Віталій

Lviv, Ukraine

VITALII HAPANOVYCH [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
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PRODUCT & PROJECT MANAGER [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)

/ PROFILE

Product & Project Manager with 6+ years in software development, including nearly 3 years in management and leadership
roles — Team Lead / Project Manager, COO + Head of IT and, currently, Product Manager owning a digital product from
concept to launch. Manages the full delivery cycle of web projects — from discovery, requirements gathering, backlog
preparation and estimation through planning, execution, release and post-launch iteration. Coordinates up to six concurrent
engagements and cross-functional teams of up to 20 developers, QA specialists and designers. Translates business goals into
products, projects, processes and KPIs; owns budgets, resources and priorities; builds teams and delivery processes.
Hands-on with Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall and V-Model, backlog management, user story preparation, release planning and
continuous process improvement. Web platform delivery experience (CRM, ERP, SaaS, business automation) enables fast
adaptation to product-focused environments. Based in Lviv.

TECHNICAL ADVANTAGE Former software developer with ~4 years of commercial engineering experience (JavaFX,
Android — Java, Kotlin) and 20+ delivered applications — enabling effective collaboration with developers and QA, realistic
estimations and technically informed product and delivery decisions.

6+ ~3 6 20
YEARS IN IT YEARS IN CONCURRENT SPECIALISTS
MANAGEMENT PROJECTS COORDINATED

600+ 20+ 0→1 E2E
CLIENT REQUESTS APPLICATIONS PRODUCT BUDGET &
COORDINATED DELIVERED LAUNCHED DELIVERY

/ CORE COMPETENCIES

Product 0→1 Product Development • Discovery • Product Vision & Value Proposition • Target Users & Use Cases
• MVP Definition • Product Roadmaps • UX/UI Decisions • Post-launch Feedback & Iterations

Product & Delivery Web Product Delivery • Backlog Management • Requirements Gathering • User Story Preparation •
Feature Delivery • Release Management • Roadmaps

Process & Risk Scrum / Kanban / Waterfall / V-Model • SDLC • Sprint Planning • Scope, Risk, Dependency & Change
Management • Estimation • Budget Ownership • Continuous Process Improvement

Leadership & Business Operations Management • KPIs • Resource Management • Team Building • Task Allocation •
Performance Reviews • Strategy • Pre-sales, Demos & Presentations • Business Development •
Partnerships
Collaboration Stakeholder Collaboration • Client Communication • Cross-functional Team Coordination (Developers,
QA, Design, Sales, Marketing) • QA Collaboration
Tools & AI Jira • ClickUp • Confluence • Notion • ChatGPT • Claude

/ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Product Manager | 0→1 Product Development MAY 2026 – PRESENT
End-to-end ownership of a digital product from concept to launch
– Lead the full 0→1 lifecycle: Discovery → MVP → Design → Development → Testing → Launch → Iteration.
– Define product vision, target users, use cases, value proposition, scope and priorities.
– Conduct discovery, gather and structure requirements, prepare user stories and a prioritized product backlog.
– Plan the product roadmap, development stages, releases and launch.
– Coordinate designers, developers and contributors; own product, UX/UI and technical decisions.
– Collect post-launch feedback, analyze results and define iterations for further product growth.
– Use AI-powered tools (ChatGPT and Claude) for discovery, requirements analysis and documentation.

