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Work experience

Interim HR Director

from 04.2025 to 08.2025 (5 months)
NDA (military tech) (Project work), Київ (Оборонно-промисловий комплекс)

Engaged by founders as a crisis manager for the rapid deployment of HR infrastructure for a military-tech startup under strict confidentiality (NDA). Completed the project in 5 months, fulfilling all KPIs, and handed over a stable system to the in-house team.

Key sprint results:

- HR Architecture from Scratch: Built the foundation of HR operations (from hiring to personnel administration), turning chaos into a predictable business process.

- Rapid Scaling: Developed and implemented an aggressive hiring strategy. Closed critical vacancies for highly specialized engineers in a severe talent shortage.

- Military-Grade Compliance: Created onboarding and HR support procedures fully adapted to defense industry security standards (deep background checks, risk management, NDA).

Chief Human Resources Officer

from 06.2024 to 01.2025 (8 months)
NDA (affiliate), Київ (Маркетинг, реклама, PR)

Invited to stabilize the HR function and optimize personnel costs in a highly competitive iGaming/Gambling environment. Transitioned team management from a reactive (firefighting) state to a digitized, predictable system.

Key results:

- Finance & People Analytics: Took strict control of the full hiring and retention budget. Implemented management dashboards with key metrics (Turnover rate, eNPS, Cost per Hire), allowing the CEO to make decisions based on data, not intuition.

- Retention Strategy: Stopped the drain of key experts from the core team. Developed and implemented a retention strategy that stabilized the retention rate in an overheated market without senselessly inflating the payroll fund.

- Aggressive Hiring & Employer Branding: Ensured a seamless recruitment process tailored to high business paces. Updated the employer brand positioning, enabling more effective poaching of senior talents from competitors.

Head of Human Resources

from 04.2023 to 04.2024 (1 year)
Pics.io, Київ (IT)

Strategic partner to the Founders during the active scaling phase of the IT product. Transitioned the HR function from manual startup management to a systemic infrastructure capable of supporting rapid business growth.

Key results:

- Digitizing Performance (Performance & OKRs): Completely revamped the Performance Review process. Aligned individual development plans (PDP) with global company goals (OKR), turning evaluation from a formality into a tool for achieving business results.

- Hiring Optimization & Employer Brand: Rebuilt the recruitment funnel, significantly reducing Time-to-Hire for critical technical vacancies. Launched employer branding initiatives that increased the flow of organic (free) applications and lowered the overall cost of hire.

- Systematization (Playbook): Developed and implemented a unified corporate code of rules and policies. This eliminated chaos, reduced the need for micromanagement, and dramatically increased team autonomy.

Human Resources Director

from 02.2021 to 10.2022 (1 year 9 months)
QArea/TestFort, Київ (IT)

Main achievement: Ensured the stability of HR operations and managed a large department (25+ HR, Recruitment, and L&D specialists) in a dynamic IT outsourcing environment.

Key results:

- Scale Management: Direct reporting to C-level regarding annual budgeting, headcount planning, and payroll fund optimization.

- Global Standardization: Unified Employee Experience processes for distributed teams across different countries, creating a single management standard for all company locations.

- L&D & Retention: Relaunched learning and development programs. They worked not only as a skill-building tool but also as a powerful retention mechanism, significantly reducing engineer turnover in an overheated market.

Human Resources Director

from 09.2018 to 02.2021 (2 years 6 months)
Digicode, Київ (IT)

Headed the HR function of a mature IT company with a focus on the total digitalization of personnel management processes.
Over 2.5 years, completely transitioned the department's work from a "manual" mode into an autonomous, measurable business system.

Key results:

- Digitization & HR Tech: Acted as Product Owner during the development of the company's internal HRIS. Designed and successfully launched the recruitment module, automating processes and making the hiring funnel completely transparent for the owners.

- Department Scaling: Formed and managed a distributed team of 9 specialists (recruitment and HR). Implemented strict KPIs to evaluate the HR department's own efficiency.

- Financial Management (C&B): Took control of planning and allocating the annual HR budget. Optimized expenses for corporate events and structured compensation packages, maintaining a high level of team retention.

Education

Kiev National Economical University

Faculty of law, Master, Киев
Higher, from 2000 to 2006 (6 years)

Ukrainian Commercial College ALSKO

Criminal law, Junior specialist, Киев
Unfinished higher, from 1998 to 2000 (2 years)

Additional education and certificates

Time Management (Males training group)

may 2008

Appraisal Interview (Foxtrot Training Center)

may 2007

Oxford English Courses (Kyiv Interlingua Language School)

1995-1997, 2 years

EBA HR Management School

november-december 2016

EBA Education Workshop: Structured Problem Solving (Ernst&Young Business School)

January 2017

EBA Business English

December 2016-April 2017

EBA Recruitment School

2017

Leader's emotional intellect

2019

HRD course

2020

Knowledge and skills

• HR Strategy
• Anti-crisis management
• Budget planning
• IT-рекрутинг
• Knowledge of labor legislation
• Change management

Language proficiencies

• English — above average
• Ukrainian — fluent

Additional information

From Chaos to an Autonomous System. How HR Makes and Saves Money for the Business.

I don't do "motivation for the sake of motivation" or build castles in the air. My job is to create rigid, digitized HR systems that drive the owner's financial results. In HR management since 2007. Since 2019 - exclusively in HR Director roles.

My specific focus is highly dynamic markets: IT (Product/Outsource), GameDev, and iGaming. Where the speed of change breaks standard processes, I implement architecture that withstands scaling. My practice is backed by relevant market frameworks (Laba HRD Course Alumni).

What I change in companies:

Performance Management: I build autonomous evaluation systems. We clearly identify "A-players", reward results, and part ways without emotion with those dragging the business down.

Plugging Financial Leaks: I calculate the real cost of failed onboarding and the loss of key employees. I implement retention systems that stop this capital drain.

HR Operations Management: I tune recruitment and HR operations like a clockwork mechanism. I manage specialists so that processes run without failures or risks.

I play the long game.

Currently, I am considering HRD / Head of HR positions from companies ready for systemic growth. While we negotiate a permanent partnership, I am ready to step into your business as a consultant — to conduct a strict audit of current processes and highlight the blind spots where you are currently losing money.