TalentBridge — HR & Recruitment Agency in Kyiv, Ukraine

10+

Years recruiting in Ukraine

420+

Successful placements

32

Specialist consultants

28 days

Average time to shortlist

What we do

Six ways we build your team

Every engagement is shaped around your specific hiring challenge — never a one-size-fits-all process.

Recruiter conducting a structured candidate interview

Recruitment

Executive & Specialist Search

Targeted headhunting for C-suite, senior management and hard-to-fill specialist roles across Ukraine's key industries.

Confidential search & market mapping
Competency-based interview panels
Offer management & onboarding support

HR team reviewing workforce planning documents

HR Outsourcing

HR Function on Demand

A fully operational HR department without the overhead — payroll, compliance, policy and people management, run by our team.

Payroll administration & tax compliance
HR policy & document development
Employee relations support

Workshop on Ukraine's employment market trends

Workforce Planning

Talent Strategy & Planning

We analyse your hiring pipeline, labour-market data and growth goals to design a people strategy that scales with you.

Headcount & skills-gap analysis
Succession planning frameworks
Salary benchmarking (UAH market data)

04 Assessment

Candidate Screening & Assessment

Structured competency assessments, reference and background checks, and SHL/Hogan psychometric tools that reduce mis-hires and protect leadership time.

05 Employer Brand

Employer Brand Development

We help you define what makes your company worth joining — and communicate it so the right candidates apply at every level.

06 Training

HR Team Capability Building

Workshops and coaching that upskill your internal HR team in structured interviewing, performance management and Ukrainian labour-law compliance.

How we work

A four-step path to your next great hire

A transparent process with weekly updates — so you always know exactly where the search stands.

1

Brief & Discover

We meet your team to understand the role, the culture and the commercial context — so we know precisely who we are looking for.

2

Search & Screen

We tap our active network, run targeted headhunting and screen every candidate against a structured competency framework.

3

Present & Interview

You receive a shortlist of three to five deeply vetted candidates with written assessments — and we guide every interview round.

4

Place & Retain

We manage the offer, support onboarding and check in at 30, 60 and 90 days to protect your investment in the hire.

The TalentBridge team collaborating in their Kyiv office

Who we are

Recruiters who understand your business, not just the job spec

Founded in Kyiv in 2015 by HR practitioners who had seen too many placements fail, TalentBridge was built on one conviction: the problem is rarely a lack of talent — it's a lack of understanding.

We take the time to learn your organisation's culture, stage of growth and team dynamics before we source a single CV. The result is hires that stick and teams that thrive.

Sector specialists, not generalist recruiters
90-day replacement guarantee on every permanent placement
Candidate data handled to GDPR principles

More about us

Why TalentBridge

The difference is in the detail

Four reasons Ukrainian companies choose us for their most important hires.

Sector depth

Each consultant owns one industry — they know the talent pools, the salary bands and the real requirements behind every role.

Speed with rigour

A 28-day average to first shortlist, without cutting corners on screening, references or competency assessment.

90-day guarantee

If a permanent placement leaves within 90 days for performance reasons, we run a free replacement search. No fine print.

Care for candidates

Every candidate gets feedback and a professional experience — today's "no" is tomorrow's ideal hire, and it protects your brand.

Sector expertise

Where our consultants know the talent

Our practice is built on depth, not breadth. Each vertical has a dedicated consultant who understands the roles from the inside.

IT & Technology

Engineers, QA leads, product managers, DevOps and CTOs across product and service companies.

Manufacturing

Plant managers, production engineers, quality directors and supply-chain specialists.

Retail & E-commerce

Category managers, operations directors and omnichannel digital talent.

Finance & Banking

CFOs, risk analysts, compliance officers and fintech product leads.

Logistics

Fleet managers, warehouse directors, freight coordinators and procurement leads.

Professional Services

Consultants, legal counsel, audit managers and HR leaders.

FMCG & Agribusiness

Commercial directors, key account managers and agronomists.

Healthcare & Pharma

Medical directors, regulatory affairs specialists and pharma sales leaders.

