Position: Head of Business Analysis /  Lead Business Analyst / Product Owner / Product Manager
Category: Business Analyst
English level: upper
Years of experience: 11


ABOUT ME:
1. I have 10 years of experience in IT as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, and Product Manager sometimes (rarely) performing in parallel as Project Manager/Scrum Master
2. My focus is both on the product side and people. I have solid experience in launching products into the market from scratch and building a BA/PM department

DOMAINS:
1. AdTech (Video CMS, AdServer, SSAI, SDK, Content/Ad Player, Content Syndication, CTV)
2. Live streaming, OTT
3. E-commerce (B2B, B2C, C2C; Internet shops; Marketplaces)
4. IoT
5. Logistic
6. Social networks, Messaging apps
7. Real estate
8. SaaS

AS A HEAD OF THE BUSINESS ANALYST DEPARTMENT:
1. Mentoring and coaching
2. Building IDP for analysts
3. Creating job descriptions
4. Improving processes for the business analysis department
5. Building and managing department
6. Evaluating BA work performance
7. Conducting technical interviews
8. Adopting best business analysis industry practices in the organization

AS A BUSINESS ANALYST ON THE PROJECT:
1, Assisting the sale / account manager during the presale step
2. Creating commercial proposals
3. Performing discovery phase
4, Business analysis planning, defining an appropriate method of software development
5. Stakeholder analysis / structuring / engagement
6. Market research and competitive benchmarking
7. Elicitation of all types of requirements
8. Requirements analysis / specification / verification / validation / approving
9. Requirements management and prioritization
10. Managing change requests
11. Backlog management
12. Release management
13. Risk analysis
14. Preparing a demo presentation

AS A PRODUCT MANAGER/OWNER:
1. Launching product from scratch
2. Owning the end-to-end product lifecycle
3. Generating innovative product capabilities
4. Creating unique value proposition
5. Defining MVP
6. Creating a product roadmap
7. Strategy analysis (Current-Future state, risks assessment and change strategy)
8. Solution evaluation / Defining and analyzing KPIs
9. Building ecosystem with multiple products
10. Building cooperation with the data analytical department to make data-driven decisions
11. Defining market trends
12. Preparing global product strategy
13. Creating reports and presentations to product investors and owners
14. Negotiating with partners (3rd party software)
15. Building cooperation with departments (Marketing etc.), creating marketing strategy
16. Calculating financial models

METHODOLOGIES:
1. Scrum
2. Waterfall
3. Kanban