Michael User
@michaeluser49
I build scalable people functions, close competitive roles, and improve hiring and onboarding outcomes.
ZimbabweWhat I'm looking for
I've built People functions from the ground up in FinTech, partnering with founders and hiring managers as companies scaled from around 15 to 105 employees across new markets.
As an HR People Partner in payments, I designed compensation, vacation, pre-boarding, onboarding, adaptation, performance reviews, 1:1s, HR analytics, and planning systems. I staffed every functional area, from Development, QA, DevOps, Data & Analytics, Product, and UX/UI to Sales, BizDev, Account Management, finance, support, and R&D.
I sustained approximately 12 offers per month, closed international and C-level roles without agencies, and reduced hiring timelines to one week for volume roles and five weeks for unique roles. By redesigning selection and onboarding, I raised probation pass rates from 65% to more than 95%.
At 1ex Trading Board, I led end-to-end hiring for technical and business teams, built recruitment methodology and tooling, introduced KPIs and OKRs, and strengthened talent pipelines through university and training-platform partnerships.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Strategic business partnership:
Joined at the company's founding stage (~15 employees) and became the HR partner for business owners and hiring managers throughout the company's growth to 105 employees and expansion into dozens of new geographic markets
Built the authority and scope of the HR function from the ground up; contributed to key strategic and operational business decisions
Full-cycl
HR People Partner
Fintech Company
Aug 2024 - Present (2 years)
Joined at founding stage and grew HR function from 15 to 105 employees, expanding into new markets. Developed end-to-end employee processes, compensation systems, and hiring pipelines, raising probation pass rates from 65% to 95%+.
Worked as Head of Recruitment at Fintech company | PSP | Payments.
Head of Recruitment
Fintech Company
May 2024 - Aug 2024 (3 months)
Led recruitment for a fintech company, managing full-cycle hiring and building recruitment processes.
- Led end-to-end recruitment across technical and business functions: Data Scientists, ML/DL/RL/NLP and Python engineers, C# (Middle–Lead), PHP, React/JS, DevOps, InfoSec specialists, Legal (up to C-level), Marketing (PR, Community, SMM, Marketing Manager, CMO), Product/Project Managers, UX/UI Designers, Data Labeling
- Sourced and screened candidates, built long-lists and short-lists, managed the
Worked as Ресерчер at Marksman Recruitment & Executive Search.
Researcher
Marksman Recruitment & Executive Search
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021 (3 months)
Conducted research and candidate sourcing for executive search assignments.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (MSUPE)
Bachelor's degree
Moscow State University of Psychology & Education
Bachelor's degree, Psychology
Bachelor's degree from Moscow State University of Psychology & Education.
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Location
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