MARINA BALUSHOK
Summary
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner with 8+ years of international recruitment experience, specializing in full-cycle and leadership hiring. Proven track record building and leading recruitment teams across four countries, reducing external agency dependency, and improving offer-acceptance rates through data-driven sourcing, stakeholder partnership, and AI-enhanced recruiting workflows.
Overview
4
4
Languages
1
1
Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Global Talent Partner
Tango.me
09.2023 - Current
- Redesigned and optimized the recruitment process, developing talent pipelines that decreased dependency on external agencies by 30%.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to enhance job descriptions and requirements, leading to a 25% reduction in unqualified applications.
- Negotiated offers and managed candidate closing strategies, increasing offer-acceptance rates by 20%
- Managed full-cycle recruitment for technical (Java, Web, QA, DevOps, SRE, design) and non-technical roles (Product Manager, Product Analyst, Support, Accounting, Account Management).
Senior Recruiter
Playtika
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Delivered recruitment for 40+ technical positions annually, achieving an 86%offer-acceptance rateacrosscompetitive technology talent market across Europe.
- Spearheaded recruitment analytics project identifying talent-sourcing bottlenecks, enhancing workflow efficiency by 33%.
- Analyzed recruitment metrics and presented actionable insights to senior management, contributingtoa20% improvement in overall recruitment efficiency.
- Role ended due to company-wide layoff
Recruiting Account Manager
Innovecs
02.2020 - 12.2020
- Led and mentored team of 4 recruiters (2 senior, 2 middle), fostering collaboration that enhanced performance and productivity by 25%.Delivered hires across 5 diverse projects spanning logistics, trading, and healthcare sectors, expanding team capabilities across industries.
- Developed and implemented hiring and communication strategies that reduced time-to-hire from 45 to 32 days.
- Implemented hiring and communication strategies that decreased time-to-hire from 45 to 32 days.
Recruiter
Innovecs
10.2017 - 01.2020
- Filled 100+ technical roles, meeting hiring targets and ensuring timely talent delivery (Front-End, Full-stack, Back-End, AQA, Product, DevOps).
- Improved candidate conversion from technical interviews to final interviews from45%to 60%byoptimizing candidate screening and stakeholder alignment.
- Streamlined candidate sourcing processes to enhance recruitment efficiency.
- Conducted in-depth interviews to assess candidate qualifications and cultural fit.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with hiring managers to understand staffing needs.
Researcher
Vitaver Staffing
03.2017 - 10.2017
- Conducted in-depth research on technical and non-technical roles in the US market, identifying talent trends and enabling targeted recruitment strategies for developers, engineers, supervisors, and marketing roles.
- Increased the candidate pipeline by 30% through strategic use of social media platforms and niche job boards, broadening the range of qualified applicants.
- Researched technical and non-technical roles in US market, identified talent trends to inform targeted recruitment strategies for developers, engineers, supervisors, and marketing roles.
Education
PhD - Psychology
H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University
Ukraine01-2015
Skills
- Talent Acquisition Strategy
- Sourcing
- International Recruitment
- Stakeholder Management
- AI-enhanced recruiting
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Referral program
- Employer brand
- Talent Mapping
- Agency Management
- AI Recruitment Tools
- AI Sourcing Tools
- Recruitment Automation
- Applicant Tracking System
- Claude
Accomplishments
- Delivered 40+ senior and leadership-level hires across 4 international locations in 2025, recruiting for highly specialized technical positions and leadership roles, including Heads and Directors.
- Led the hiring strategy for the JAVA Academy, partnering with L&D, management, and technical teams to successfully hire 20 interns.
- Manage a 6-member international recruitment team across Israel, Cyprus, Ukraine, andPoland, overseeing 70+ active vacancies.
- Launched recruitment operations for a newly established Romanian office, building a local talent pipeline from scratch and securing 10 senior-level engineering hires within 2 months despite established employer brand presence in the market.
Certification
Strategic Talent Acquisition Certificate — AIHR, 2026, Sourcing & Recruitment Certificate — AIHR (in progress)
LANGUAGES
English
Ukrainian
Russian
German (basic)
Personal Information
- Title: Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | International Technical Recruiter
- Work Permit: Hold work permit
Timeline
Senior Global Talent Partner
Tango.me
09.2023 - Current
Senior Recruiter
Playtika
01.2021 - 12.2022
Recruiting Account Manager
Innovecs
02.2020 - 12.2020
Recruiter
Innovecs
10.2017 - 01.2020
Researcher
Vitaver Staffing
03.2017 - 10.2017
PhD - Psychology
H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University