Miglė Dulkytė, Head of HR

Quick Hits with Miglė:

What was your biggest professional risk? Leaving a comfortable role where I was the established expert to join a completely new environment where I had to start learning all over again.

What keeps you motivated? Having a manager who is an authority figure I don’t want to disappoint, combined with total freedom to create.

How do you describe your day-to-day? I solve problems. Whether it is hiring, big strategic shifts, or internal processes, if it is happening in the organization, I am in the middle of it.

What is Ruptela for you? A very good school that turns into a university. It is a place designed for people who take responsibility and are not afraid to experiment.

What is your approach to international teamwork? Total honesty. When working across Europe, the USA, the UAE, Mexico, and India, being sincere about why priorities are set helps everyone understand.

The greatest gift you’ve found at work? Freedom. The ability to come up with an idea, take full responsibility for it, and watch it work on a company-wide scale.
The biggest challenge? Balancing priorities, because for each person, their task matters most. My role is to move things forward without losing the human connection.
Advice for candidates? Be brave. Everything technical can be learned, but curiosity and responsibility are the things you have to bring with you.
If your role were a character? A mix of Hermione Granger (for constant learning), Lara Croft (for the exploration energy), and Moana (for her ability to read people’s energy and follow intuitive signs).
Your favorite off-duty hobby? Exploring abandoned buildings. I have been drawn to them since childhood, driven by a need to uncover hidden stories and histories.
What type of person thrives under your leadership? Someone who is brave, ready to take full responsibility, and completely unafraid to experiment.

If you ask Miglė Dulkytė what her day-to-day as Head of HR at Ruptela looks like, she doesn’t reach for a corporate handbook. She’ll tell you straight: “I solve problems.” Whether it’s hiring, big strategic shifts, or internal processes, if it’s happening in the organization, she’s in the middle of it.

But her journey to Ruptela didn’t start with a search for a perfect office or polished corporate machine – it started with a search for a challenge, and ended with the invitation she had been looking for.

From “The Person with All the Answers” to “The Learner in the Room”

Before joining Ruptela in September 2024, everything had become a bit too comfortable. At a recruitment agency, Miglė led recruitment team and delivered diverse HR projects, while also representing the agency in initiatives aimed at attracting fintech companies to Lithuania. Miglė was the HR expert, the one building the systems and teaching everyone else. But she felt herself starting to stagnate.

“I was in a comfort zone, and I just wanted a change,” she reflects. “I wanted a global, multicultural environment. It might sound funny, but I wanted to be the least experienced person in the room. I wanted to be surrounded by smart people so I could soak up their knowledge, transform as a person, and then have something new to give back.”

Trust From Day One

That desire to learn didn’t mean waiting for directions. During Miglė’s first few days, she dipped into the organization’s pulse and drafted an HR vision for the future.

“During the first days, I built a plan of what I wanted to do and presented it to Edvardas Linkevičius, my Direct Manager and Ruptela’s CEO. He just looked at it and said: ‘Good. Make it happen.’”

That trust became the foundation of everything. Recently, while catching up with a friend, Miglė realized exactly why this environment clicks for her: it’s the combination of a high-trust relationship and shared values.

“I consider Edvardas an authority, and he gives me immense freedom. When you have a leader you look up to – someone you can really talk to and model yourself after – and they also give you the space to lead, the motivation is automatic. If I were strictly controlled, I’d lose that drive because I’d just be executing someone else’s ideas. But when there is a real connection and a match in values, you realize: this is good. My ideas aren’t ‘killed’ or stopped at Ruptela, but I see them actually work on a company-wide scale.”

“We Wallow in Problems with a Dose of Laughter”

Early on, Miglė acted as a “one-woman army,” managing the HR complexities for both Ruptela and its partner LINQO (both part of the Ruptela Group) from A to Z. As the organization grew, so did the needs, and she successfully advocated for the budget to build a team. Today, she leads a small but mighty group.

“I know I am never alone,” she says. “My team believes in me even more than I believe in myself sometimes. We often find ourselves wallowing in various problems, but we always do it with a huge dose of laughter. When you have that support, you feel like you just can’t stop.”

Balancing the “Bottlenecks” and Global Perspectives

Being at the center of everything comes with its own set of challenges. Miglė works across two teams – HR and Management – interfacing with colleagues from Europe, the USA, the UAE, Mexico, India, and beyond.

“The real challenge is the constant balancing act,” Miglė explains. “In this role, I work closely with every department, and naturally, each team’s priorities are important. My job is to align those needs and ensure the most critical tasks keep moving forward.”

For Miglė, the key is honesty. “When you’re sincere about why certain priorities are set, people usually understand. We solve the technical nuances or emotional situations together. I learn so much because often, if I don’t come up with the solution, no one will. And that’s actually the fun part.”

A Certified Astrologer and 10-Euro Adventures

Miglė isn’t our typical “by-the-book” HR lead. She is a certified astrologer and occasionally uses numerology to better understand the “energy” of the people.

“Astrology is much deeper than just a Zodiac sign,” she explains. “It helps me read the room and sense people’s vibes. To be clear, it has no bearing on my hiring decisions. It is simply a tool that helps me connect with people and build better relationships.”

Since childhood, she has been drawn to abandoned buildings, driven by a need to uncover hidden stories and histories. At fifteen, while her mother thought she was on a school excursion, Miglė and a friend were actually hitchhiking to France with only 10 euros in their pockets. “We tramped all the way to France to meet another friend coming from Portugal,” she recalls. “We spent a few days there and then tramped back. It was a week-and-a-half-long journey during school holidays. In the end, my mom had to pick me up from the Polish border late Sunday night just so I could make it to school on Monday morning. It was full of adventures, but looking back, it was such an interesting experience.”

Breaking Barriers at the Ruptela “University”

The last year and a half has been about pushing past personal limits, from speaking at major conferences to preparing guest lectures at universities. At Ruptela, she has found that the only real limit is how much you’re willing to explore.

“My ‘power’ as Head of HR is curiosity,” Miglė concludes. “When you are curious, you ask more questions, you get involved, and you understand things faster. If you are brave and ready to take responsibility, you will do very well here. Ruptela is a very good school, and later – it’s a university.”

It’s a place designed for the brave. “The biggest gift here is freedom. I can come up with an idea, see it through, and watch it work on a company-wide scale. If you’re someone who takes responsibility and isn’t afraid to experiment, you’ll thrive here.”

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