Andrii Mandrika

Experience

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  Xobotech

  Sept 2010 - Jul 2014

  • Software Developer (.NET)

    Sept 2012 - Jul 2014

  • QA

    Sept 2011 - Sept 2012

  • Technical writer/ Data Entry Operator

    Sept 2010 - Sept 2011
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  Freelance

  Jul 2011 - Feb 2012

  Software developer (Php)
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  BETLAB

  Jul 2014 - Mar 2015

  Product: Internal Trading tools for a betting company (Live trading)Main Achievement:- Implemented Agile and Scrum practices from scratch into the development process, thereby improved team performance and decreased the time to market for developed features.Responsibilities:- Leading the full-cycle product development according to the business priorities;- Implementation of developed solution into the business processes; Products: Algorithms verification tool, Math calculation service for bettingMain Achievement:- Independently developed math algorithms for modeling sports events by several sports and implemented them in the operational process, thereby improved the betting margin.Responsibilities:- Building and leading the process of verification the mathematical algorithms for modeling the sports events;

  • Product owner / Scrum Master of Trading Tools for In-Play Betting

    Jul 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Product owner / Software developer in Math and Research department

    Jul 2014 - Jan 2015
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  Parimatch Tech

  Oct 2014 - Oct 2018

  Main Achievements:- Developed from scratch the new automated trading tool and implemented it in the operational process to replace the old one (which had been used for more than 10 years), thereby optimizing the operator's work and saving the business costs.- Developed from scratch the b2b feed with extended betting data and implemented it for 2 external gambling products, thereby opened new opportunities and revenue streams for the business.business needs, operational process analysis and- Daily managing the key internal and external stakeholders;- Identification and validation of key product hypothesis for achieving needed business goals; - Requirements elicitation, formalization, documentation, and management; - Designing UI/UX mock-ups, working with designers and HTML mark-up coders;- Managing roadmap and backlogs regarding actual priorities, business value, and dependencies;- Leading 2 cross-functional development teams (10 and 8 members);- Defining, filling, tracking, and optimizing the performance metrics of teams and products;- Implementing the product into the existing business process;- Mentoring other BA`s and PM`s, preparing special education courses; Show less Product: Sportsbook platformMain Achievements:- Initiated from the scratch the process of starting the development of a new sportsbook platform to replace the old one in the biggest CIS betting company. Responsibilities:- Creating the vision of the new platform according to the analysis of the business, competitors andoperational processes;- Leading the full-cycle of product development from idea to its implementation into the business;- Driving 3 cross-functional development teams (20 members) for reaching business goals;- Managing releases according to planned SAFe Release trains and coordination between differentvalue streams; Show less

  • Product owner\Project Manager of Trading Tools for Pre-match Betting \ Trading Feed

    May 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Product owner of Sportsbook

    Oct 2014 - Jul 2016
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  DreamTeam

  Oct 2018 - May 2020

  Product Manager

  Product: https://dreamteam.gg/ - B2C SaaS startup - The "LinkedIn" for gamers — a social ecosystem where casual gamers can build their identity, meet other players & compete in challenges.Main Achievements:- Optimized success rate of a core product feature (Recruitment) from 25% to 75% (from usage to success) where av. time of finding a needed player is about 2 hours (before that was – 2 days);- Launched to the market one of the best solutions with game stats for Call of Duty players; - Experimented with different monetization strategies to find out the most profitable solution; - Developed the vision of the core loop and gamification activities to improve the engagement and retention of the product.Responsibilities:- Fully responsible for the following product directions: Registration, FTUE / Onboarding, Socialization (Find other players for playing, Friending, Connection into groups, Communication between players), Gamification;- Proactively identify opportunities to improve key performance indicators, optimize feature engagement, retention and conversion to premium subscriptions;- Prioritize product opportunities, refine feature ideas and maintain existing features to drive business goals;- Lead the Research and CusDev process to identify, formulate and validate product hypotheses;- Produce detailed product requirements, iterate with the design and engineering team;- Engage stakeholders in leadership, research, data, support, and coordinate across teams to alignproduct with strategy;- Manage external vendors, including scope, costs, risks, contracts, and the integration process;- Model the business cases and recommendations, leveraging existing analytics data as well as‘what-if’ analysis to understand the impacts of potential decisions;- Coordinate go-to-market strategies when launching new features;- Conduct post-mortems to validate recommendations and A/B test results; Show less

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  Rocket

  May 2020 - May 2021

  Head of Product

  Product: First international food-delivery service originally from Ukraine - https://rocket.delivery/Main Achievements:- Built and implemented product processes from scratch into existing business processes. And also, the process of interaction between the product and the ops guys (more than 30 stakeholders)- Hired and onboard a 25-person product team that includes PdMs, POs (like a more tactic role), Design Lead, UX Designers, Visual Designer, UX Writer, UX Researchers, Data Analysts, Data Scientists, and set up the process of interaction and synchronization between them - Organized setting up the OKR goals framework for the whole company, in all departments.- Developed a long-term product strategy for the company.- Set up the work by 6 different value streams.- Together with the team, we completely redesigned 7 applications to meet modern usability standards.- Together with the team, we prepared and launched the product in European countries.- Compiled and implemented a framework for preparing a product for launch in any new country.Responsibilities:- Development and sharing the company's product strategy.- Development of a long-term Product Vision for the implementation of the company's strategy- Organization the process of strategic goal-setting and planning the changes for all products- Presentation and approval of the company's product roadmap- Approval and validation of initiatives/features for 6 value streams and 8 products for compliance with the company's product strategy- Development and optimization of the product team processes to ensure continuous improvement of the company's products- Synchronization with other departments and implementing product changes into their business processes- Tracking and continuous improvement of product metrics and unit economics of the entire business- Hiring and onboarding product team members- People Management and mentoring of product team members- Budgeting of the product team Show less

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  Hard Skills for PdM

  May 2021 - now

  Founder/Trainer

  We develop specific product skills through super practical, in-depth, and intensive online training

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  KOLO

  Apr 2022 - now

  Volunteer | Head of KOLOssus

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