Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
On-siteKyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine
Job Summary
Own and moderate the entire hiring process from vacancy launch to start date, syncing participants, tracking agreements, and flagging risks to prevent stalls. Partner with hiring managers to calibrate role profiles, define requirements, and run autonomous full-cycle recruiting for complex Product, Marketing, and C-level roles. Conduct deep HR interviews assessing motivation, seniority, business mindset, and leadership competencies while building adaptive strategies based on market conditions and sourcing data. Ensure a high-quality candidate experience through transparent communication and professional offer handling. Collaborate closely with sourcers to set search direction and adjust talent pools. This role requires 4+ years in recruiting, including product IT experience, and involves working with a highly-skilled team in the social networking niche.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years in recruiting
- at least one product IT company (local or international)
- A track record of closing Product, Marketing, Senior, Head, and/or C-level roles
- Strong experience in fully autonomous full-cycle recruiting (without a manager and without a sourcer) from kickoff, candidate profiling, and hiring strategy to offer and the candidate's start
- Out-of-the-box candidate search methods and non-standard channels
- A data-driven approach to recruiting: the ability to analyze the hiring funnel, pinpoint bottlenecks, and build and adjust hiring strategy based on data — from channel choice and sourcing approach to candidate assessment and closing the role
- The ability to moderate the hiring process: sync hiring managers and other participants and manage agreements, timelines, feedback, and risks end-to-end
- Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills: working with the hiring manager as a partner, calibrating requirements with solid arguments, advising on the market, and influencing hiring decisions
- Strong sourcing and research skills: finding complex profiles independently, working across search channels, building talent maps, and assessing candidate availability in the market
- An understanding of Product and Marketing roles, the structure of product teams, business models, and how digital products actually work
- Strong screening-interview skills and the ability to assess seniority, motivation, business mindset, leadership competencies, and fit with the business context
- Experience using recruiting analytics to evaluate funnel efficiency, source quality, and stage-to-stage conversion, and to inform hiring-strategy decisions
- Experience with an ATS and the discipline to keep candidate and vacancy data accurate and complete
- English — Intermediate or higher
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in international hiring and working with talent pools across different markets
- Experience improving or building hiring processes, interview flow, and candidate experience
- Experience with recruitment marketing, employer brand, or other tools for attracting complex profiles
- Hands-on experience using AI and automation tools in recruiting (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT)
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