORATION | US-based, remote
Lead HR & Talent Acquisition Manager | 2023 - Apr 2026
• Led end-to-end recruitment for engineering, QA, product, design, DevOps, and operations roles
across multiple regions.
• Built and owned the HR and Talent Acquisition function for a distributed IT company with teams
across the US, Ukraine, Poland, and Latin America.
• Partnered directly with the CEO and leadership team on hiring strategy, workforce planning,
organizational structure, and people decisions.
• Designed and implemented performance and compensation review processes; developed HR
policies, an employee handbook, and onboarding and offboarding frameworks.
• Managed employee relations and sensitive performance cases; coordinated contracts, paid time off,
payroll inputs, and changes to compensation models.
• Partnered with Sales, Delivery, and external companies on resource sharing and flexible staffing to
support access to vetted talent.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | CONTINUED

EPAM SYSTEMS
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | People Operations Specialist
Jul 2022 - 2023
• Led full-cycle recruitment for technical roles across multiple regions, managing 7-10 open positions
simultaneously.
• Supervised and mentored a team of researchers, developed sourcing strategies, and onboarded
new team members.
• Partnered with stakeholders to align hiring priorities with business needs.
• Tracked recruitment KPIs and prepared reports and performance insights for leadership.
• Supported employee relations, HR policy implementation, and compliance activities.
Talent Acquisition Researcher | Oct 2021 - Jul 2022
• Conducted targeted sourcing for engineering and technical roles across global markets.
• Used LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, and other sourcing platforms to build candidate pipelines.
• Contributed to international hiring initiatives, including the H-1B campaign.
Talent Acquisition Assistant | Jul 2021 - Oct 2021
• Screened CVs, sourced candidates, and coordinated interviews for IT positions.
• Managed candidate communication and interview scheduling to support a positive candidate
experience.

CORE EXPERTISE

Talent Acquisition: Full-cycle recruitment; technical and non-technical hiring; international
sourcing; candidate assessment; hiring manager partnership; candidate experience; recruitment
analytics; researcher mentoring.
HR Business Partnering: Workforce planning; leadership partnership; performance and
compensation reviews; employee relations; onboarding and offboarding; HR policies; employee
engagement.

TOOLS & SYSTEMS

LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ (Hiretual), AmazingHiring, GitHub, PeopleForce, Airtable, ATS and HRIS
platforms, Microsoft 365, Slack, Jira, DocuSign.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor's Degree in Hotel and Catering Business
Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies, Ukraine
IT Recruitment & HR Certification | Hillel IT School, Ukraine

LANGUAGES

English - Upper-Intermediate (B2) | Ukrainian - Fluent
Russian - Fluent | Turkish - Elementary (A2)

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