Oleksandr

Oleksandr Ostapchuk
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Dynamic Project and Product Manager with 12+ years in IT, including 9 years leading teams in outsourcing and product companies. Expert in delivering web and mobile app projects using Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies. Successfully delivered 50+ projects, leveraging precise estimation, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration.

Work experience
Project manager – Trading Space (IT Product Company) November 2024 – March 2025
• Coordinated a 15-member senior-level team of developers, designers, and QAs to deliver weekly releases for a gaming platforms.
• Managed Kanban workflows in Jira, delivering e-commerce website features and hotfixes on time.
• Collaborated with C-level stakeholders to plan product roadmaps and prioritize feature releases.
• Facilitated Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning and retrospectives, ensuring team alignment.
Achievements:
• Launched 20+ feature releases and hotfixes for a gaming platforms over 5 months with 100% on-time delivery.
• Increased team efficiency by 25% through optimized Kanban workflows and improved prioritization.
• Contributed to the product roadmap, shaping 3 high-priority features for e-commerce growth.

Product/Project manager – Empat (IT Outsourcing) June 2022 – October 2024
• Built and scaled project teams from scratch based on client needs and project scope.
• Led project estimation, timeline planning, and roadmap creation.
• Participated in budgeting, presales, and upsales to expand client partnerships.
• Contributed to product vision, UX prototyping, and competitor analysis.
• Defined technical tasks, decomposed features, and created user stories for development.
• Facilitated Agile ceremonies: daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Managed backlog refinement and prioritization in close collaboration with stakeholders.
• Resolved team and client-side conflicts, ensuring smooth communication and alignment.

Achievements:
• Delivered 18+ web and mobile projects over 2.5 years.
• Managed 9 projects in a 3-month period.
• Generated $100,000+ in presales and upsells through strong client engagement and trust.

Product owner – Credit Agricole (Fintech) March 2020 – June 2022
• Collaborated with stakeholders to align customer needs with the product roadmap for a mobile banking app with 500,000+ users.
• Crafted user stories and test cases in Jira, delivering 10+ features that improved user retention by 10%.
• Performed market analysis to identify competitive gaps, driving the adoption of high-impact features.
• Led Agile sprints, coordinating a cross-functional team to meet tight project deadlines.

Achievements:
• Launched a secure mobile banking app in 3 months.
• Achieved an App Store rating above 4.9 for 12 months through user-focused iterations.

Skills
• Project & Product Management:
Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Waterfall, SDLC, Risk Management, Project Scoping, Budgeting, Roadmapping.
• Tools & Collaboration:
Jira, Confluence, Trello, Notion, Miro, Figma, Google Workspace.
• Leadership & Product Delivery:
Team Management, Cross-functional Collaboration, Backlog Refinement, UX Prototyping, Stakeholder Management, Hiring.
• Business Acumen:
Pre-sales & Upsales, MVP Planning, Go-to-Market Strategy, Market & Competitor Research.
• Languages:
Ukrainian – Native, English – Advanced (C1).

Education
• National Aviation University, 2008 – 2013
Master’s Degree in Security of Information and Communication Systems.

• Mentor, IAMPM School, 2023 – Present
Guiding junior Project Managers in acquiring practical PM skills and growing their careers.