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Olena Starodubtseva

Olena Starodubtseva

Wroclaw,02

Summary

Professional summary

I am an accomplished Project Manager with over 8+ years of extensive experience in leading teams and managing stakeholders. Proficient in building and executing intricate project plans, specialize in developing robust processes to ensure project success.

Driven by self-motivation and initiative, maintain a continuous commitment to learning and refining professional skill set. Meticulous attention to detail and methodical approach consistently contribute to delivering exceptional results.

Currently seeking new challenges to further advance career path.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Project Manager

Knubisoft
02.2024 - Current

Projects Description:

  • Online learning management system (LMS) that specifically

caters to trading education and digital calendar for scheduling related events.

  • Web-based platform designed to guide and empower those to understand stock investments.
  • Low-code test automation solution.
  • Mobile App to advertise and find trade jobs in construction.
  • Mobile applications (Under NDA)

Main responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain project timelines and milestones, and review deliverables and milestones.
  • Plan and oversee internal and external project communications to ensure effective exchange of project information and deliverables.
  • Identify, analyze, prioritize, mitigate, and communicate project risks.
  • Lead and direct software development teams to deliver projects within constraints of scope, schedule, budget, and resources.
  • Exercise control over delivery and execution.
  • Negotiate, define, communicate, and manage project scope.
  • Controlling resources on project.
  • Interviewing candidates.
  • Onboarding new PM and mentoring.
  • Resource management.
  • People management.

Projects Team Size: 4 - 9 members

Project Manager (PM Lead)

Bini Games
09.2018 - 02.2024

Project Description: Educational games for children available on mobile platforms such as iOS, Android, and Amazon. These games are designed specifically for preschoolers, providing age-appropriate activities that foster creativity and foundational knowledge development.

Project Role: Project Manager, PM Lead

Main responsibilities:

  • Managing diverse team including artists, animators, technical artists, developers, designers, and QA professionals.
  • Competitor analysis. Collecting requirements and describing tasks and assignments for team members. Features and tasks prioritization. Creation and maintenance of project documentation.
  • Conducting Scrum rituals such as daily stand-ups, refinements, planning and retrospective meetings.
  • Monitoring and controlling project performance.
  • Negotiating with various stakeholders including Product Managers, Support and Marketing Team.
  • Resolving dependencies between different teams.
  • Release planning and reporting. Working with App Store, Play Market, user feedback analysis and analytics.
  • Recruitment and selection of candidates for open positions within team.
  • Implementation of onboarding and off-boarding processes for team members joining or leaving company or projects.
  • Development of personalized development plans for team members to enhance their skills and career growth. Establishment of metrics and tracking mechanisms to monitor progress and development of team members.
  • Conduction of regular one-on-one meetings with team members to provide guidance, support, and feedback.
  • Performing performance reviews to assess individual performance and set goals for improvement.
  • Mentoring project managers to support their professional development and growth within organization.
  • Control and improvement of processes in other teams, providing consultation as needed.

Project Team Size: 10 - 40 members

Project Manager

Ezlo
08.2016 - 08.2018

1st Project Description:

Web and mobile application designed for end users, offering advanced administration and monitoring capabilities for smart home systems. This scalable product caters to B2B customers and can be easily customized, allowing for re-skinning, rebranding, and seamless integration of new functionalities.

2nd Project Description:

An operational software application designed to monitor and control all infrastructure provided by the company to both B2B and B2C customers. This multi-tenant system offers various roles and authorization levels, catering to both internal users and partners with different capabilities. It facilitates remote maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

For B2B customers, the application enables management of their own customer base, infrastructure management, data analytics, and reporting capabilities. For B2C customers, it provides remote support, on-demand remote management systems, and an integrated store for additional services.

Main responsibilities:

  • Market analysis and competitors analysis.
  • Requirements analysis.
  • Collaboration with marketing and UX/UI designers.
  • Define project scope.
  • Project planning.
  • Project documentation.
  • Negotiating and mediating between involved parties.
  • Resolving dependencies between different teams.
  • Monitoring and control performing.
  • Performing Scrum rituals: planning/daily meetings/retrospective.
  • Responsible for delivering.

Project Team Size: 4 -10 members

Education

Master of Science - Masters Degree in Management

NAU "Kharkiv Aviation Institute"
Kharkiv, Ukraine
2012

Master of Science - Masters Degree in Telecommunications

NAU "Kharkiv Aviation Institute"
Kharkiv, Ukraine
2009

Skills

  • Skills
  • Project planning and execution
  • Strategic planning
  • Cross-functional team management
  • Risk management
  • Product management
  • People management
  • Mentoring
  • Methodologies:
  • Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Nexus)
  • Waterfall
  • Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Feature Driven Development (FDD)
  • Tools:
  • Jira (Admin)
  • Confluence (Admin)
  • ClickUp
  • Targetprocess
  • GanttPro
  • Experienced with App Store and Google Play Market consoles

Additional Information

Certifications and courses

PM Hard Skills [2021] IAMPM

Product Man [2020] IAMPM

English classes [2018] Green Forest

Command management in IT [2017] Lviv It school

English classes [2017] Green Forest

Java programming and Web technologies [2015] Source IT

Languages

Ukrainian, Russian
Native language
English
Upper intermediate
B2

Timeline

Senior Project Manager

Knubisoft
02.2024 - Current

Project Manager (PM Lead)

Bini Games
09.2018 - 02.2024

Project Manager

Ezlo
08.2016 - 08.2018

Master of Science - Masters Degree in Management

NAU "Kharkiv Aviation Institute"

Master of Science - Masters Degree in Telecommunications

NAU "Kharkiv Aviation Institute"
Olena Starodubtseva