Ганна

ANNA D’YAKOVA
Senior Recruiter | Executive Search | Talent Acquisition

Poltava, Ukraine · Remote
LinkedIn: hanna-diakova

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
HR and Recruitment professional with 8+ years of experience, including 5+ years
specializing in recruitment and Executive Search across IT, GameDev, Gambling/iGaming,
Real Estate, Consulting and international business.

165+ positions closed over the last 2 years, covering Middle, Senior, Lead and C-level roles.
Strong expertise in Executive Search, direct sourcing, headhunting, passive candidate
engagement, market mapping and full-cycle recruitment.

Experienced in building teams from scratch, filling complex and leadership positions, and
partnering directly with founders, CEOs, investors and hiring managers.

RECRUITMENT PERFORMANCE
● 165+ positions closed over the last 2 years
● Time-to-Hire: Middle — 12–17 days | Senior — 20–27 days | Lead — 25–32 days
● Candidate Response Rate: 60–70% from direct outreach
● Passive Candidate Share: 60–70% of hires
● Interview → Offer Conversion: 50–55%
● Offer Acceptance Rate: 95%
● Probation Pass Rate: 90%+
● 8+ concurrent vacancies managed simultaneously
● Recruitment scope: Middle → Senior → Lead → C-level

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNICORNYX / INVESTOR PORTFOLIO

HR Director / Investor Representative / Startup Relations Manager
Sep 2024 – Present · Full-time · Remote | Cyprus

Investor holding managing a portfolio of companies, including VIBE Development,
GameDev and Gambling/iGaming businesses.

Recruitment & Executive Search

● 165+ positions closed personally over the last 2 years across the investor portfolio.
● Recruitment scope: Middle, Senior, Lead and C-level.
● Managed multiple searches simultaneously across different businesses and
functions.
● Conducted direct search, headhunting, passive sourcing and market mapping.
● Worked directly with founders, CEOs, investors and department heads.
● Managed full-cycle recruitment from role definition and search strategy through offer
and onboarding.

Team Building

● Built a 28-person GameDev team for AAA projects.
● Built a 22-person Mobile GameDev team across 4 projects, including
Hyper-Casual, Hybrid-Casual and Midcore.
● Built a 22-person SEO team from scratch for a Gambling business.
● 15 positions closed within the Gambling direction.

Selected Executive Searches

CFO, COO, Game Director, Head of Studio, Head of Legal, Head of Sales, Head of
Marketing, Head of Casino, Head of Affiliate, Head of Customer Support, Lead Product
Manager, Lead UX Designer, Senior .NET Developer.

GameDev and Gambling portfolio companies covered by NDA.

VIBE DEVELOPMENT

Portfolio Company of Unicornyx / Investor Portfolio
HR Director / Talent Acquisition
Sep 2025 – Present · Full-time · Remote | Bali

Premium real estate development company operating in Bali.

● Lead recruitment across sales, marketing, legal, operations and management
functions.
● 50+ positions closed across the business.
● Manage searches from specialist and management level through Head-level
positions.
● Build targeted candidate pipelines through direct search, headhunting and passive
sourcing.
● Partner directly with founders and senior management on hiring requirements and
candidate evaluation.
● Manage full-cycle recruitment from vacancy briefing and search strategy through
interviews, offer negotiation and onboarding.
● Selected searches: Head of Sales, Head of Legal, Head of Marketing, Sales
Manager, SMM Manager, Freelance Brokers.

DEVPACE

Senior Recruiter / Executive Recruiter
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026 · Full-time → Project-based · Remote

Product IT company.

● Managed full-cycle recruitment for technical and non-technical positions.
● Recruited Middle, Senior, Lead and management-level specialists.
● Conducted direct search and headhunting for hard-to-find profiles.
● Built passive candidate pipelines through LinkedIn, professional communities and
direct outreach.
● Partnered with hiring managers to define requirements and recruitment strategy.
● Conducted candidate screening, interviews, assessment and offer negotiations.
● Managed candidate communication throughout the full recruitment process.
● Worked with both technical and business functions.

GRECHKA HR CONSULTING

Recruiter / HR Consultant
May 2022 – Aug 2024 · Part-time · Remote

Recruitment agency.

● Managed recruitment projects for external clients.
● Worked with Middle and Senior specialists across different business functions.
● Conducted direct search, sourcing and candidate assessment.
● Managed recruitment processes from vacancy briefing to candidate placement.
● Maintained communication with clients and candidates.

EPAM SYSTEMS

Technical Recruiter
Feb 2021 – Aug 2022 · Full-time · Remote

● Recruited technical specialists for IT positions.
● Conducted sourcing, screening and candidate assessment.
● Worked with technical profiles and hiring managers.
● Managed candidate communication throughout the recruitment process.

HR NETWORK

Lead Recruiter / Recruiter
Jan 2019 – Feb 2021 · Full-time · Remote

Recruitment agency.

● Managed full-cycle recruitment for external client vacancies.
● Recruited Middle, Senior and leadership-level specialists.
● Conducted direct search, headhunting and candidate screening.
● Managed multiple vacancies simultaneously.

● Coordinated recruitment processes and candidate communication.
● Worked as part of a recruitment team and supported delivery.

PROFIDEVS

HR Specialist
Jan 2018 – Dec 2019 · Full-time · Office

● Supported HR and recruitment processes within an IT environment.
● Worked with employee and candidate communication.
● Supported hiring and onboarding processes.
● Assisted with day-to-day HR operations.

SELECTED EXECUTIVE SEARCH
C-level: CFO, COO

GameDev Leadership: Game Director, Head of Studio

Functional Leadership: Head of Legal, Head of Sales, Head of Marketing, Head of Casino,
Head of Affiliate, Head of Customer Support

Senior / Lead: Lead Product Manager, Lead UX Designer, Senior .NET Developer

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
IT & Technology · Game Development · Gambling / iGaming · Real Estate · Consulting ·
International Business · Startups / Investor Portfolio

TOOLS & SOURCING
LinkedIn · LinkedIn Recruiter · Boolean Search · Direct Search · Market Mapping · Threads ·
Professional Communities · Talent Mapping · AI Recruitment Tools

LANGUAGES
Ukrainian — Native
Russian — Native
English — B2