HR Generalist (Remote)

Role Title: HR Generalist (Remote)

Company & Context
KeyPerson is a recruitment agency hiring for our client: a Ukrainian IT product company (up to 30 employees) operating as a business unit within a larger group. The team is fully distributed and works across European time zones, with steady, sustainable growth.

Role Summary
As the HR Generalist, you will be the sole HR professional in the business unit and will own HR end-to-end—from hiring through onboarding, performance support, engagement initiatives, and offboarding. You’ll run structured full-cycle recruitment for approximately 1–3 hires per month while building practical, lightweight HR processes that work for a small distributed team.

Key Responsibilities
• Own the employee lifecycle end-to-end for the business unit, acting as the primary HR partner for employees and managers.
• Run full-cycle recruitment: align with hiring managers on role intake, source candidates, screen, coordinate and run interviews, manage offers, and ensure timely follow-ups.
• Keep hiring structured and consistent using interview plans, scorecards, and clear candidate communication to deliver a strong candidate experience.
• Lead onboarding: ensure a consistent onboarding plan, coordinate stakeholders, and help new hires ramp up quickly with clear expectations.
• Support performance and development practices: goals setting, review cycles, feedback habits, and coaching managers on people topics.
• Drive employee engagement in a distributed environment through surveys, regular check-ins/1:1s, and action planning with leadership.
• Build, document, and roll out practical HR processes and policies tailored to a small remote team (e.g., probation, time off, internal communication, conflict resolution), aligning with group-level practices when needed.
• Serve as a trusted, confidential point of contact for employee relations topics and day-to-day HR questions.
• Manage offboarding smoothly, including exit interviews, coordination of knowledge transfer, and continuous improvement insights.

Scope Note
Personnel records administration is not part of this role.

Working Arrangement
• Fully remote, with working hours aligned to European time zones.
• Occasional travel within Europe for team meetings and onboarding.

Must-Have Qualifications
• Proven experience as an HR Generalist or as the sole HR owner in a small or scaling organization, covering multiple parts of the employee lifecycle.
• Hands-on end-to-end recruitment experience (intake to offer), managing multiple roles in parallel.
• Fluent written and spoken English and Ukrainian.
• Strong ability to work independently with light process, prioritizing effectively and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Availability within European working hours and willingness to travel within Europe occasionally.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications
• Experience in IT product companies and/or distributed engineering teams.
• Experience building HR policies and lightweight HR systems from scratch in a pragmatic way.
• Familiarity with ATS platforms, sourcing tools, and structured interviewing practices.

What Success Looks Like (First 3–6 Months)
• Hiring runs predictably with clear stages, structured interviews, and consistently positive candidate feedback.
• Onboarding is repeatable and effective, with new hires ramping smoothly and managers knowing their responsibilities.
• Core HR processes are documented, adopted across the distributed team, and improve clarity for employees and leaders.

Equal Opportunity
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Remote-first work; European time zone alignment; occasional team travel within Europe; autonomy and end-to-end ownership of HR for a growing product unit; opportunity to build practical HR processes for a distributed team