Сергій

Serhii Karpishen
Project Manager
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Project Manager with 4+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams of 90+ in a B2B environment.
Managed 7 concurrent client projects end-to-end, owned full SDLC for internal web tools, and drove process
automation across 200+ contributors. Experienced in stakeholder management, delivery operations, process
optimisation, people development, and executive reporting at scale.

WORK EXPERIENCE

AAA Game Art Studio B2B Services
Lead Project Manager (Jun 2023 - Mar 2026)
Led the studio's primary delivery department: 5 PMs, 3 art leads, 50+ artists, and a 6-person engineering team.
Scope expanded over time to cover operations, internal tooling, and performance management across 90+
people.

● Managed 7 concurrent client projects: defined RACI, owned scope and timelines, led client
negotiations and structured CRs within annual contract frameworks.
● Grew project portfolio 2x: eliminated delays, built schedule buffers, outperformed competing vendors
on quality and delivery consistency.
● Coached 5 PMs through 1:1s, performance reviews, and structured feedback; built ownership culture
across the department.
● Reduced attrition from 20% to 2%: introduced A/B/C player framework, released 25%
underperformers, raised retained staff salaries by 33%.
● Led 6-person engineering team through full SDLC for 4 internal web tools; delivered executive-level
reporting on PnL, unit economics, and delivery health to C-level stakeholders.
● Automated full-funnel recruiting: cut team from 8 to 4 FTE, eliminated third-party CRM costs,
sustained ~30 hires/month.
● Automated capacity planning and deployed rule-based delay forecasting; improved scheduling
predictability and reduced bottlenecks.
● Reduced audit cycle from 3 weeks to under 1 day; outputs drove compensation reviews and personnel
decisions.
● Deployed CRM-based SSOT platform with knowledge base across 200+ contributors; cut routine
coordination overhead by ~95%.
● Designed and executed BCP; maintained uninterrupted delivery during critical infrastructure
disruptions.

Project Manager (Jun 2022 - Jun 2023)
Managed 18+ artists and 2 art leads across 4 concurrent projects within a multi-team pipeline. Coordinated
directly with client leads on deliverable sign-off.

● Inherited delayed delivery pipeline; reduced production cycle from 6 to 4 weeks through sprint-based
execution and schedule optimisation.
● Built a Sheets-based planning system with automated scheduling, performance tracking, and
bottleneck detection; cut coordination time from ~60 min to under 5 min.
● Introduced self-review checklists with sign-off gates; reduced revision cycles and improved first-pass
delivery quality.

Kosmos Tabir NGO Cultural & Community Organisation
Project Manager at Youth Cultural Centre "TYT" (Aug 2022 - Jul 2023) · Part-time
Founded and scaled a regional cultural centre from zero: led 17 staff and 40+ volunteers, secured external
funding, reached operational self-sufficiency within one year, and donated 50% of revenue to war relief.

EDUCATION

Vinnytsia National Technical University

● Master of System and Network Engineering
● Bachelor of System and Network Engineering

Vinnytsia Technical College

● Junior Specialist of Radio Technical Engineering

SKILLS

Project Management: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, SDLC, RACI, BCP, Change Management
People Management: Performance Reviews, 1:1s, Hiring, Terminations, A/B/C Player Framework
Product & Strategy: Roadmap, Backlog Management, Release Planning, Requirements Gathering, User
Stories, Stakeholder Management, Executive Reporting, OKR, RICE, PnL, Unit Economics, ROI
Tools: Jira, Confluence, Notion, Slack, YouTrack, Miro, Figma, GitHub, Looker Studio, Google Analytics
Automation & Data: Google Sheets (advanced), Excel, SQL, n8n, No-code Workflow Automation
AI: ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Claude Code, Grok, Gemini, AI-assisted Development
Languages: English - B1