Катерина

Kate Torhonska
Product Manager

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About Me
Strategic product manager with a strong
EdTech background, blending rigorous
discovery with crisp execution and C‑suite
negotiations. I take products from problem
discovery to MVP, GTM and scale, aligning Experience
stakeholders/other teams and metrics along
the way. I lead cross‑functional teams Product Manager / Head of Sales & 2024 – Present
through clear goals, rapid iterations and
Marketing
measurable outcomes.
SmartExpert / ContentBuilder.ai
Education Ran full discovery for ContentBuilder.ai: target segments
(L&D/HR/Corporate Learning), pain‑points, and produced product thesis
and roadmap.
Master’s in English and German
Led competitive research (Canva/Gamma/authoring & LMS builders) and
Language and Foreign Literature designed the MVP: AI content generation, templates library, LMS export,
Taras Shevchenko National University and key integrations.
2018 - 2020 Drove high‑level negotiations with Deloitte around AI Academy
customizations and launched a partnership (enterprise spin‑offs for
industries/functions).
Bachelor’s in Romance and Germanic Initiated and led talks with Mitsubishi on corporate training programs and
Philology pilots.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University Built relationships with C‑level stakeholders, investors and other
2014 - 2018 high‑net‑worth clients.
Owned the sales function in a startup environment: ICP definition,
pitches/demos, proposals and deals.
Skills Led a cross‑functional team (product, methodologists, SDR, automation
engineer): sprints, backlog, QA.
Shipped integrations (Zapier/Make/n8n).
Reduced time‑to‑value via reusable templates and AI tooling, accelerating
Management Skills module rollouts and customizations.

Creativity International Teams (Learning 2022 – 2024
Content & LMS)
Digital Marketing
Yappi
Negotiation Built LMS-ready programs end-to-end (0 to final product) for international
cohorts: needs analysis, curriculum design, storyboards etc.
Critical Thinking Packaged and delivered content, configured course structure in the LMS,
set up enrollments/paths, and monitored engagement and assessment
Leadership analytics to guide updates.

Junior/ Product Manager +
Language Learning Content
2018-2022

Green Forest
Co-developed the internal CRM as a product: mapped workflows, ran
English (native) German (b1) discovery to surface must-have features, and shipped iterative releases that
improved conversion, reporting, and cross-team handoffs.
Ukranian (native) Spanish (a1) Created training materials and quick-start guides for different teams and
external clients.