Mykhailo

Mykhailo Protsenko
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

SUMMARY
TA Specialist with 6+ years of full-cycle recruitment experience
across product and outsourcing companies. Skilled in sourcing,
screening, and closing top talent for FinTech, Healthcare,
Gamedev, and iGaming/Gambling domains. Technical background
enables deep understanding of both candidate capabilities and
business requirements, driving efficient, high-quality hiring
decisions. Currently pursuing a PhD in Automation.
LOCATION
WORK EXPERIENCE
Ukraine
BrainRocket (Product) Apr 2025 - Aug 2026
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
CONTACTS
Responsibilities:
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Served as a specialized recruiter for design and mobile development roles
Worked on 12–15 Senior+ level openings in parallel
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)
ailo-protsenko-405696199/ Was responsible for the full recruitment cycle -- from the start of the process to the
offer stage
@Airwalk911
Sourced and hired candidates across Europe, including in Poland, Cyprus, Spain,
LANGUAGES Portugal, Serbia, Armenia, and Bulgaria

English - Upper-Intermediate Established strong, direct relationships with recruitment managers to clarify
Ukrainian - native requirements and coordinate hiring strategies
Conducted 6–8 interviews with candidates daily, and during peak periods, up to 35–
40 interviews per week
Applied a deep understanding of relocation processes and requirements to support
international hires
Successfully filled executive-level positions
Achievements:
Hired 25+ developers within 6 months for the Mobile Department
Closed 80+ offers in 14 months with a 75% offer acceptance rate
Consistently exceeded department KPIs

Velitech / Newage (Product) Oct 2022 - Apr 2025
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Responsibilities:
Expertise in full-cycle recruitment across European, CIS, and African markets
Closed 35+ vacancies, both technical and non-technical
Hiring process (searching, interview, submission, etc.), working directly with Hiring
Leads to identify their hiring needs and ensure a seamless recruitment experience.
Handled a variety of technical vacancies, including Java, Scala, Kotlin, JS (React,
Angular, Vue, Node.js), PHP, Python, DevOps, Data, C#/.Net, and QA/AQA (JS, Python,
Java), as well as non-technical positions such as PM, BA, Graphic Designers, UI/UX, etc.
Helped in transition from ATS to another one and maintain it

Achievements:
Initiated and implemented improvements to the referral policy, enhancing employee
engagement and talent acquisition. Led the development of an internal referral
website in collaboration with developers, designers, and DevOps, successfully
delivering a demo for the HR department

Developed a script for processing candidates' salary expectations, including data scraping from Djinni, to streamline budget planning
and improve salary analytics
Proposed and implemented enhancements to the onboarding process, improving new hire adaptation and experience using Slack
Automated key recruitment processes in the ATS, creating workflows and email templates to optimize efficiency
Implemented GDPR compliance in the ATS, ensuring automatic agreement signing with candidates

Innovecs (Outsourcing) Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Responsibilities:
Leading a team of 3 sourcing specialists
Full-cycle recruitment
Active search for qualified candidates in line with vacancy requirements using diverse sourcing channels and
techniques
Building professional relationships with clients, participating in regular follow‑up meetings with them to
determine the effectiveness of recruiting plans and implementation
Closely working with Talent Acquisition Lead and Recruiters to meet Department KPIs
Working directly with Hiring leads to identify their hiring needs
Working with technical and non‑technical positions (from Middle to C‐level)
Achievements:
Successfully hired two teams in 1.5 months (Front-end and QA’s)
Headhunted Senior .Net Engineer, who worked only in one company for 14 years
Successfully closed a vacancy that remained open despite the efforts of three previous recruiters
Hired 6 Senior .Net Engineers for 1 month

Vimmi (Product)
Recruiter / HR-manager Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
Responsibilities:
Active search and screening of IT professionals
The full recruitment cycle (from searching to offer)
Providing advisory support to the candidates at all stages of the selection process
Conduct pre-screening interviews.
Implementation of a corporate system
Onboarding new employees
Event management
Managing of sick leave and vacations for each employee
Fix any troubles in the office

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
Vinnytsia National Technical University
Faculty of Computer Systems and Automation
Bachelor's degree Sep 2017 - May 2021
Master's degree Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD May 2023 - May 2027

Tools:
ATS: JazzHR, PeopleForce, GreenHouse, etc.
There are various search tools for IT recruiting, such as LinkedIn, Djinni, Dou, Job Portals, X-Ray & Boolean Search, Turbo-
hiring, and GitHub.

Recommendations available upon request