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Eugen Kuzminov

Chief People Officer | Senior HR Business Partner | HR Transformation Consultant

About Me

Senior People executive with 15+ years of experience driving workforce strategy in high-growth SaaS and PE-backed technology companies across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. Trusted partner to CEOs and Executive Committees during rapid scale and post-acquisition transformation. Specialized in aligning organizational design, location strategy, performance governance, and leadership development with revenue growth, EBITDA discipline, and long-term value creation. Currently Founder & Fractional CPO at ScalePeople Advisory โ€” providing embedded People infrastructure advisory to scaling SaaS companies at board and ExCo level. Simultaneously exploring a select full-time CPO / CHRO mandate where this operating experience can be applied at sustained scale within a single organisation. Trusted advisor to C-level executives, known for combining strategic insight with operational excellence to enable growth, engagement, and retention. Passionate about shaping global People strategy by creating scalable systems, empowering distributed teams, and cultivating a culture of trust, ownership, and high performance.

Jurisdiction

Romania | Ukraine | Poland | Bulgaria | Cyprus | Malta | United Kingdom | Ireland | Belgium | Netherlands

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience15-20 years
Current StatusActive
Senior VP of People & Culture Faria Education Group
2019 - 2026

โ†’ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ: Scaled the team from 250 to 500+ FTE, with 4.5% workforce planning variance, 100% offer acceptance, and 29-day time-to-fill. Owned the full employee lifecycle from sourcing and onboarding through performance, compensation, development, and offboarding. โ†’ ๐๐„ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: Led People workstream of the PE transition, aligned board reporting cadence, governance frameworks, and operating model to investor value-creation objectives. โ†’ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž & ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ: Designed global location strategy and 3โ€“5 year workforce cost models across functions, aligning ExCo on geographic footprint to support margin discipline. โ†’ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: Built and embedded the High Performance Culture strategy connecting performance management, leadership behaviours, calibration, and recognition into a single operating model. โ†’ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ง๐, ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ: Led the global rollout of the refreshed Faria brand, mission, and values โ€” translated into observable behaviours and operationalised through hiring, performance calibration, and manager enablement. โ†’ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: Designed three-tier leadership programme (Manager Connect 101, Great Manager, Senior Leadership); leadership pipeline expanded by 10% and internal mobility increased to 16%. โ†’ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‰๐จ๐› ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: Implemented global job architecture covering 90% of workforce; market-benchmarked salary bands by function, level, and region; built People Analytics dashboards for board-level retention, capacity, and cost visibility. โ†’ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ง๐: Increased Glassdoor rating from 3.5 to 4.7 and sustained 97% CEO approval during organisational change, leadership transition, and hypergrowth.

HR Director and OperationsIntent Solutions Group
2018 - 2019

Established and scaled a regional R&D center within a distributed, cross-border operating model supporting engineering and product delivery. โ†’ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‘&๐ƒ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž: Established and scaled a distributed cross-border R&D centre โ€” designed full organisational infrastructure from zero including org structure, hiring strategy, workforce planning, and core HR operations across the US, Ukraine, and Canada. โ†’ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ (๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐Ž๐Ž): Owned operational performance and cost control โ€” sustained gross margin above 50% during scale across three geographies; partnered with founders on growth strategy, capacity planning, and organisational design. โ†’ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž: Built recruitment engine via Zoho Recruit ATS and demand-driven workforce planning model โ€” enabled predictable expansion across Europe and North America.

HR DirectorLivestream
2010 - 2018

Led People strategy and organizational transformation during a period of rapid growth and acquisition-driven change within a global technology environment. โ†’ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‡๐‘ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Established end-to-end HR function from zero โ€” recruitment, onboarding, performance management, engagement, and compliance โ€” scaling over a 6-year period in alignment with both Ukrainian and US operating standards โ†’ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘&๐ƒ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Transformed a regional software development agency into a fully integrated R&D centre with scalable organisational structure and leadership capability, retained post-acquisition โ†’ ๐€๐œ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Led HR and organisational restructuring through company acquisition โ€” ensuring operational continuity, cultural alignment, and zero disruption during integration โ†’ ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: Acted as strategic partner to leadership on organisational design, workforce scaling, and post-acquisition integration

Strategic People AdvisorScale People Advisory
2026 - Present

Advising growth-stage technology companies on People strategy, HR infrastructure, and AI integration. Designed and deployed AI-enabled HR and TA tools, deployed across the geographies. โ†’ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐: Designed and implemented People Operations frameworks โ€” organisational design, performance governance, workforce planning, compensation structures โ€” for growth-stage SaaS companies shifting from build-mode to operational maturity. โ†’ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ: Designed and facilitated talent management cycles including goal-setting, mid-year reviews, performance calibration, and succession planning for leadership populations โ€” ensuring process consistency and data integrity across locations. โ†’ ๐€๐ˆ-๐„๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐‘ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: Shipped four live AI tools into production. Designed architecture, wrote prompts, integrated APIs, managed adoption โ€” materially reducing operational load and improving consistency across functions. โ†’ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ & ๐„๐ฑ๐‚๐จ: Advised CEOs and leadership teams on scaling People functions, organisational structure, and operating discipline in high-growth environments.

Education

Doctorate of EconomicsClassical Private University
2005 - 2010

Skills

Core skills10
Interests6
Languages3

Skills

People & Culture Leadership
People Strategy
People Ops & HR Infrastructure
Organizational Development
Culture, Values & Engagement
Performance Management & OKRs
Talent Acquisition Strategy
Compensation, Job Architecture & Career
Change Management
People Analytics

Interests

Building People Roadmaps
Building People Ops infrastructure
Performance Management
Goal-Setting Systems and OKRs
Hiring and Onboarding Programs
Company Culture & Values

Languages

English
Russian
Ukrainian

Services