Growth and strategic change bring complexity. When teams expand or shift direction, team dynamics and People Ops become either an enabler or a bottleneck to execution.
Most companies don’t need more theoretical advice or another full-time executive – they need flexible, senior expertise that connects business goals directly to daily performance.

I provide Senior People Partnering on demand – building a resilient people architecture that scales your business without burning out your leadership, your talent, or your budget.

Services I offer

People Partner Service

Hourly, daily, or monthly rate

I fix your team structure, hiring workflows, management systems and coach you on people topics. You get strategic thinking plus the actual hands-on work – at a fraction of the time and cost.

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PPS can be a full-package HR service, or you can choose from these key areas:

Operations & Setup

Setting up smooth tools, create and automate processes, clear policies, and legal compliance so your backend runs on autopilot.

Performance & Growth

Building entire candidate & employee experience, creating clear career paths, pay structures, fast onboardings and efficient engagement so people perform at their best.

Strategy

Designing your org chart, fixing roles and responsibility, aligning your teams with big growth goals

Leadership and Team

Coaching founders and managers to lead better, resolve conflicts, and build high-performing team dynamics.

Precision Over Process:
Identify → Roadmap → Definition of Done → Implementation

Team Capability Audit (TCA)

Project-based

A systematic diagnostic tool to uncover why your business is missing its strategic targets.
The TCA goes far beyond surface-level metrics or HR compliance. It is a deep, objective evaluation of your leadership quality, team dynamics, and People Ops architecture. By uncovering hidden friction points and skill gaps, the TCA gives you a clear picture of what is holding your performance back and a concrete roadmap to fix it.

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Duration: 1–3 months (depends on the company size).

  • Step 01: The “Paper” Realit
    Analyze org charts vs. actual operations, recruitment pipelines, and compensation & benefits equity.
  • Step 02: Leadership Maturity
    Identify accidental managers, founder bottlenecks, and overall team health.
  • Step 03: Unspoken Sentiment Scan
    Observe real-time behavior in meetings and high-stress scenarios to map informal power structures and team dynamics.
  • Step 04: Strategic Gap Analysis
    Capability mapping — determine if your current team has the skills required to reach your future milestones.

Result: TCA Report (Answering the critical question: are your walls and ceilings strong enough to support more floors?).

My experince in numbers

15+

Years in HR & TA roles in IT/Tech industry

40%

Managed year-over-year growth

8%

Turnover while keeping YoY growth (40%)

350+

Hires made (technical and lead roles with average time to hire of 2 months)

100+

Projects and initiatives lead and implemented


Corporate

Operated within a global framework – navigating complex standards and high-security requirements. Was part of the Nordics and Baltics team.

Startup

Handle fast growth and constant changes. Built HR foundations from nothing, managed 30+% YoY growth, reached Top 3 in market and helped double revenue.

Agency

Lead high-precision technical sourcing and market mapping across Europe and was partner to many top Estonia IT companies.

Testimonials

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Mats
Belbin Accredited Team Coach at Belbin Estonia
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Tatjana
Team Lead at Askend
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Ilja
QA Competency Lead at Askend
“She actually understands what engineers do and what matters to them, making the process faster and more accurate.”
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Sven
Software Engineer in Space projects at CGI Estonia
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Erkki
Enterprise Markets Division Director at CGI Estonia

Who am I?

Hi, I’m Katarina!

I believe that the most important fraction in any business equation is the team.

Yet, it is often the most underrated and disregarded.

We live in a culture obsessed with quick replacements and hunting down individual “A-players”—as if burning through your teams or dropping a few star performers into a broken, chaotic environment will magically fix the business. It won’t. You can’t demand business results; you build the organization and lead people so that they want to bring those results.

Incredible business results are driven by the dynamics between team members, by systems that make decision-making and execution fast, and by a culture that thrives on everyone’s true ownership.

To scale, you have to build patterns and systems that give those unique human beings a clear framework to act, execute, and excel.

HR/People Ops can make a real difference in direct business results—building and driving growth, not just administering tasks, so that leadership and your talents can focus entirely on your clients.

I look forward to proving this through our first collaboration.



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