CV

Professional Experience

Business Analyst & AI Product Manager

Large Enterprise Financial Organisation (Russia) · Department of Agile Transformation

Sep 2025 — Present

Within the Agile Transformation team, I develop internal AI products and contribute to process transformation initiatives that improve operational effectiveness and scale analytical capabilities across the organisation. I designed and independently built an ecosystem of AI-powered platforms supporting workforce planning, capability development, hiring, and quality assurance for Business Analysts:

  • StaffMap — workforce planning and skills management platform with capacity forecasting, competency mapping, and resource allocation analytics
  • BA Academy — onboarding and professional development platform featuring gamified learning journeys, practical assignments, peer review, certification, and integrated AI tools for analytical artifact validation
  • BA Assessment Platform — structured hiring and assessment system with AI-powered resume screening, structured interviews across 12 competencies, and STAR soft-skill evaluation
  • Epic Validator — AI service for automated validation of requirements and epics against completeness, acceptance criteria quality, and internal standards
  • Backlog Builder — AI tool that generates use cases and INVEST-scored user stories with acceptance criteria from a plain-text epic description, extending the Epic Validator toolchain
  • Grew lsba.ru from a single landing page into a 40+ page, server-rendered, SEO-optimised content platform unifying the whole tool ecosystem — added structured data, sitemap, and indexing for both search engines and AI crawlers
  • Thought Leadership:
  • Methodologist at Skillbox, "Business Analyst Profession" course
  • Lecturer, Investment Project Analysis course at RANEPA
  • Expert at a mentoring association for startups and technology companies (co-founder) — advising on business processes and packaging pilot-ready cases for the banking sector, drawing on hands-on banking experience
  • Completed a second Master's degree in Information Systems with a perfect GPA (5.0/5.0); thesis grounded in a real banking back-office optimisation project was recognized as one of two outstanding projects in the cohort, developing a six-stage process reengineering methodology (Process Mining, RPA opportunity assessment, digital time studies, Gemba diagnostics, stakeholder validation) validated across 20+ banking processes

Business Analyst & Product Owner

Large Enterprise Financial Organisation (Russia) · Department of Banking Processes

Jul 2024 — Sep 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

Business analysis across three tracks: back-office operating model transformation, B2B client service modernization, and corporate web optimisation.

  • Diagnosed 50+ operational functions using field research, stakeholder interviews, and Task Mining
  • Identified automation opportunities (RPA, AI) across 24 processes; formalised business and UX requirements for new internal tooling; created and prioritized product backlog, mapped AS-IS / TO-BE in BPMN; reduced back-office labour costs 3x (–18 FTEs)
  • Contributed to reducing client request processing time by 57% — from 3.5 to 1.5 business days — by reengineering end-to-end support workflows across CRM and service request flows; improved MAU, CSAT, and Retention metrics
  • Formulated and prioritized 170+ product improvement proposals
  • Implemented real-time process dashboard — C-level report prep time reduced 5x
  • Facilitated iterative delivery cycles and tracked adoption metrics and performance outcomes
  • Drafted functional requirements for B2B platform admin panel, CRM, Customer Support Platform, and Feedback System
  • Coordinated B2B website redesign based on behavioral analytics (click maps, scroll depth, user flow)

Senior Project Manager

Large Enterprise Financial Organisation (Russia) · Department of Agile Transformation

Feb 2023 — Jul 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

Drove people, culture, and capability development within the IT unit as part of the Agile transformation programme.

  • Spearheaded Developer Relations function: launched and scaled 7+ tech communities, established performance metrics, and co-created the organisation's DevRel best practices playbook
  • Designed and implemented motivation systems for IT specialists, contributing to improved employee engagement and technical excellence
  • Initiated and managed a peer-learning and enablement programme for 200+ Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches, focused on Agile rituals, digital transformation, performance metrics, and multi-team collaboration
  • Increased eNPS to 67%, active participation rate to 10% within IT communities
  • Contributed to requirements and post-launch development of an internal gamification platform for IT communities: points and grades awarded for active contribution to professional expertise development within communities — supporting DevRel function across the IT unit
  • Participated in MVP scoping and feature definition for an internal entrepreneurship platform rolled out to 30,000+ employees bank-wide
  • Applied end-to-end Change Management practices: discovery, stakeholder engagement, impact analysis, resistance management, and adoption metrics at team level

Product Innovation Manager

Large Enterprise Financial Organisation (Russia) · Innovation Department

Dec 2019 — Feb 2023 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Result: built the corporate innovation function from zero to 20+ delivered pilots and 100+ vendor/startup collaborations. Scaled technology scouting, pilot delivery, internal entrepreneurship, and tech brand.

