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Maria Pogonets Summary
Senior HR Manager
Senior HR Manager with 10 years of experience in IT outsourcing, combining People
Telegram: @marusevi4
Partner and HR Business Partnering responsibilities. I partner with leaders on
people decisions and translate business needs into practical HR solutions across
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») performance, employee relations, retention, internal mobility, employee
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») engagement, and organizational change — keeping HR structured, useful, and light
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») on bureaucracy.


At Globaldev, I redesigned the company-wide bench management process, turned
Skills an existing AI technical-screening product into a repeatable part of performance
reviews, and coordinated employee adoption and communications for a ~450-
person Slack-to-Discord migration that helped reduce software costs by
HR Business Partnering approximately $3K per month.
Employee Lifecycle
Performance Management
Employee Relations Work experience
Retention & Internal Mobility
Manager Advisory
HR Process Design
Senior HR Manager | Globaldev Oct 2022 – Present | Remote

Change Management Achievements
Post-Acquisition Integration
Employee Engagement Redesigned the company-wide bench management process , defining clear
stages and ownership across HR, Recruitment and Sales, introducing shared
People Insights & eNPS candidate tracking and regular review of relevant vacancies so internal
HR Systems Implementation & candidates are consistently considered.
Adoption
Turned an existing AI technical-screening product into a repeatable part of
performance reviews for intern-to-mid technical specialists. Designed the end-
Tools to-end workflow, including human validation of results, documented
development areas and AI-assisted goal recommendations, making technical
assessment more systematic where it had previously been inconsistent.
BambooHR

Jira / Confluence
Coordinated Globaldev ’s company-wide Slack-to-Discord migration for ~450
Google Workspace
employees, partnering with DevOps on channel structure, roles, ownership,

Slack / Discord FAQs and 2FA guidance. The move reduced software costs by ~$3K per month
and enabled the company to fully move away from Slack without major
AI Tools disruption.

Claude/ChatGPT /Codex
People Partnership & Scope
Cowork/NotebookLM
Act as an HR Business Partner to managers and top management , using
employee feedback and team health signals to surface issues early and work
through practical solutions across retention, internal mobility, team structure,
leadership changes and exits.
Provide full-cycle People Partner and employee lifecycle support for 50+
employees within a ~100-person unit, covering onboarding, adaptation,
performance and development, employee relations, retention risks, difficult
conversations and offboarding.
Continuously evolve the performance review process for the unit , adapting
feedback, development and compensation practices to changing business
needs.
Supported the people-facing integration of Steel Kiwi into Globaldev after the
acquisition, helping employees navigate organizational change, understand new
processes and benefits, and gradually become part of the broader organization.
Migrated the ~100-person unit to BambooHR and adapted unit-specific policies
within the group-wide HRIS.

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Languages Maintain high-trust employee relationships through regular 1:1s, project health
checks and direct communication, helping issues surface before they escalate.
People and team relationships are consistently highlighted as a company
Ukrainian – Native strength in surveys, exit interviews and employee feedback.
Russian – Fluent
Run eNPS and employee surveys, analyze qualitative feedback with
English – Upper-Intermediate management and communicate results back to employees, including what the
company plans to address and what cannot realistically be changed yet.

Education Conduct final-stage HR interviews with decision-making authority on motivation,
communication, culture and team fit, influencing hiring decisions after
candidates pass technical assessment.
Odessa State Academy
Building & Architecture
Specialist Degree, 2013 H R Manager | SteelKiwi J ul 2019 – Oct 2022 | Odesa / Remote
Gestalt Therapy Program Scaled and developed the HR function as SteelKiwi grew from ~30 to 100+
2nd Stage - Kyiv Gestalt employees, evolving earlier HR practices into structured 1:1s, feedback,
University (KGU)
performance and salary reviews, employee surveys, offboarding, policies and
Ongoing internal communication.
Preserved SteelKiwi ’s direct, low-bureaucracy culture as the company grew,
giving employees a consistent HR point of contact while adding the structure
REFERENCES needed for a 100+ person organization.
Co-designed and launched the workation format at SteelKiwi as a new
References from former managers
engagement practice for distributed teams, covering concept, budget, program,
available upon request
communication and logistics. The format later continued within Globaldev;
across both companies, I personally delivered 5 workations for groups of up to
~20 employees.

Owned the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, adaptation,
performance and development, employee relations, retention, salary review
support and offboarding.
Partnered closely with founders, managers and team leads on employee
development, team dynamics, retention risks, difficult conversations and people-
related decisions.


H R Manager / Recruiter | SteelKiwi J an 2016 - Jul 2019 | Odesa
Built the foundations of SteelKiwi ’s HR function when people practices were still
largely ad hoc and distributed across the business, introducing structured
onboarding and adaptation, employee support practices, internal documentation
and clearer HR ownership.
Managed full-cycle recruitment for technical and non-technical roles, including
Developers, QA Engineers, Designers, Project Managers, Sales and Marketing.
H andled sourcing, screening, interviews, candidate communication and hiring
coordination, with an active role in assessing motivation, communication and
team fit early in the hiring process.

Administrative Manager | Intersog May 2014 - Sep 2015 | Odesa

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