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YEVHENII PAVLENKO
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER | PMO | DELIVERY MANAGEMENT
Dnipro, Ukraine • [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) • [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) • LinkedIn

EXECUTIVE PROFILE
PMO and Senior Project Manager with 9+ years of experience across GameDev, EdTech, B2B SaaS, mobile applications, and
AI-enabled products. Currently manage a portfolio of 6+ core products and supporting services, coordinate 30+ specialists
(peak 55), and directly lead 3 Project Managers. Combine portfolio-level planning and governance with hands-on delivery:
roadmaps, priorities, scope, releases, risks, dependencies, budgets, stakeholder communication, and team coordination.
Experienced in building practical delivery processes, improving operational transparency, and aligning Product, Engineering,
QA, Design, Support, and business stakeholders around clear outcomes.

9+ 6+ 30+ AI-DRIVEN
YEARS IN CORE PRODUCTS IN SPECIALISTS; PEAK 55 PROJECT DELIVERY
PROJECT PORTFOLIO
MANAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP & DELIVERY FOCUS

Portfolio & program delivery Cross-functional leadership
Roadmaps, prioritization, release planning, capacity, Coordinate engineering, QA, design, product, support,
dependencies, risks, and delivery health across concurrent account management, and Project Managers around shared
products. priorities.

Process & operational improvement Stakeholder & delivery governance
Build practical workflows, reporting routines, documentation Work with executives, Product Owners, architects, and
standards, automation, and escalation paths that reduce Team Leads to align expectations, resolve blockers, and
friction and improve visibility. keep delivery moving.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IT STEP | Ukraine / Europe 03.2025 - Present
Project Management Officer (PMO)
• Manage portfolio delivery for 6+ core products and a broad ecosystem of supporting services and microservices across
EdTech, B2B SaaS, GameDev, and AI-enabled products.
• Coordinate 30+ specialists (peak 55) across Backend, Frontend, QA, Project Management, Design, Support, and Account
Management; directly manage and mentor 3 Project Managers.
• Own portfolio planning, roadmap alignment, prioritization, release coordination, delivery health, risk and dependency
management, escalation handling, and executive status reporting.
• Partner with CIO, CPO, Product Owners, architects, Team Leads, and business stakeholders to translate strategic
objectives into executable plans and maintain cross-team alignment.
• Build and standardize delivery processes for project intake, prioritization, Jira workflows, status reporting, documentation,
release reviews, risk tracking, and escalation management.
• Coordinate end-to-end delivery across Web, Mobile, Unity, WebGL, REST APIs, microservices, and third-party integrations,
aligning technical teams, QA, product, and business stakeholders.
• Manage a monthly workforce cost base exceeding $100K and external-service expenditure above $10K, supporting
capacity planning, vendor evaluation, reporting, and cost control.
• Designed an AI-enabled reporting workflow that reduced a recurring monthly process for three Project Managers from
about 24 combined hours to around 1 hour, saving approximately 23 PM hours each month.

Yevhenii Pavlenko | Senior Project Manager | PMO & Delivery 1

YEVHENII PAVLENKO SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER | PMO & DELIVERY
HAWK GAMES | Remote / Ukraine 2021 - 2024
Project Manager
• Managed end-to-end delivery of mobile applications and games from concept and market validation through development, QA, store
submission, release, and post-launch support.
• Built project plans, schedules, budgets, requirements, documentation, risk tracking, and stakeholder updates across multiple
parallel workstreams.
• Coordinated developers, designers, and QA specialists; managed changing priorities, dependencies, reviews, approvals, and
delivery risks.
• Released 2 applications across Apple App Store, Google Play, and Amazon Appstore; coordinated iOS and Android testing, ASO,
Privacy Policies, and Terms of Use.
• Conducted competitor and market research, presented product opportunities to company leadership, and supported hiring,
onboarding, and mentoring of distributed team members.
HITMO GAMES | Start-up Environment 2016 - 2021
Project Manager
• Translated product ideas into roadmaps, technical assignments, budgets, release plans, priorities, and measurable execution
goals across mobile application and game projects.
• Coordinated developers, designers, and QA across multiple concurrent projects, including iOS and Android testing, Unity-based
animation workflows, ASO, and multi-store releases.
• Owned schedules, risks, stakeholder communication, onboarding, and process development while balancing product priorities
and delivery constraints.
• Contributed to a product portfolio that reached 5M+ users; new projects generated more than $100K in annual revenue.
SELECTED DELIVERY IMPACT

Portfolio scale Leadership scope
6+ core products supported by a broad ecosystem of 30+ specialists coordinated across seven functions, with
services and microservices, with parallel releases and three Project Managers as direct reports.
competing priorities.

Multi-platform delivery AI-enabled operations
Experience across Web, Mobile, Unity, WebGL, REST APIs, Use practical AI workflows to improve reporting, task
microservices, third-party integrations, and app-store preparation, documentation, review analysis, and
releases. operational consistency.
CORE EXPERTISE
Project Management • Program & Portfolio Management • PMO Governance • Delivery Management • Agile / Scrum /
Kanban • Roadmaps & Prioritization • Backlog & Requirements Management • Release Planning • Risk, Dependency
& Escalation Management • Stakeholder Management • Budget & Capacity Planning • Cross-functional Team
Leadership • Process Improvement • Jira & Confluence • Technical Project Coordination • AI Workflow Automation
EDUCATION, TOOLS & LANGUAGES

EDUCATION TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
GoIT School - IT Project Management Certificate, 08.2024-11.2024 Jira, Confluence, Trello, Google Workspace, Slack, Sentry,
Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology - Master's Claude Code, OpenAI / ChatGPT, Gemini, Unity, REST
Degree in Management, 2015-2021 APIs, Microservices

LANGUAGES INDUSTRIES & DELIVERY
Ukrainian - Native • Russian - Fluent GameDev, EdTech, B2B SaaS, Mobile Applications, AI-
English - B2 written; conversational speaking in active enabled Products, Web, Mobile, Unity, WebGL, REST APIs,
practice Microservices, Third-party Integrations

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