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      Hello

Max Korpinen.
Building teams andproducts.

I'm a tech recruitment professional and entrepreneur, turned product person. I love creating and growing things, and am always on the lookout for the next thing.
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      My Expertise

My core areas of expertise that help me do my best work

Business-Savviness

I'm a startup generalist and an MBA. I've worn many hats from overall management to marketing and business development, and have a good grasp of how companies function.

Data & Research

I have a degree in Psychology with a heavy focus on statistics. I've made some academic publications too. I emphasize the importance of data and evidence-based decision-making.

Software Development

I built a successful career as a tech recruiter, building dev teams. I've always worked close to developers, and enjoy building things with code (JavaScript & Python) as well.

Design Thinking

I studied Design Thinking for two years before my recruitment career. The customer-driven iterative and curious mindset is how I approach and solve problems.
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      About

Passion for Building

Hey there! I'm Max, an ex-recruiter and SaaS entrepreneur, who recently switched gears and got into Product Management.

I spent several successful years as a tech recruiter, and ended up leading Nordic region's Talent Acquisition efforts at UiPath, a global software unicorn.

After UiPath, since 2019, I've been focusing more and more on product work, fueled by startup experience and a passion for solving hard problems.

My Experience

I've gathered my product experience on this website, but if you want to dig deeper into my professional background, read my full resume from below.

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10/2023 - PRESENT

Product Manager at Jobilla

Building recruitment software at a European B2B scaleup, and pursuing a future of effortless hiring.

3/2023 - 6/2024

MBA Student

Improving my business-savviness and management skills at a modern online MBA course with an Entrepreneurship specialization.

3/2021 - 12/2022

Co-Founder at Hireproof

Ideated and built a B2B recruitment SaaS with two technical co-founders. Responsible for overall product strategy, growth, and wore many hats.

“Max is a bright, motivated and enthusiastic manager. As the Programme Manager, he was responsible for booking and managing the event's dozen performers and their shows, and led a team for the preparations, implementation and dismantling of the event. The work was voluntary and demanded a lot of time and dedication. Max works well under pressure and independently, and I was very glad to have had him on board.”

Kristian Linnoinen

Founder at Mint & More Creative
“While working with Max at FOVE, we collaborated on structuring the interviewing process to guarantee that employees were a better fit for the company - both technically and personally - using evidence-based approaches. Max' expertise helped filter out unfit candidates, allowing us to spend more time doing in-depth technical interviews with remaining candidates. I would highly recommend Max for anyone looking to apply a modern approach to HR.”

Remco Kuijper

Rust Tech Lead at Nomic Foundation
“In about a week of meeting with Max, he managed to find us a group of stellar candidates for a lead position that we had difficulty filling ourselves. He also supported us during the rest of the recruiting process. As a result, we made a hire that our team is very happy with. We will definitely work with Max again in the future!”

Ville Wikström

COO at Helppy
      PORTFOLIO

These are some of the products I've built.

App of Empires | Design of a Web App

App of Empires | Design of a Web App

Web App

A "virtual coach" for players of the 20-year old classic RTS, Age of Empires 2, for improving gameplay.

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Hireproof | Launch of a B2B SaaS

Hireproof | Launch of a B2B SaaS

B2B

SaaS for running and coordinating job interview processes. Hireproof improves the job interview process by decreasing bias and increasing the quality of hires.

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Robo Holmes | Prototyping of a Robotics Project

Robo Holmes | Prototyping of a Robotics Project

Robotics

Robo Holmes is a Raspberry Pi -powered browser-controlled robot. The goal was to rapidly learn full-stack software development and working in a Scrum team.

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Ecolarity | Validation of an App Idea

Ecolarity | Validation of an App Idea

Mobile App

Ecolarity's goal was to help households considerably reduce waste and contribute to solving the Global Goal of substantially reducing waste generation.

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