About PolinaHR
Polina Lambert
HR Business Partner | Senior HR Manager | Senior Recruiter
I translate people problems into business solutions. You don't need another HR consultant with a binder of policies. You need someone who can look at your messy team situation, tell you what's actually costing you money, and fix it — fast.
Team Polina is a consultancy led by Polina Lambert, an HR practitioner with 15+ years across fintech, retail, manufacturing, and service businesses. From Dubai to Minsk. We speak your language, not HR jargon. Our focus: businesses with 5–20 employees that have outgrown 'winging it' but aren't ready for a full-time HR hire.
The right person in the right role, paired with clear management and real development, drives exponential business growth. I don't just manage headcount — I optimize the Return on Human Capital.
How I Help
Find the Right People
Designing practical hiring tools — case-based interviews, skill tests, and onboarding that actually prepares people for your business.
Grow Your Team
Building clear expectations, coaching habits, and growth paths so your best people see a future with you, not the door.
Stop the Bleeding
Finding the hidden costs — slow onboarding, broken workflows, unclear roles — that drain your time and money every single day.
Align People with Business
Connecting your team structure to your actual business goals. Hiring when it makes sense. Restructuring when it doesn't.
Know the Numbers
Economics background with hands-on P&L, cash flow, and payroll analysis. So every HR decision has a business case, not just a feel-good story.
What That Looks Like in Practice
Cut time-to-hire by 30% — so you stop losing good candidates to competitors while you 'figure it out'
Increased new-hire success from 60% to 87.5% — by fixing onboarding, not just job descriptions
Reduced payroll waste by 8.3% — by knowing what each role should actually cost in your market
Freed up a department head's time by 53% — by growing senior staff into leaders instead of hiring more managers
Turned 10 days of manual testing into 1 hour — by building growth plans that actually develop people
Career Highlights
HR Business Partner for a global fintech company (Dubai, 50+ employees) — Built international hiring and onboarding across multiple countries, reducing time-to-hire by 30%.
Full-cycle recruiter for IT, production, sales, and service businesses (5–50 employees) — Learned what hiring systems work (and what doesn't) across industries and company sizes.
Operations Lead for a 10–15 person service business (Minsk) — Built training and onboarding from scratch, reduced new-hire ramp-up time, and learned how small teams actually work.
HR & Finance Specialist — Ran payroll, built business plans, managed budgets, and secured financing across agriculture, FMCG, and manufacturing.
Education
Bachelor of Economics — Gomel State Technical University
Professional Retraining, English Translator — Gomel State Technical University