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Andrey Tarasov

Product Owner
Dubai,DU

Summary

More than 8 years of product management.
I have a deep expertise in fintech, e-com, electronic money, an excellent understanding of the structure and business processes in the financial / banking services market for individuals and entrepreneurs.

Hard&soft skills:
• development and implementation of a product development strategy, product roadmap, work with mass services (the audience of the product is more than 20 million users on an annual basis);
• excellent understanding of the structure, artifacts and meaning of product development, its goals and main tasks;
• advanced product owner skills, working with CJM, impact mapping, StoryMapping, good technical background;
• construction and reengineering of processes;
• ensuring communication between business and IT, productive facilitator;
• I have leadership qualities, a creative approach to work, non-standard problem solving, I easily establish contact with key roles in the company;
• conflict resolution skills, the ability to look at the situation from different perspectives based on value for the company;

Motivates further self-development and improvement of the world through the development and creation of new products and teams passionate about their work.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Product Owner of QIWI Wallet (Electronic Money)

QIWI Ltd
Moscow, Russia
05.2020 - Current

QIWI Wallet (qiwi.com) - is a electronic money with a more than 10 mln users.

Key achievements:

- a 3-year product development strategy was created and approved with a focus on key segments and underserved categories of high-margin users;
- new features launched: fast payment system, new tariffs, lending, online identification
- Net Revenue for 2021 exceeded budgeted targets by 15%


Key responsibilities:

• Managing expectations and working with feedback from a large number of stakeholders: business customers, compliance and AML / CFT, lawyers, accounting, regulators and others.
• Formation of user segments, research, creation of product vision, strategy and Product Roadmap.
• Testing product hypotheses, working with product metrics and product P&L.
• Formation of CJM, user stories and acceptance criteria, creation and prioritization of the product backlog.
• Coordination of the work of cross-functional teams in the framework of creating new products and features: direct work with development teams, analysts, designers, marketing and others.
• Work with product P&L, formation and monitoring of business indicators, decision-making based on metrics and product goals

Product Owner of Sovest (installment Card)

QIWI Ltd
Moscow, Russia
01.2019 - 04.2020

Sovest - is an installment card with the ability to make purchases according to the BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) model, returning money in installments over several months. Active audience - 800 thousand users.


Key achievements:

- Communications between business customers and IT are established, the conflict is settled, TTM is reduced;
- regular delivery of functionality and increment to users is ensured;
- the functionality of paid options was created, expanding the capabilities of the product for users and providing > 50% of revenue in the P&L of the product 6 months after the launch
- launched a loyalty program that increased revenue from active audience by 20%

Head of Project Management

QIWI Ltd
Moscow, Russia
05.2016 - 08.2019

Key achievements:

- The transformation of the project office was carried out, the change in organizational design, business processes and methodologies in order to move from a project to a product approach
- Implementation of Agile methodologies and building processes in product development:
- revision of roles, integration into product teams of scrum masters and analysts.

Prroduct Owner of QIWI SSK (Self-service Kiosks)

QIWI Ltd
Moscow, Russia
10.2013 - 04.2016

Key achievements:

- agile product development processes are built;
- market share 70% in 2016 (55% in 2013)
- refactoring of outdated software for terminals and transition to a new one for the entire agent network

Earlier Positions

QIWI Ltd, e-port JSC
Moscow, Russia
01.2003 - 09.2013

Different roles in sales and business development directions.


Key responsibilities:

- Development of a strategy and priority for the development of products and services for the QIWI b2b segment.

- Determination of a portfolio of projects in the zone of proximal development and in the perspective of 1-2 years.
- Planning KPI and budget of the department, monitoring its implementation.
- Management and development of personnel in the department: training, motivation, joint study of tasks.
- Protection of projects on the strategic committee, work with projects in key segments.
Other career stages in the company in the direction of sales and business development:
• Head of category development;
• Head of Key Accounts;
• Head of department for work with banks and network projects.

Education

Master of Engineering - Foundry

Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU)
Moscow, Russia
09.1997 - 06.2003

MBA - MBA - Intensive. Business Leaders Course

PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Moscow
10.2019 - 02.2020

Certified - LeSS (Large Scale Scrum)

Certified LeSS Practitioner By Craig Larman
Netherlands
11.2018 - 11.2018

Skills

    Product profitability analysis

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Interests

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Traveling

Charity

Timeline

Product Owner of QIWI Wallet (Electronic Money)

QIWI Ltd
05.2020 - Current

MBA - MBA - Intensive. Business Leaders Course

PriceWaterhouseCoopers
10.2019 - 02.2020

Product Owner of Sovest (installment Card)

QIWI Ltd
01.2019 - 04.2020

Certified - LeSS (Large Scale Scrum)

Certified LeSS Practitioner By Craig Larman
11.2018 - 11.2018

Head of Project Management

QIWI Ltd
05.2016 - 08.2019

Prroduct Owner of QIWI SSK (Self-service Kiosks)

QIWI Ltd
10.2013 - 04.2016

Earlier Positions

QIWI Ltd, e-port JSC
01.2003 - 09.2013

Master of Engineering - Foundry

Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU)
09.1997 - 06.2003
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