Proven outcomes

Searches that delivered, recently

Every line is a real brief, a real search and a real person who joined their new team — and stayed.

28 daysIT / ProductVP of Engineering placed for a Kyiv SaaS company

6 of 6ManufacturingFull production management team hired in one project

0 errorsHR Outsourcing18-month payroll run for a 120-person e-commerce business

−37%Retail / FMCGReduction in time-to-hire for a national retail chain

3 hiresFinanceRisk & compliance team built for a Kyiv fintech

11 daysIT / ContractDevOps team scaled for a product launch deadline

Meet the consultants

The people behind your next hire

Sector specialists with genuine industry experience — many have worked in the very roles they now fill.

Olena Bondarenko

Managing Partner

Mykola Horenko

Head of IT Recruitment

Kateryna Sydorenko

Senior HR Business Partner

Andriy Pylypchuk

Industrial & Supply Chain Lead

Natalia Voloshyn

Finance & Banking Recruiter

Iryna Petrenko

Assessment & L&D Specialist

Meet the whole team

Client voices

What it's like to hire with us

TalentBridge filled three senior engineering roles in six weeks — candidates we could never have found on job boards. The quality of briefing at the start made all the difference.

Dmytro K.CTO, software company · Kyiv

We handed over our entire HR function and never looked back. Payroll, compliance and contracts run flawlessly, and our people finally have someone to turn to.

Olha M.COO, e-commerce retailer · Lviv

They placed our entire production management team in a single project. Every hire is still with us two years on. Genuine sector knowledge, not a CV factory.

Serhii T.Plant Director, manufacturing · Dnipro

Knowledge hub

Insights from our consultants

Practical analysis of Ukraine's labour market, written by the people who live it every day.

12 May 2026

Ukraine IT Salaries 2026: What the Data Actually Shows

Median engineering salaries have stabilised after two volatile years. We break the numbers down by role, seniority and region — and what it means for your next tech hire.

Request the full report →

3 March 2026

Hiring in Wartime: How Ukrainian Companies Adapt

Remote-first policies, accelerated onboarding and relocation packages have reshaped how companies compete for talent. Here's what's working — and what isn't.

Why 68% of Mid-Market Hires Fail in Year One

Our analysis of 320 placements shows culture mismatch, unclear scope and rushed onboarding outweigh skills gaps three to one — and how to prevent it.

Certified, accredited & connected

ERA — European Recruitment Association APSCo Ukraine Member SHL Occupational Testing (A & B) Hogan Assessments Accredited Kyiv IT Cluster Partner ISO 9001:2015 Process GDPR Compliance Verified

How we work together

Three ways to engage us

Pick the model that matches the role. No lock-in you don't need, and a written proposal before anything starts.

Contingency Search

12–15%of first-year salary · paid on hire

Best for specialist and mid-level roles where you only pay for a result.

No upfront fee — invoiced when your hire starts
Shortlist in 2–4 weeks
90-day free replacement guarantee

Discuss a role

Retained Search

From 20%staged over the search

Best for executive, confidential and business-critical hires that can't fail.

Dedicated consultant & full market mapping
Written assessment on every shortlisted candidate
Guaranteed shortlist or your retainer back

Start a search

HR Subscription

Fixed monthlyretainer · scales with headcount

Best for growing companies that need a full HR function without the headcount.

Payroll, compliance & contracts handled
Named HR partner on call
Cancel or pause with 30 days' notice

Get a quote

Not sure which fits? Tell us about the role and we'll recommend the right one — honestly, even if it's the cheaper option.

Let's begin

Tell us about the role. We'll tell you how we'd fill it.

A 30-minute call, no obligation. You'll leave with a realistic timeline, a salary read on the market, and a clear view of whether we're the right fit — useful even if we never work together.

Call us+380 44 338 27 15 Email usinfo@talentbridgedeck.com

What happens next

1
You reach out
Send a short note or book a call — whatever's quicker for you.
2
We scope it together
A 30-minute discovery call to understand the role, the team and the timeline.
3
You get a written plan
Approach, timeline and fee in writing within two working days — then you decide.

Book a discovery call

The right hire changes everything.