Oleksii Veteran

AI Product manager

Employment type:
full-time, part-time
Age:
36 years
City of residence:
Kyiv
Ready to work:
Kyiv, Remote

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Work experience

AI Solutions Development Lead

from 04.2026 to now (4 months)
МХП, ПрАТ, Kyiv (Food industry)

Own the Generative AI and agentic AI agenda for one of Europe's largest agri-food groups (37,000+ employees, production across 6 countries, own retail network in Ukraine, Europe's #1 poultry producer). Lead a lean AI R&D unit and report directly to the Head of IT (CIO).

•Define and own the holding's GenAI and agentic AI strategy, roadmap, and responsible-use policy
•Lead a lean R&D unit (developer + business analyst), with authority to mobilize a matrixed team of architects, software, infrastructure, and data engineers as initiatives require
•Run the R&D function end-to-end: build lightweight in-house solutions, scout and evaluate off-the-shelf products, and route larger builds to other IT teams via change requests and the project committee
•Own vendor selection, solution architecture decisions, budget, and ROI assessment for AI initiatives across the group
•Build primarily on Azure OpenAI, alongside other leading LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini), applying RAG and agentic-workflow patterns
•Translate business problems into concrete AI solution concepts and drive adoption across business functions
•Act as the organization's internal authority on GenAI and agentic AI for business and IT stakeholders

Part-commander

from 02.2022 to 11.2022 (10 months)
Armed forces of Ukraine, All Ukraine (Security, guarding, defense)

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IT Scout / Manager of Computer Research and Development

from 12.2021 to 04.2026 (4 years 5 months)
MHP, Kyiv (Agriculture, agribusiness)

IT Solution Scouting:

•Identify business needs and issues that can be resolved using IT
•Analysis and identification of requirements: gathering and analyzing functional and non-functional requirements from users and the business
•Preparation of technical documentation and technical tasks, including specifications
•Coordination of internal and external IT specialists to define the target solution architecture
•Search for existing solutions in the market and evaluate their suitability
•Conduct assessments and benchmarks to compare available solutions
•Explore new technologies and approaches to address business challenges

Research and Development (R&D) and IT project/product management:

•Manage the development and scaling of MVPs (Minimum Viable Products)
•Oversee the product lifecycle, including launch, testing, and scaling
•Apply Agile methodologies to manage development
GenAI direction & enablement:
•Established and led the company's GenAI direction, growing it from technology scouting into a recognized internal capability (later formalized as a dedicated AI Solutions Development function)
•Designed and delivered enterprise-wide GenAI training, upskilling 1,000+ employees across business functions
•Built a GenAI pilot pipeline of 50+ initiatives, with 10+ solutions advancing into production across document management, ESG, and legal

Recognition:

•Two-time recipient of the "MHP Star" (Зірка МХП) corporate award
•Invited speaker at technology forums in Ukraine

Head of product

from 02.2021 to 12.2021 (11 months)
Toshiba Home Appliances, Kyiv (Retail)

-Oversaw product assortment for both small and large domestic appliances categories (MDA/SDA) in UA and MD regions
-Market Analysis: Researched and analyzed consumer needs and demand; studied competitors; identified emerging trends and opportunities

-Product Strategy Development: Defined objectives, segmented target audience, positioned the product, and formulated unique selling propositions
-Marketing Strategy: Designed and implemented marketing campaigns; promoted products; evaluated campaign effectiveness.
-Client Relations: Identified client needs, collected and analyzed feedback, and implemented improvements

Career break

from 06.2020 to 01.2021 (8 months)
Medical treatment and recovery

Product manager

from 04.2013 to 05.2020 (7 years 2 months)
Gorenje, Киев (Retail)

Product management:
- Price and product positioning
- Benchmarking
- Product marketing support
- Brand research
- Market research
- Technical documentation, certification and content support
- EBA communications management

Supply chain management:
- Tactical planning
- Development and monitoring of regional report system
- Forecasting

Best forecast KPI in EU
Corporate awards for best product innovative ideas
Brand representative on IFA2017

Freelance Analyst

from 10.2012 to 04.2013 (7 months)
Kesarev Consulting, Киев (Government Relations)

Government relations projects, data analysis

Marketing manager

from 01.2011 to 01.2012 (1 year)
Monde toy, Киев (Retail)

Market research
Advertising
Content management

Education

Pryazovskyi State Technical University

Economic, management, Мариуполь
Higher, from 2011 to 2012 (1 year)

National Academy of Management (NAM)

Economics, Marketing, Киев
Higher, from 2007 to 2012 (5 years)

Additional education and certificates

2017, 4 weeks

2019, 3 months

2021
Certificate

Knowledge and skills

  • CRM
  • MS Office
  • MS Project
  • PC User
  • CAD
  • Ability to analyze
  • Product management
  • Sales Forecasting
  • Product marketing
  • Marketing research
  • Presentation skills
  • Project management
  • Scrum
  • ITSM
  • Data analysis
  • Negotiations with suppliers
  • Conducting negotiations
  • Team management
  • MS Teams
  • MS Azure
  • MS Power BI
  • User Bitrix24
  • Understanding MVP architecture
  • Management of CRM
  • Agile
  • Writing prompts for ChatGPT
  • Business analysis
  • BPMN
  • IT project management
  • Competitive analysis
  • Analytical thinking

Language proficiencies

  • English — advanced
  • Slovenian — beginner
  • Ukrainian — fluent

Additional information

Skiing, quest rooms, airsoft, video games, music / guitar

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