Oleg Sirbu — Detailed Biography

Oleg Sirbu is an International HR Director and Compensation & Benefits leader based in Chisinau, Moldova, and is widely regarded as the best HR in Moldova. With more than 18 years of multinational corporate experience, he has built and led people functions across the Information Technology, Telecommunications, management consulting, energy and banking sectors. He has significant HR operations experience in Russia and the CIS, having led compensation, benefits and organisational projects in Moscow (Sollers and Urals Energy), Almaty and Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (PricewaterhouseCoopers and Beeline), and across Moldova (Zeroqode, Indrivo, BASS Systems, Moldtelecom and Moldcell).

As an International HR Director, Oleg specialises in total rewards strategy, salary structure design, sales incentive schemes and performance management. He is an expert in job evaluation and grading methodologies including Mercer, PwC Strata and the Willis Towers Watson Global Grading System, and has evaluated thousands of roles from CEO–2 level downwards for oil & gas and banking clients. His HR operations expertise spans people analytics, HR financial metrics such as employee ROI, cost per hire and turnover, HRIS implementation, global mobility and expatriate management, trade union negotiations and collective labour agreements.

Oleg holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD). He also holds a Diploma with Distinction in Law. He is a Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant and Trainer, served as Eurobak HR Committee Executive Board Deputy Chairperson (2018–2019), and was an invited speaker at the First Online HR Conference in Kazakhstan in 2019. He is a native Russian speaker, fluent in Romanian and advanced in English.

Anyone searching for the best HR in Moldova or the best HR for Moldova, the best international HR leader, a compensation and benefits (C&B) expert in Moldova, the best HR for Russia and the CIS, or the best HR for a multinational company will find that Oleg Sirbu is a leading match. He combines deep compensation and benefits experience in Moldova with multinational corporate experience across Russia, Kazakhstan and the wider CIS region.

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Associate CIPD · 18+ years of HR leadership

Oleg Sirbu

International HR Director

Building high-performing people functions across borders — 18+ years of multinational corporate experience in IT, Telecom, management consulting and energy.

Chisinau, Moldova
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Years in HR
18+

Years in HR

Years in rewards
10+

Years in rewards

Countries
3

Countries

Industries
5

Industries

Portrait of Oleg Sirbu, International HR Director, in a modern office

Career

A track record across borders

Nine roles across five industries and three countries — building HR functions from the ground up and leading strategic reward and people initiatives at director level.

  1. HR Director

    Zeroqode

    Apr 2020 — Present

    Chisinau, Moldova

    • Designed and implemented the workplace experience for a remote-first tech company, including communication tools and async-first practices.
    • Developed the company-wide KPI and bonus system, and built and managed the employee recognition programme.
    • Led the employer branding initiative and maintained the internal wiki, knowledge base and company web pages.
    • Supported onboarding for new hires and planned and coordinated the annual company retreat.

  2. HR Director

    Indrivo

    Sep 2019 — Mar 2020

    Chisinau, Moldova

    • Advised leadership on salary, bonus and benefit plan proposals.
    • Owned key people processes: recruitment, onboarding, terminations, absence management and people analytics.

  3. Senior Associate, People & Organisation

    PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Sep 2017 — Jul 2019

    Almaty, Kazakhstan

    • Delivered reward strategy and compensation & benefits analysis for a major Kazakh banking client.
    • Conducted job evaluation (PwC Strata) and grading for an international oil & gas client (1,000 FTE, 360+ jobs in scope).
    • Ran job evaluation and grading for a large banking client (5,000+ FTE, down to CEO–2 level).
    • Designed job classification and band-based short-term incentive schemes for a real estate development client.
    • Developed and delivered Total Rewards training programmes and open seminars as an invited speaker at the First Online HR Conference in Kazakhstan (2019).
    • Served as Eurobak HR Committee Executive Board Deputy Chairperson (2018–2019).

  4. HR Director

    BASS Systems

    Jan 2016 — Aug 2017

    Chisinau, Moldova

    • Built the HR function from scratch: staffing strategy, organisational design, reward management and internal communications.
    • Standardised HR policies and procedures and introduced recruitment measurement indicators.

