Олена

Olena Darmostuk
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Kyiv, Ukraine

Professional Profile
International education and partnership professional with experience coordinating
large-scale education recovery and infrastructure programs in Ukraine in cooperation with
IFIs, UN agencies, governments, and bilateral donors. Currently managing multi-donor
education and infrastructure initiatives with a total portfolio exceeding USD 100M+.

Strong background in programme coordination, donor relations, stakeholder management,
reporting, and inter-institutional governance, with hands-on experience managing consultant
teams, coordinating national investment planning processes, and supporting policy-aligned
implementation in crisis and recovery settings.

Experienced at working across government, humanitarian, development, and private-sector
actors, with a previous background in data-driven organizations and technology-enabled
programmes.

Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine​
Apr 2023 – Present

Deputy Head of Partnership Coordination Office | Advisor to the Minister​
Feb 2025 – Present

●​ Support the Head of Office in high-level stakeholder relations and manage
cooperation with the World Bank, UN agencies, EU institutions, and bilateral
development partners.
●​ Lead a team of five consultants, overseeing workflow management, task
prioritization, and the quality of deliverables.
●​ Shape the strategic direction of the education recovery and infrastructure portfolio
(USD 100M+), ensuring alignment with national reforms, EU approximation
requirements, and donor strategies.
●​ Coordinate cross-government processes involving multiple ministries, regional
authorities, and implementing agencies.
●​ Strengthen organizational systems, including planning cycles, decision-making
workflows, and reporting architecture.
●​ Oversee the preparation of policy briefs, analytical notes, donor correspondence, and
presentations for ministerial and international engagements.
●​ Provide strategic and operational leadership for the World Bank infrastructure
programme.
Senior Partnership Coordination Officer | Advisor to the Minister
Apr 2023 – Feb 2025

●​ Coordinate a national portfolio of 20+ donor-funded projects (education recovery,
emergency response, digitalisation), ensuring compliance with donor requirements
and government processes.
●​ Lead coordination with UN agencies, EU institutions, and bilateral development
partners, ensuring alignment of donor priorities with national recovery needs.
●​ Manage a team of two direct reports, overseeing workflow, planning, quality of
outputs, and cross-institutional communication.
●​ Drive partnership development and resource mobilization, expanding collaboration
with multilateral and bilateral partners and contributing to the increase of donor
support for education recovery.
●​ Maintaining consistency of communication across stakeholders and supporting
planning cycles through needs assessments and implementation tracking

Datrics & NEAR UA
Data Analytics & Web Intelligence Ecosystem​
Jun 2020 – Oct 2023

Marketing Lead (Jan 2022 – Oct 2023)

●​ Built and scaled the event-led demand generation channel (up to 81% of qualified
leads).
●​ Managed distributed teams (6 people: internal + contractors).
●​ Led end-to-end execution of international public events (partners, messaging,
logistics, speakers).
●​ Introduced ROI-based performance tracking across pipeline, revenue, and MQLs.
●​ Oversaw content production (articles, case studies, video) aligned with product use
cases.

Business Development & Marketing Manager (Jun 2020 – Jan 2022)

●​ Built outreach and lead generation systems from scratch (email, LinkedIn, events).
●​ Established partner engagement and funnel analytics processes.​
Coordinated production of educational and technical content.

DataRobot
Global Enterprise AI Platform​
Demand Generation Manager (Apr 2017 – Oct 2018)

●​ Led two operational teams (6 specialists) across outreach and analytics.
●​ Designed A/B testing frameworks and campaign optimization processes.
●​ Built the Outreach Department operating model.
●​ Introduced workflow automation and KPI-based reporting for performance
management.
Philip Morris Ukraine
Innovations Coordinator (Jun 2016 – Dec 2016)

●​ Coordinated cross-functional innovation projects focused on process optimization
and employee engagement.
●​ Supported rollout of new operational and digital initiatives across departments.
●​ Acted as a liaison between business teams and IT during implementation phases.

Associate IS Systems Analyst (Jun 2015 – Jun 2016)

●​ Translated business requirements into functional specifications for local IS solutions.
●​ Participated in system design, testing, deployment, and user support.
●​ Supported process digitization and data flow optimization.

NGO Foundation of Regional Initiatives
Head of international department of KMO NGO "FRI"​(Jun 2013 - Jul 2015)

Education
Kyiv National University Of Trade And Economics – Economic Cybernetics
2011 – 2015 Kyiv

Trainings:
●​ Agile/Scrum project management @ ScrumGuides
●​ Facilitation training @ Natalia Karpova
●​ Lean Innovations @ PMI InnoTeam

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian — Native
English — Fluent
French — Intermediate
Russian — Fluent