Position: Product manager / Product owner
Category: Product Manager
English level: upper
Years of experience: 8

Chief Product Officer at PocketGuard.com
(Jul 2014 – Sep 2020)

Key achievements:
• Led the product development from scratch to one of the most popular free PFM apps in the US, featured in Money Magazine, NerdWallet, and more;
• Launched the key feature of the app - IN MY POCKET - “a single number that shows how much money you have for spending after accounting for bills, essentials, and savings goal contributions.” - Nerdwallet;
• Launched a premium subscription, that allows access to additional features. Reached ~16% paying audience;
• 15% revenue growth by launching ad monetization. Customers receive recommendations of cheaper car insurance, zero-fee checking account, and other products and services (offers from affiliates) relevant to their current financial situation;
• 30% revenue growth by launching the “Lower your bills” feature (powered by Billshark.com), where a customer could upload their telecom bill and Billshark would negotiate a lower rate with the service provider on the customer’s behalf;
• 30% retention rate growth of premium subscribers by launching smaller features requested by users.

Product Manager at Real.me
(Feb 2013 – Jun 2014)

Key achievements:
• Launched “DoNotTrack”. A browser extension, that blocks third-party trackers on each website you visit, to make the web a more private place. 
• Launched “Mask”. A browser extension, that creates a unique, random email address every time you register with a new app or website, so your personal email can stay private.
• Launched “Privacy Defender”. A browser extension, that helps you manage your social media privacy settings (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.) and remove any personal data from data broker databases.

Biz Dev / Product Manager at Wishdates.com
(Dec 2011 – Jan 2013)

Key achievements:
• Lead integration of payment gateways to the website (PayPal, SafeCharge);
• Lead integration of CDN provider.
Chief Product Officer at PocketGuard.com
(Jul 2014 – Sep 2020) 

PocketGuard is a free personal finance app, that automatically syncs with your bank to help you make a budget, build savings, and develop better money habits.

Key responsibilities:
• Conducting market, competitor, and user research;
• Working with key stakeholders, defining product roadmap;
• Capturing and providing requirements for developing new features and services;
• Analyzing product KPIs (Mixpanel + internal analytics);
• Managing and prioritizing product backlog;
• Managing development team (6-11 people);
• Optimizing development process;
• Establishing and managing partnerships;
• Designing product UX & UI (mostly mobile).

Product Manager at Real.me
(Feb 2013 – Jun 2014)

Real.me was a developer of online identity and privacy management tools. The company went through a series of pivots from identity theft protection to reputation management to online privacy protection.

Key responsibilities:
• Conducting market and competitor research;
• Conducting technical research and building proof-of-concept (for instance, Facebook API, Twitter API, LinkedIn API, Instagram API integration);
• Working with key stakeholders, defining product roadmap;
• Capturing and providing requirements for developing new features and services;
• Managing and prioritizing product backlog;
• Managing and optimizing development process;
• Analyzing and improving product KPIs.

Biz Dev / Product Manager at Wishdates.com
(Dec 2011 – Jan 2013)

Wishdates was a dating-focused social network, allowing users to find like-minded people, chat, and make friends. Wishdate was the first dating app on the OK.ru platform.

Key responsibilities:
• Search and negotiations with investors;
• Search and negotiations with partners;
• Capturing and providing requirements for 3rd-party service providers integration;
• Creating investor decks;
• Creating marketing materials and landing pages.
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