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Volodymyr Bak - Product Manager
Bulgaria/Ukraine | Remote | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | LinkedIn

SUMMARY
Product Manager with a Computer Science background and experience turning complex business ideas
into structured, testable, and deliverable digital products.
Experienced across B2C software, SaaS/platform products, Web3, RegTech, real estate, healthcare e-
learning, and game development, covering the product lifecycle from discovery and market analysis to
requirements definition, prioritization, MVP delivery, release planning, and Product Operations.

EXPERIENCE
Lehit Agency - Product Manager | Part-time | Jun 2025 – Present | Remote
Lead product delivery for a B2C software / game project under NDA, serving as the primary coordination
point between the client and a 10-person cross-functional team.

Manage the product lifecycle from initial concept through MVP delivery.
Lead client communication and stakeholder alignment around scope, priorities, milestones, and
business KPIs.
Improved delivery efficiency by 20% through backlog prioritization and performance tracking.
Own backlog priorities, sprint commitments, scope control, and release planning.
Coordinate cross-functional execution across product, design, development, and related delivery
functions.
Maintain delivery visibility and identify risks, dependencies, and blockers early.
Balance business priorities, user needs, technical constraints, and team capacity throughout delivery.

Trykutnyk Entertainment - Founder & Product Manager | Self-employed | Dec 2022 – Present | Remote
Founded and lead an independent game development studio developing the PC action-platformer
LifeRoot.bat.

Own product vision, long-term roadmap, feature prioritization, and product direction.
Lead a distributed team of up to 13 people across design and development.
Improved sprint predictability and increased the on-time release rate by 17%.
Define gameplay systems, product requirements, MVP scope, and development priorities.
Manage and prioritize the product backlog based on project goals, player experience, technical
feasibility, and team capacity.
Run Agile production and iterative playtesting cycles.
Balance creative vision, player value, technical constraints, and delivery requirements.

Progress Platform | Marketing Project Manager | Full-time | Jun 2026 – Jul 2026 | Remote
Worked on product marketing, customer journeys, launch operations, and Product Operations for long-
form healthcare education products.

Designed GTM and customer journey frameworks covering segmentation, value propositions,
subscription hypotheses, retention flows, and channel-specific messaging.
Built product-marketing operating processes for product inventory, launch readiness, ownership,
deadlines, channels, CTAs, and launch status.

Designed and documented a React-based internal Product Operations workspace concept
intended to replace fragmented Excel/Notion workflows.
Structured funnels connecting user needs, acquisition channels, registration, payment, course
completion, and next-step offers.
Coordinated product, marketing, content, and operations around launch preparation and execution
readiness.

BANDA | Product Manager | Full-time | Mar 2026 – Jun 2026 | Remote

Established and optimized product management processes for a real estate IaaS platform.
Led product discovery, business requirements gathering, and opportunity validation with
stakeholders.
Conducted market and competitor analysis to identify product opportunities and support decision-
making.
Prioritized product features and backlog items based on business value, user needs, and technical
constraints.
Designed end-to-end user flows and translated requirements into actionable product specifications.
Prepared PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria to align business, design, and engineering
teams.
Collaborated with designers to review and validate UX/UI solutions.
Established SOPs and documentation standards to improve consistency across product processes.
Mentored a Project Manager in planning, stakeholder management, and product delivery practices.

Geeked Studio | Product Manager | Full-time | Oct 2025 – Mar 2026 | Remote
Worked across NDA projects in Web3, gaming, and RegTech, combining product definition, system
design, and delivery coordination.

Defined requirements and user flows for a decentralized exchange, including token-swap mechanics
and blockchain integration requirements.
Designed a competitive tournament system with player and organizer flows, leaderboard rules,
ranking logic, and dashboard concepts.
Designed RegTech workflows for smart-contract-based digital agreements, KYC/non-KYC journeys,
and role-based access control.
Structured functional requirements and product logic for technically complex systems.
Collaborated with design and engineering teams to validate UX decisions and functional behavior.
Established internal documentation standards to improve cross-team coordination and reduce
clarification cycles.

Product & System Design | Independent Project
Designing an AI-native product environment exploring how LLMs, agents, knowledge systems, memory,
workflows, and tooling can operate as one integrated system.

Selected areas of exploration:

AI-native Product Design
LLM workflows and Prompt Engineering
Agent and multi-agent architecture concepts
Knowledge and memory systems
RAG and Knowledge Graph concepts
Context management
MCP and external tool integration concepts
Workflow automation

Product architecture and technical documentation
Positioning note: independent product/system design and experimentation; not presented as
commercial production AI/ML experience.

ACHIEVEMENTS
20% improvement in delivery efficiency — Lehit Agency
17% improvement in on-time release rate — Trykutnyk Entertainment
Led a 10-person cross-functional team — Lehit Agency
Led a distributed team of up to 13 people — Trykutnyk Entertainment
Established product-management processes and SOPs — BANDA
Mentored a Project Manager — BANDA
Designed Product Operations and GTM frameworks — Progress Platform

CORE COMPETENCIES
Product: Product Management, Technical Product Management, Product Strategy, Product Discovery,
Roadmapping, MVP Definition, Feature Prioritization, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Operations

Requirements & Design: Requirements Gathering, PRDs, Functional Specifications, User Stories,
Acceptance Criteria, End-to-End User Flows, UX Logic, Business Rules, System Behavior

Delivery: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Backlog Management, Sprint Planning, Scope Management, Risk &
Dependency Management, Release Planning, Stakeholder Management

Technical: Python, FastAPI, SQL, Git/GitHub, Unreal Engine, API & Integration Awareness, Data Model
Thinking, Software Architecture Awareness

EDUCATION
Lviv Polytechnic National University
M.Sc. Information Technology Project Management
Sep 2025 – Dec 2026

Lviv Polytechnic National University
B.Sc. Computer Science — Automated Control Systems
Sep 2021 – Jun 2025

CERTIFICATION
Google Project Management Specialization | Coursera - 2023
Coursework includes:

Foundations of Project Management
Project Initiation
Project Planning
Project Execution
Agile Project Management
Applied Project Management Capstone

LANGUAGES
Ukrainian: Native / C2
English: Upper-Intermediate / B2