VITALII HAPANOVYCH — PRODUCT & PROJECT MANAGER

COO + Head of IT JUL 2024 – APR 2026
Confidential Software Development Company — Custom Software Development & IT Outsourcing, international clients
OPERATIONS & LEADERSHIP
– Translated business goals into products, projects, processes, KPIs and execution plans.
– Coordinated technical, sales, marketing and business functions toward shared company objectives.
– Built teams and internal processes for delivery and quality; led team growth and performance.
– Led development and launch of new products, services and initiatives.
– Participated in strategy, business development, partnerships and pre-sales.
PROJECT & DELIVERY MANAGEMENT
– Owned the full delivery cycle of web projects across up to six concurrent client engagements — from requirements
gathering and estimation through planning, execution and release.
– Gathered and analyzed requirements, prepared user stories and maintained a prioritized product backlog aligned with client
and business priorities.
– Coordinated cross-functional teams of up to 20 developers, QA specialists and designers, aligning capacity, priorities and
delivery expectations.
– Planned features and releases — delivery roadmaps, sprint and release schedules — improving planning transparency
across concurrent engagements.
– Facilitated Scrum ceremonies — sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, retrospectives and backlog refinement —
improving sprint predictability and cross-team alignment.
– Managed scope, dependencies, risks and change requests, maintaining predictable releases.
– Monitored delivery performance using project milestones, sprint progress, KPIs and delivery metrics, providing transparent
reporting to clients and internal stakeholders.
BUDGET, CLIENTS & PROCESS
– Planned, monitored and controlled project budgets and resources, aligning delivery commitments with team capacity and
business objectives.
– Acted as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, coordinating 600+ feature requests and delivery initiatives across
active engagements; worked with clients on scope, priorities and outcomes.
– Standardized project documentation — status reports, sprint summaries, roadmaps and meeting minutes — supporting
continuous process improvement and faster onboarding of new team members.
– Integrated AI-powered tools (ChatGPT and Claude) into planning, documentation, requirements analysis and reporting
workflows, improving operational efficiency.

Team Lead / Project Manager NOV 2023 – JUN 2024
Projects, teams and delivery from requirements to release
– Led a team of Android engineers while coordinating delivery activities across multiple projects.
– Defined scope, priorities, tasks, timelines, resources and milestones.
– Estimated work, prioritized backlogs and planned sprint execution.
– Coordinated developers, designers, QA, clients and stakeholders to ensure successful, on-time releases.
– Managed risks, dependencies, blockers, scope changes and delivery quality.
– Built delivery workflows using Scrum, Waterfall and V-Model.
– Led client communication, discovery, estimation, pre-sales, demos and presentations.
– Managed team formation, task allocation and performance reviews.

Android Developer DEC 2020 – SEP 2023
Custom Android applications for clients
– Developed commercial Android applications in Java and Kotlin; contributed to 20+ applications across different business
domains.
– Integrated REST APIs and participated in the complete software development lifecycle: requirements, estimation, planning,
development, testing and release.
– Worked directly with clients to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
– Collaborated with designers, QA, developers and clients; managed multiple projects and priorities.

Junior JavaFX Developer NOV 2019 – SEP 2020
Desktop financial management application
– Implemented features, fixed bugs, tested functionality and prepared releases.
– Worked with an existing codebase as part of a development team.

VITALII HAPANOVYCH — PRODUCT & PROJECT MANAGER

/ SELECTED PROJECTS

CRM Platform ERP System Telegram Monitoring SaaS
Coordinated delivery of an internal web Managed delivery of a web-based ERP Led requirements gathering, backlog
platform (CRM) supporting project platform supporting operational and prioritization and delivery of a SaaS web
management, client communication and financial processes; owned scope, platform monitoring Telegram channels
operational workflows — planning, dependencies and reporting. with configurable filters and notifications.
backlog and iterative releases.

HR Onboarding Platform Business Automation Platform Web & Mobile Delivery
Coordinated delivery of an internal web Managed delivery of a web business Delivered corporate websites, landing
platform automating employee platform automating internal workflows pages, Telegram bots and mobile
onboarding, access provisioning and and reducing manual operations. applications as parallel client
account management. engagements.

/ PROFESSIONAL IMPACT

– Improved project visibility through standardized reporting across all engagements.
– Increased delivery predictability by introducing structured sprint and release planning.
– Optimized engineering resource allocation across multiple concurrent projects.
– Strengthened collaboration between Developers, QA, Design, Sales and Business stakeholders.
– Built teams and internal delivery processes, and launched new products, services and initiatives.
– Supported company growth through continuous improvement of delivery processes and project management standards.

/ TECHNICAL UNDERSTANDING / EDUCATION
Web Development • REST APIs • Client-Server Architecture • Master of Computer Science
Database Fundamentals • Cloud Fundamentals • Mobile Lviv State University of Life Safety · 2022 – 2024
Development (Android: Java, Kotlin) • Desktop Development
Bachelor of Computer Science
(JavaFX)
Lviv State University of Life Safety · 2019 – 2022

/ AI-ASSISTED DELIVERY
/ LANGUAGES
– ChatGPT & Claude embedded in daily PM and product Ukrainian — Native
workflows
English — Intermediate (B1), comfortable with written
– Discovery, requirements analysis and user-story drafting
communication and documentation
– Sprint summaries, meeting minutes, status reporting
– Documentation and reporting workflow optimization