Position: Product owner
Category: Product Manager
English level: upper
Years of experience: 11


For more than 10 years I created and operated online marketplaces in Ukraine. 
We started as a family-run website for young parents and developed a social-important business with 20+ employees which was profitable and sustainable since 2008. 

My role in the company varied from Editor-in-chief to COO to CEO. I deeply understand the essentials of IT-business, product development, content creation, marketing and monetization strategies, customer support, people hiring, legal support options and financial operations. 

My superpower (besides being Ukrainian) is an ability to solve different kinds of problems and find the best solutions even under pressure. I'm not afraid of taking full responsibility and making tough decisions. I have experience of surviving and saving a business under raider attack (including court proceedings in Ukraine and US, domain disputes etc), which may be not applicable in civilized world but gives me capability to be efficient in most unpredictable circumstances. 

My native languages are Ukrainian and Russian, but I speak good English (to a level where I have been questioned in US court for 8 hours as a witness, long story :). I also have some level of Turkish, enough for understanding and day-to-day communication in life.

Married for 16 years (all these years we work together). Mother of three, youngest is 6. As a business owner never had a maternity leave, but managed to organize life-work balance through the most busy and complicated periods. 

I'm interested in positions connected to:
- product development and management (PM, PO etc)
- customer support,
- content creation and management,
- education and healthcare,
- people hiring,
- processes building

Before owning a business I have been working as a secretary, shop assistant, manager in advertising agency, editor-in-chief in online media. Had experience of opening cafe in Kyiv.
For more than 10 years I was operating own business (which is no longer sustainable because of war). I'm looking for a passionate team and useful product with good perspective. I like doing something that matters.