Sofia Vinokurova

Sofia Vinokurova is an accomplished recruitment professional with extensive experience in managing teams and driving recruitment processes within the technology sector. Currently serving as Team Lead Recruitment for Yandex's ML Team since September 2022, Sofia oversees a team of eight recruiters, focusing on various machine learning specialties including NLP, LLM, CV, and more. Previously, at HR-Prime, Sofia held roles as Recruitment Lead and Senior IT Recruiter, leading teams of up to six recruiters while excelling in client relationship management, recruitment analytics, and project management. Early career experience includes technical recruitment across IT, finance, marketing, and sales sectors, along with a background as Senior Sales Account Manager in real estate and e-commerce.