Track record

Area9 Lyceum

Lars Sørup, CTO

For the past four years, Heleen has been an integral part of our expansion efforts, demonstrating exceptional professionalism and efficiency by successfully recruiting over 20 individuals for our team. Her pleasant character and methodical approach have not only ensured a smooth recruitment process but have also been instrumental in helping us build a robust team and establish our business presence in Estonia. Her contributions have been vital to our success and growth in the region.

Independent Recruiter & Headhunter

25 employees hired Product Manager (AI & Data)Product Manager (Digital Health)Technical Product SpecialistLearning EngineerSenior DevOps Engineer
EstoniaIreland

I've supported Area9's two business lines - Area9 Lyceum, an adaptive learning platform, and Area9 Innovation, a technology consultancy and product management services. Over the years, I've helped the company (HQ in Denmark) establish a business in Estonia and recruit remote talent across Europe.

January 2019 - Ongoing

LHV Pank

Fractional / Embedded Talent Partner

10 employees hired Data ScientistFraud Data AnalystRisk ManagerInternal AuditorIT AuditorAI DeveloperData Platform EngineerFront-end DeveloperMachine Learning Engineer
Estonia

Executed targeted search from core banking (risk management, compliance) to product engineering. Hired 10 people in the course of a 3-month contract, focusing on building talent pipelines through active sourcing.

April 2025 - July 2025

Milrem Robotics

Gristel Tali, Head of People and Culture

As Milrem grows rapidly, we were very fortunate to have Heleen join us as an experienced professional with a strong pipeline in engineering. Heleen has incredibly quickly learned our engineering nuances and handles our complex technical hiring projects very well. We are impressed by her quick delivery 😊

Fractional / Embedded Talent Partner

18 employees hired Tech Lead (Front-End & UI)Senior Software EngineerRobotics EngineerResearch EngineerSoftware Engineering ManagerLinux System EngineerTech Lead (Embedded C++)Senior Product Manager (Defence)Network EngineerTalent Acquisition ManagerSimulation EngineerSoftware ArchitectHead of Architects
EstoniaCzech RepublicPolandFinland

Worked on bringing top talent to Europe’s leading robotics and autonomous driving developer in the Defence sector. Hired 18 people in the course of a 1-year partnership, supported new ATS migration to TeamTailor, and facilitated hiring managers' training. Hired roles included senior engineering talent focusing on targeted search across multiple markets in Europe. Roles varied from senior engineers to tech leads, engineering managers, architects, and product managers across different verticals: HMI (human machine interface), embedded systems, and autonomous driving.

April 2024 - April 2025

Promaton

Technical Sourcer

1 employees hired Senior Frontend Engineer (React/Three.js/3D)
Netherlands

Interim Technical Sourcer building a talent pipeline of Frontend Engineers focused on a niche tech stack in 3D across Europe.

November 2023 - January 2024

SkySelect

Technical Recruiter

1 employees hired Senior Product Owner
Estonia

Helped to recruit a Senior Product Owner for a technology start-up, developing an AI-powered procurement platform for Airlines.

August 2023 - November 2023

Nortal

Thomas Cornwall, Product Director

Heleen is a hiring manager's dream. We gave her the impossible task of scaling from zero to 150+, hiring across multiple teams with constantly changing needs and seemingly impossible timescales. She sourced top talent, saved me hours each week, and helped us build a successful organisation.

Senior Talent Partner

80 employees hired Chief Product OfficerHead of ProductProduct ManagerProduct DesignerService DesignerVisual Brand ManagerEngineering ManagerData ArchitectData EngineerDataOps EngineerPlatform EngineerHead of People DevelopmentHead of Product Design
United KingdomSpainPortugalNetherlandsFinlandEstoniaLatviaPolandGermanyUnited Arab EmiratesSaudi Arabia

I was responsible for tech leadership, product, CX, and engineering recruitments for emerging businesses in Europe and in the Middle East. The main project was building up a fully remote new business function from 0 to 150+ across EMEA for a futuristic city NEOM in Saudi Arabia.

December 2020 - February 2023