Our data security client was unable to keep up with development demand for their product and needed to grow the team rapidly. Unfortunately the skills needed were rare onshore and they were looking for build a long term team that could grow with them.
Solution:
Oktet and delivery partners worked with the start-up to:
- Identify the markets they needed to get access to based on talent profiles and cultural factors
- Build a team profile that complemented business, technical and problem skills that would enable them to be autonomous
- Recruit and support the new team, helping them to modify team capabilities as customer demand changed
Outcome:
- Built mini-business case for building a team in Eastern Europe
- Identified the right balanced team profile optimising for cost, location and technical capabilities
- Recruited 7 engineers and project staff within 12 weeks across Armenia and Ukraine