Yulia Lidovskaia

Head of Talent

Ruby Labs

Jun 2026 - Current (3 months)

Head of Human Resources (FTC)

Clear Junction

Jan 2026 - Apr 2026 (4 months)

Joined on a short-term FTC after redundancy to deliver critical HR and payroll transformation projects in a multi-country environment, driving compliance and efficiency. Led HR operations across the UK, Latvia, Poland, and the Netherlands; Managed complex, high-risk employee relations across multiple countries; Provided workforce insights to the SMT, informing decisions on resourcing, risk, and operations.

Head of People and Culture

Addin

Apr 2023 - Dec 2025 (2 years 9 months)

Led all people and talent activities across the organisation, managing the full employee life cycle and people operations; Led a strategic re-evaluation of organisational values and embedding these across the employee experience; Improved people data metrics and reporting for leadership and the board through automated dashboards covering headcount growth, retention, turnover, time to fill, time to hire, absenteeism, and diversity; Partnered with stakeholders across all levels, providing advice on employee relations and performance matters; Delivered a cost-effective talent acquisition strategy with workforce planning and direct sourcing, reducing agency use to 0%. Reduced time to fill to 30 days (junior–mid roles) and 60 days (senior roles)

Head of Human Resources (FTC)

Up Learn

Jun 2022 - Nov 2022 (6 months)

Led all people and talent strategy and delivery at Up Learn during the FTC project; Partnered with stakeholders across all levels and advised on employee relations cases; Delivered all talent acquisition with seven direct external hires and two internal mobility of women into senior managerial positions; Worked closely with leadership teams on strategic workforce planning and organisational design to meet growth objectives; Analysed compensation and benefits costs and projections for growth for the financial model; Provided people, budget and cost updates for the monthly board pack; Created and implemented job grading and career development frameworks; Conducted salary benchmarking and tracked the gender pay gap, reducing it from 21% to 18%

Head of Human Resources (FTC)

Selina Finance Certified B Corp

Jan 2022 - Apr 2022 (4 months)

Led all people and talent strategy and delivery at Selina Finance during the FTC project; Partnered with stakeholders across all levels and advised on employee relations cases; Established a talent acquisition team with an RPO with two talent partners; Reduced time to fill to 30 days, time to hire to 15 days and cost per hire by 20%; Partnered closely with leadership teams on strategic workforce planning and organisational design to meet growth objectives; Analysed compensation and benefits costs and projections for growth for the financial model; Implemented HRIS, ATS, performance and equity systems to support scalable people operations; Created and implemented job grading, salary benchmarking and career development frameworks; Created and

Head of People

Ruby Labs

Oct 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 3 months)

Scaled the business from 30 to 130+ fully remote teams distributed across 20+ countries in the UK and Europe with a mix of employees and contractors; Remote people and talent team recruitment and management; Developed employer brand and employer value proposition; Established and led employee engagement and OKR and performance review processes; People system design and implementation building automation and a data-driven people function;

Talent Acquisition Manager

Cuvva

May 2019 - Nov 2019 (7 months)

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Checkoutcom

Feb 2017 - Apr 2019 (2 years 3 months)

Recruiter (FTC)

King

Sep 2015 - Oct 2016 (1 year 2 months)

Recruitment Partner (via Resource Solutions)

Visa

Sep 2013 - Aug 2015 (2 years)

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