  • Contributed to establishing the Corporate Innovation function as a formal business unit; built internal operating models and cross-functional workflows for technology scouting, evaluation, and pilot delivery
  • First corporate acceleration with Skolkovo Foundation: 800+ solutions screened, 50+ interviews, 20+ pilots launched
  • Delivered end-to-end pilot projects: wearable payment devices, online branch appointment booking, agent sales channel development, marketing campaign mechanics, interactive guides for internal systems
  • Created and tested MVP products using A/B testing and unit economics; prepared solutions for rollout
  • Built a reusable knowledge base from 100+ vendor and startup collaborations across fintech, CX, and automation: discovery templates, pilot plans, and structured result reviews
  • Contributed to the MVP of an internal entrepreneurship platform for 30,000+ employees
  • Owned strategy, budgeting, and KPIs for TechPR and Technology Events function; led cross-functional teams of comms and marketing professionals. Events: SPIEF 2022, Startup Village (2020–2022), Open Innovations 2021, Finopolis/Finodays 2022, HighLoad, TeamLead
  • Developed tech solutions for events: interactive presentations, virtual stands, gamified digital activities, chatbots — best projects featured at SPIEF 2022 and Finopolis 2022
  • Thought Leadership:
  • Invited speaker at MSU, RANEPA, and Netology
  • Bank expert and mentor at corporate hackathons — a team I mentored reached the national top 3 and was taken forward onto the internal entrepreneurship platform; continued coaching the winners through to pilot launch
  • Managed cross-functional teams of up to 20 people, total events budget $780K+

Business Development Manager

iStom (Startup)

Nov 2018 — Nov 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

CRM for dental clinics.

  • Conducted in-depth stakeholder interviews with clinic owners and administrators
  • Led product discovery and feature definition; managed backlog, prioritized features, shaped MVP scope
  • Collaborated with development and sales teams to translate business insights into functional product improvements
  • Enhanced transparency and efficiency of internal marketing and sales workflows through process audit and tooling recommendations

HR Business Analyst

GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)

Jan 2018 — Jun 2018 · 6 mos

HR analytics automation and reporting.

  • Developed automated dashboard for quarterly HR reporting to senior leadership
  • Delivered ad hoc analytics for HR Business Partners
  • Conducted audits of HR database to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with data quality standards

Specialist, E-learning

Amway

Jan 2017 — Aug 2017 · 8 mos

  • Designed an MVP concept for a distributor training platform with gamification mechanics
  • Mapped user journeys, integrated LMS features, defined points and achievement systems, motivational triggers, and performance analytics tools
  • Collaborated with stakeholders from training and sales teams to align platform objectives with business needs

Intern, Training & Development

Bayer

Feb 2016 — Aug 2016 · 7 mos

  • Prepared analytical reports and performance dashboards for senior leadership to assess the effectiveness of training programmes
  • Coordinated Bayer Russia's first structured internship initiative "Start your Bayer life": handled onboarding logistics, created programme materials, and managed communication with interns and stakeholders
  • Led a research group and authored a scientific thesis "The Impact of Development Programmes on Enhancing Employee Potential", based on field research conducted during the internship

Education

Master's — Information Systems

RANEPA, Institute of Economics, Mathematics and IT

2024 — 2026

Postgraduate — Business Analysis, System Analysis

RANEPA

2024 — 2025

Postgraduate — Product Development and Portfolio Management

Higher School of Economics

2021 — 2022

Master's — Innovation Management

Lomonosov MSU, Faculty of Economics

2017 — 2019

Bachelor's — Economics

Lomonosov MSU, Faculty of Economics

2013 — 2017

Licences & Certifications

Agile Project and Delivery Management (ICP-APM) — Certificate

Agile Lab Consulting

Sep 2025

Business Analytics — Certificate

Harvard Business School Online

Jul 2024

Team Coaching (CCE ICF) — Certificate

Human Capital

Jun 2022

Core Competencies

Product Management
Product Strategy
Product Discovery
Business Analysis
Requirements Analysis
Backlog Management
LLM / Prompt Engineering
AI Product Development
AI-Assisted Development
BPMN 2.0
RPA
Task Mining
Stakeholder Management
Change Management
Team Management
Agile / Scrum / Kanban
Project Delivery
Data-Driven Decisions
A/B Testing
Unit Economics
Customer Development
User Research
CJM
UX

Tools

Jira
Confluence
MS Visio
Camunda
Draw.io
Excel
Figma
Tilda
Miro
SQL
Power BI
Lovable
Supabase
Cursor
Codex

Languages

Russian — native
English — B2–C1
French — B1
Italian — A2

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