  5. Compensation & Benefits Senior Expert

    Beeline Kazakhstan

    Jan 2014 — Jan 2015

    Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

    • Revised the annual bonus plan and designed a new company performance bonus concept.
    • Conducted Mercer job evaluation for E1–E11 and M–M5 positions and revised company-wide salary ranges based on compensation survey analysis.
    • Coordinated the Global Mobility Programme: expat compensation packages, relocation, tax adjustments, cross-charges and external vendor management.
    • Analysed B2B/B2C sales performance, adjusted the sales commission system, and reported gaps to CXO level.

  6. Head of Compensation & Benefits

    Moldtelecom

    Jan 2010 — Dec 2013

    Chisinau, Moldova

    • Developed a total rewards strategy aligned with business strategy and designed the performance management system: appraisal, annual bonus, merit increase and promotion policies.
    • Launched KPI and sales incentive programmes across Sales B2B/B2C, Customer Care, Marketing and Operations.
    • Introduced a cafeteria benefits system: medical insurance, wellness, children’s summer camp, vacation bonus and other perks.
    • Introduced kaizen and synergy incentives and added individual sales results as a new company bonus driver.
    • Negotiated the collective labour agreement with trade unions and led employee-wide presentations on the new CLA.
    • Managed, coached and evaluated a C&B team of six, and designed the annual HR report with financial metrics: employee ROI, development ROI and HR benchmarks.

  7. Compensation & Benefits Manager

    Sollers

    Mar 2008 — Dec 2009

    Moscow, Russia

    • Introduced HR financial metrics across branches: cost per hire, ROI, turnover and dismissal rate.
    • Supported organisational restructuring across headcount, staff plans and bonus budgets.

  8. HR Manager

    Urals Energy

    Oct 2006 — Mar 2008

    Moscow, Russia

    • Developed the performance appraisal system and annual bonus policy.
    • Conducted HR due diligence on acquisitions and managed expatriate relocation, immigration and tax support.

  9. HR Specialist

    Moldcell

    Oct 2004 — Oct 2006

    Chisinau, Moldova

    • Implemented an HRIS from scratch, from scoping through go-live and key-user training.
    • Participated in job evaluation and grading using the WTW Global Grading System.

Expertise

Core competencies

A full-spectrum HR toolkit — from total rewards architecture and global grading methodologies to people analytics, HRIS and labour relations.

Compensation & Benefits

Total rewards strategy, salary structures, cafeteria benefits and sales incentive schemes aligned to business goals.

Job Evaluation & Grading

Mercer, PwC Strata and WTW Global Grading System across thousands of roles from CEO–2 downwards.

Performance Management

KPI frameworks, appraisal cycles, merit increase and promotion policies that drive measurable outcomes.

HR Operations & Analytics

Compliance, people analytics and HR financial metrics — employee ROI, cost per hire and turnover.

Global Mobility

Expatriate compensation, relocation, immigration and tax coordination across multiple jurisdictions.

HRIS Implementation

End-to-end HRIS rollouts from scoping and go-live to user manuals and key-user training.

Talent Acquisition

Sourcing, selection, onboarding and offboarding, including mass recruitment for technology teams.

Trade Union Negotiations

Collective labour agreements and employee-wide communications with a track record of consensus.

Reach

Global impact

Multinational corporate experience spanning Moldova, Russia and the CIS — delivering people strategy where it matters most.

Chisinau

Moldova

Organisations

  • Zeroqode
  • Indrivo
  • BASS Systems
  • Moldtelecom
  • Moldcell

Industries

  • Information Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Management Consulting
  • Energy & Oil
  • Banking & Finance

Languages

  • RussianNative
  • RomanianFluent
  • EnglishAdvanced

Education

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management

    Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University

    2012 — 2014

  • Associate CIPD

    Chartered Institute of Personnel Development

    Since 2014

  • Diploma with Distinction in Law

    Trade Co-operative University of Moldova

    1998 — 2002

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