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Valentyna Zakharova​
Product/Project Manager
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Valencia, Spain

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Summary
Results-driven Product and Project Manager with a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams,
optimizing processes, and delivering impactful solutions across diverse industries. Experienced in product
management, change management, and team leadership. Skilled in stakeholder communication, risk
management, and strategic planning to achieve business objectives efficiently. Multilingual and adept at
collaborating in international environments to drive innovation and growth.

Experience

MindyGem
Co-Founder/CEO
January 2023 - December 2024 (2 years)
●​ Communication with clients and partners
●​ Content creation
●​ Competition and accelerator application applying
●​ Defining the value proposition
●​ Competitor analysis
●​ Pitching
●​ Planning and prioritizing
●​ Conducting Customer Interviews
●​ Establishing processes and managing team work
●​ Hiring people for the team
●​ Analyzing analytics and feedback
●​ SEO analysis and improvement
●​ Analyzing market trends
●​ Building AI prompts for Requirements Management Platform
●​ Defining, creting and adapting the Landing Page
●​ Understanding and applying modern UX/UI principles
●​ Developing a stronger proficiency in writing requirements and specifications
Luxoft
Local Domain Chapter Lead
July 2022 - December 2023 (1 year 6 months)

●​ 1-2-1 with people regarding their performance, career growth, and work satisfaction to take care of people
and not only delivery
●​ Support IVI DC people upskilling
●​ Keep the knowledge inside the IVI DC
●​ Responsible for Initiatives - keep track, check progress, present own ideas

Project Lead
August 2023 - October 2023 (3 months)
●​ Planning and prioritizing tasks
●​ Tracking the progress of teams
●​ Reporting the status

Project Manager
May 2022 - August 2023 (1 year 4 months)

●​ Management of cross-topic activities
●​ Management of Development Support and Feature Development team Quality management
●​ Escalation handling
●​ People management
●​ Risk management
●​ Budget Forecasting
●​ Billing

Brand Manager
September 2020 - August 2023 (3 years)

●​ Jira Tickets creation
●​ Brand process establishment (epics division, labels creation, meeting organization, tickets structure
defining)
●​ Progress tracking
●​ Tickets status updating
●​ Delivery date prediction
●​ Communication with POs for collecting info and finding a solution for cross-functional features
●​ Informing the customer about progress and blockers
●​ Organizing and conducting meetings, preparation of MoMs, follow-upping execution of protocol tasks

Change Manager
December 2021 - January 2023 (1 year 2 months)

●​ Leading change management work streams with a structured process - Change request review for
completeness and clearness
●​ Defining of Change request's domain relevance
●​ Tracking and pushing of estimation progress
●​ Gathered data transferring for process fulfillment
●​ Process gaps discussion and improvement
Defect Management Team Lead
September 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 9 months)

●​ Management of team's work done
●​ Planning and prioritizing tasks
●​ Control of KPIs reaching
●​ Maintenance of Defect Management processes
●​ Team's activity reporting
●​ Generating ideas for automation of defects processing workflow
●​ Keeping strong relationships with customers resolving any conflicts which arise
●​ Organization of onboarding process newcomers

Defect Manager
December 2019 - December 2021 (2 years 1 month)

●​ Defect Management process establishment
●​ Ensuring the quality of the defects created to make sure that team analysis is possible
●​ Triaging of incoming defects (team defining)
●​ Maintenance of process workflow
●​ Finding lost tickets for process improvement
●​ Solid understanding of customer’s needs

PMO Specialist
March 2019 - November 2019 (9 months)

●​ Interactions with project teams and, when necessary, escalating to team heads the issues requiring a
decision on a higher level of management
●​ Documentation management support
●​ Collection of information and preparation of reports, reporting presentations
●​ Ensuring that all project information is up to date

Skilum
Partnership Manager
May 2018 - March 2019 (11 months)

●​ Generating and implementing marketing initiatives to increase profitability
●​ Search for leads (social networks, direct mailing, open directories, forums, etc.)
●​ Information research for analysing the market's needs
●​ Recording all lead details in the database
●​ Assisting with increasing social media following (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) and engagement
●​ Engaging with prospective clients at the early stage and learning their needs
●​ Help in finding new employees posting vacancies and arranging interviews
●​ Caring about the office: organizing cleaning, team buildings, English lessons, and food delivery / ordering
new furniture

SGS
Commercial Administrator
July 2017 - March 2018 (9 months)

●​ Successfully issued more than 600 certificates containing information about the weight and quality of the
vessel's cargo.
●​ Managed risks of losing cargo or breaking off the contract.
●​ Ensured correct storage, shipping, packing, and distribution.
 ●​ Ensured quality and safety throughout the diverse supply chains.
●​ Direct communication with clients and their support during storage, shipping, packing, and
distribution

Enterpreship
English Language Teacher
September 2013 - May 2019 (5 years 9 months)

Education
Odessa National 'I.I. Mecnikov' University
Master of Arts - MA, English Philology (2013 - 2018)

Top Skills
Product Management
Project Management
Agile / Scrum / Kanban
Communication / Planning / Team Management / Risk Management / Task Management
SAP ERP

Certifications
“Project Manager” Hillel IT School
“Leadership Academy” Luxoft
“Scrum Master” Udemy
SAP ERP Product Management
“SEO Beginner” Projector
“Vlasne” Accelerator program
“EO” Startup Incubator

Languages

English (Advanced)
Ukrainian (Native)
German (Elementary)

Spanish (Elementary)

Hobbies

Dancing, Traveling, Cooking, Organizing events, Blogging