Polina Medianina

Reviewer
DISC Type : Ci

HR Business Partner at Plata Card

Mexico City Metropolitan Area

Overview

Polina is a results-driven HR Business Partner at Plata Card, specializing in creating people strategies for high-growth fintech environments. With a background in project management and a Masters degree from the Higher School of Economics, she excels at cross-functional leadership. Colleagues describe her as professional, creative, and product-driven.

Polina has a strong creative streak, leveraging her skills to lead content and communication strategies. This includes building communities and producing informative videos and even a fun-documentary movie. Her interests lie at the intersection of creativity, communications, and people management, reflecting a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to her work and passions.

She was part of a winning BlockchainHack team that created a marketplace on a Smart Contract.

Personality Overview

Informal Yet Blunt

Challenger

Late Adopter

They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

High-Growth Fintech
Serves as a strategic HR partner in a rapidly scaling fintech (from 400 to 1000 employees) and previously worked at a US-based fintech startup.
People Strategy
She co-creates and executes people and HR strategies that are directly aligned with business growth, performance, and scalability for hundreds of employees.
Blockchain & Crypto
Was part of a BlockchainHack winning team and has promoted projects aimed at making the cryptocurrency market more transparent.

Media Appearances

Polina has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2023
HR Business Partner at Plata Card
5-2023
Content&Community Lead at Gainy
7-2015
Senior Project Manager at Agency for International Cooperation
1-2019 - 7-2019
Internship at OZON.ru
3-2018 - 8-2018
Intern at Procter & Gamble

Education

2019 - 2021
Master's degree from Higher School of Economics
Bachelor's degree from KLU Kühne Logistics University

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Insights For Selling To Polina

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Invite them for a social do but don’t rely solely on the relationship
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Use phrases like ‘clear proof that’, ‘data shows’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Polina is

  • Clear proof of product value matters to them, followed by others' testimonials and rapport.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Polina

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Polina move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Polina take some risk or not?

  • They systematically evaluate all decisions and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Polina

Personality Compatibility


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