Michael Stepanov

Experience

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  ArtDeco design

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  Product Manager

  Marketplace to aggregate, find and book a coworking- Researched and launched a new B2B2C SaaS product for freelancers to find & book coworking - the product was MVPed across 3 clients- Product/Market-fit research - Calculated PnL- Defined a route to market strategies & helped to cut down the cost of product development by 50%- Gathered a team and implemented Agile- Closed the development as self-sufficiency wasn't proved due to powerful competitor

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  Bambook

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2021

  Product Manager & Co-founder

  Booking system for Hybrid offices. Implementation of the Hot Desking model in Russian offices for reducing operating costs. - Searched for Product/market-fit for a new B2B SaaS product for hybrid offices, led the product from idea to market launch with 5 live customers and investments of $100k - Launched Web Mobile app with booking, notification, filters, and interactive map features which reduced operating costs of the office by ~30%- Launched MVP using a simple interface without a backend and proved the concept of product- Calculated PnL proving the sustainability of the business- Implemented Tableau and Yandex DataLens for office metrics and clients dashboard which helped to gather data for reducing operating costs for clients- Saved up to 30% of the budget on evaluating & priority-setting product features - Designed a method of creating scalable office floor plans that accelerated the process of customization for each client & simplified UX for clients- Researched, described, and designed Admin panel- Formed a Roadmap and groomed Backlog using RICE - 85% of features were on schedule - Led a team of 9 people, implemented SCRUM with regular retro sessions, and built a team that worked in cooperation, which increased engagement rates: 25% of new features were proposed by the team- Left to work with bigger clients, prepared product for transition to other teams Show less

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  Reffection

  Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

  Product Manager

  Self-service for launching and managing advertising campaigns. FSK Group (www.fsk-group.com), PIK Group (pik-group.ru) and Rolf (www.rolf.ru)- Researched the work of departments to find points of automation and lessen manual labor and conducted internal Customer Development- Described the functional details of a self-service platform for the team that would have reduced operating costs by at least 40%- Analyzed competitors and similar platforms, reducing development time- Launched dashboard for analyzing office attending- Described and launched to development analytics module, call center module, managing campaigns, and account module for the platform- Researched and described a Classified platform for Real Estate- Development was closed because of Covid Show less

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  Aggregion

  Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

  Product Manager

  B2B Platform for secure exchange and use of Big Data used by Magnit (www.magnit.com) and AlfaGroup (alfagroup.org)- Evaluated new business features & optimized the process which increased efficiency & reduced the product development time by 20%- Researched and Prototyped UI finding its inconsistencies and fixing which resulted in making the platform easier to understand for clients- Launched to develop new features for improving UX which lowered the amount of manual work for clients- Searched for Product/Market-fit and formed hypotheses for product- Improved business processes by suggesting implementing Scrum which improved the team's motivation- Implemented ICE for prioritizing problems within teams which increased the pace of fixing them by 20%- Left after the product was closed for the Russian market Show less

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  Tinkoff

  Jul 2022 - now

  Product Manager

  - Aggregating services, information and admin features for managers into profile and admin panel- Building organisation matrix platform of the company including review, finances and resource planning- Managing the interaction of products for employees with each other