Ruslan

Project Manager | Product Manager |
Business & IT Strategy Leader
Experienced Project/Product Manager with over 20 years in IT,
Education/EdTech, and digital innovation. Skilled in leading cross-
functional teams, delivering successful digital products, and aligning
project outcomes with business goals. Proven record of managing
the full product lifecycle - from discovery and MVP to scale - as well
as driving Agile transformations and optimizing delivery pipelines.

Seeking mid-to-senior Project or Product Manager roles in dynamic
environments focused on IT services, SaaS, AI, digital transformation,
or product innovation.
Ruslan Pavlenko
Available for onsite/hybrid in NRW (Dortmund area) or remote roles
across Germany.
44263, Dortmund, Germany Open to both product- and delivery-oriented projects.

[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) Professional experience:

[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) IT-Director | Keyvolt | Kyiv, Ukraine
Sep 2023 – Jan 2024
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Language skills: - Acted as Product Owner for B2B energy tech platform,
English: B2 • Upper Intermediate translating business needs into user stories.
Deutsch: B1 • Intermediate - Defined product roadmap for solar power monitoring and
Ukrainian: C2 • Native control platform.
Russian: C2 • Native - Collaborated with development teams to iterate and deliver
functional modules.
Key Skills & Tools - Ensured stakeholder alignment and timely delivery of tech
Project & Product Management: solutions.
• Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Service Member | Territorial Defense Forces (TRO) | Ukraine
• MVP development, Backlog grooming Feb 2022 – Sep 2023
• Requirements gathering & stakeholder - Served in the Kyiv Territorial Defense Forces, contributing to
alignment national security and defense during a critical period.
• Risk & dependency management - Gained valuable experience in discipline, teamwork, and crisis
• Roadmapping, OKRs, KPIs
management.
• Team leadership and cross-functional
collaboration
Chief Operating Officer / Project Lead | IT outsourcing
company | Tallinn, Estonia
Technical & Business Tools: Nov 2013 – Dec 2023
Project Management: Jira, Trello, Asana,
PipeDrive, Monday.com - Supervised multiple international software projects from concept
to launch.
CRM & ERP: Zoho, HubSpot, HubStaff, - Built productized service offerings and delivery pipelines using
Hurma, PeopleForce etc. Agile frameworks.
- Coordinated distributed dev teams and clients across multiple
Data & Analytics: Google Analytics, Microsoft
Clarity, Power BI time zones.
- Handled backlog prioritization, project scope, timelines, and
Marketing& Automation: Google Ads, cross-functional communication.
Facebook Ads, Zapier, MailChimp,
GetResponse
Docs & Communication: Microsoft Office,
Branch Director / EdTech Product Manager |
Google Workspace, Notion, Confluence,
Miro, Slack, MS Teams Computer Academy “STEP” | Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
Jul 2002 – Aug 2020
Basic Technical Skills: HTML/CSS, JavaScript
(basics), SQL/NoSQL, SDLC understanding
- Led Education/EdTech product strategy: from curriculum design
Soft Skills to platform delivery.
• Stakeholder communication - Built partnerships with Microsoft, Cisco, Autodesk for certified
• Team facilitation & conflict resolution learning modules.
• Strategic thinking & data-informed decision - Implemented blended learning platforms and CRM-driven
making enrollment tracking.
• Strong verbal and written communication - Oversaw operational and instructional design workflows.
• Prioritization, roadmap planning
• Empathy-driven product development
• Active listening skills Key Achievements:
Time and Resource - +45% YoY revenue growth via process optimization and scalable
Management: delivery.
• Ability to prioritize tasks - Led cross-functional teams of 75–125 people with <2% turnover.
• Resource allocation skills
- Delivered 10+ digital products across EdTech, SaaS, and Energy
• Time management techniques
domains.
] - Automated key processes and reduced operational inefficiencies
by 30%.
- Successfully implemented Agile frameworks across departments.
- Built stakeholder trust with high satisfaction and retention.

Education:
- Odesa Polytechnic University • Engineer automation of
technological processes and production • 1991-1998
- Odesa Environmental University • Computer systems engineer
•1999 - 2001
- Kharkiv Institute of Advanced Education • Engineer-educator •
2005 - 2007
- IGIP / International Society for Engineering Education/ • Austria •
2005 - 2007
- HR Director Course • 2020
- Product Manager Course • 2021