Position: Product Owner / Product Manager
Category: Product Manager
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 5

Latest achievements/results:
- Researched and developed a comprehensive solution for launching Global Cryptocurrency-backed Bank Cards
- A company in crypto-friendly jurisdiction was incorporated, licensed (for performing crypto activities) and a crypto-friendly bank account was opened
- Cryptocurrency-based service, generating up to 25 BTC monthly, was developed from scratch and launched
- A customer portal was launched and 37'000+ pre-orders were made (Card pre-orders, Verification, Referral program)
- A customer verification process was implemented (API, outsourcing service) and up to 5’000 checks were performed (KYC, AML, CFT) in less than 6 months
- Internal accounting system was developed and implemented (Cards MVP, up to 1000 clients)
- An MVP of Cryptocurrency SWAP service was developed from scratch and launched
- A number of problems (both internal and external) have been resolved (team, PSP, bank, clients, community)
- A number of strategic partnerships were established (cards, services, exchanges, brokers)
- Up to 100 fraud/scam attempts against a company were prevented
- Conducted onsite and remote negotiations with partners from USA, Canada, Monaco, Switzerland, Great Britain, France, Serbia, Montenegro, India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, etc.

Previous achievements/results:
- boosted debt collection in one of the Top 10 Ukrainian Banks by more than +300%, by developing and implementing a full-cycle debt collection process (Pre-, Soft, Hard, Legal Collection), based on ORACLE BI (segments) and Siebel CRM
- Trained 200+ end users
- a couple of projects were developed and implemented for a major bank in the Republic of Belarus (Integration with SAP LM, Management of groups of interconnected customers)
1+ COO in a fintech/blockchain startup
1+ Product Owner
5+ Business Analyst
Domains: Blockchain/Crypto, Payment cards, PSP’s, eCommerce, CRM and BI, Banking

Very good English
Responsibility for financial decisions up to 100,000 EUR
Reporting directly to CEO
Coordination of work of 6 people (Dev team is not included)

Key Business related responsibilities:
- coordinating work of Cards dept.
- problem solving, both internal and external
- domain and solution research
- competitor analysis
- search for partners and service providers
- conducting onsite and remote negotiations (USA, Canada, Monaco, Switzerland, Great Britain, France, Serbia, Montenegro, India, etc.)
- reviewing and agreeing contracts conditions with partners
- solution evaluation (risks, budget)
- presale activities
- business proposals processing
- conducting fraud/scam checks
- giving interviews to bloggers, preparing and performing presentations

Key Product related responsibilities:
- participation in product vision/strategy development
- requirements management (elicitation, use cases, facilitation, changing)
- product documentation management (policies, disclaimers, instructions, FAQ’s)
- business processes modeling (UML/BPMN)
- roadmap management
- backlog management and prioritization
- release planning and revision
- product primary communicator for teams (Dev/QA, Marketing, Cards dept., Support, Legal)
- working with Devs (requirements, API’s, releases, UAT)
- working with UX&UI specialists (mockups, user flow)
- working with QA team (UAT activities, requirements)
- working with Marketing (PR, ads creation)
- working with Support (clarifications, FAQ’s)

Methodologies/Frameworks: Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban
Tools: Google apps, Excel, Visio, Draw.io, Zeplin, JIRA, Confluence, Slack, Trello, ORACLE Siebel CRM, ORACLE BI, Terrasoft CRM/XRM, BPM’online
Related technologies: Microservices, MySQL, Ci, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Bitbucket, PHP 7, Symfony 4, JavaScript, Angular, Vue, Java, C++
Will be a plus, but not mandatory:
- High Tech product startup or company is preferred (Blockchain, Fintech, AI, etc)
- An opportunity to participate in negotiations and engage in business development (English-speaking)
- English-speaking team
- An opportunity to work remotely

Not interested in:
- Diving deeper than the business logic level when working with requirements (this refers to the level of system analyst)
- Banks and other highly bureaucratic companies