Position: R&D Manager, Project Manager, Development Manager
Category: Project Manager
English level: intermediate
Years of experience: 6

Built 3 effective Scrum teams. Grew 2 Architects from Junior devs. Successfully managed and released 4 strategic projects in studio.
I'm interest in growing as R&D/Project Manager and further, keeping closer to technical part of projects.

My previous experience (12 years) is fully in GameDev growing from developer to RnD Manager in Playtika company.
As R&D Group Manager:
•managed 2-4 cross-functional development teams (14-32 employees)
•implemented and supported Scrum/Agile methodologies in group and studio
•developed team leaders - directed, mentored, educated
•managed the life cycle of employees, including performance reviews, onboarding,
recruiting, and so on
•made decisions concerning the group, such as promotions, internal mobility,
compensation, OBS structure of the unit, and so on
•prioritized the group's activities, while balancing a business-oriented way of
thinking with the group's needs
•worked with senior management to implement strategy and execution
•accountable for delivery (productivity and quality)
•took part in building architectural solutions for new features in the project
•held the role of Production incident manager
•was a member of the project's Task Force as an R&D representative
•took part in defining the unit roadmap and business/technological protocols and
standards
•worked closely with the studio's different departments to help meet the
commitment


As Team Lead (2015-2016):
•led a cross-functional team of 6-8 people
•responsible for project planning and risk management
•took part in building architectural solutions
•created process and delivery improvements to reduce development time
•collaborated with product managers to understand requirements and align
business processes to product features and capabilities
As developer:
•integrated and supported apps integration with main social networks (FB, G+, VK,
MailRu, etc)
•developed and supported a high-loaded standalone game site including
integration with tracking systems and advertisement solutions (PHP, JS, node.js)
•introduced small improvements and bug fixes into the game project (ActionScript
3.0, Java 7/8, microservices)


As WEB developer (2010-2015):
•provided front-end and back-end website development (PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL,
AJAX, jQuery, WordPress, Java)
•planned website development, converting mockups into a usable web presence
•integrated and supported integration of games into different social networks (FB,
G+, Yahoo Mobage, VK, etc)
Want to work closely with dev team, to grow team and people while leading planning and execution of the projects.