Oleksandr Yena

Product Manager | Business Development

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Executive Summary

Product Manager with experience in international market expansion, pricing and offer experiments, early-stage product launches, and funnel KPI tracking. I work end-to-end across product, sales, design, production, and development. I validate demand, shape strategy, and lead technical initiatives to launch digital solutions. My background includes business development, partnerships and brand building, sales, frontend delivery, and data analysis. I focus on measurable impact, cross-functional alignment, and driving clarity in high-uncertainty environments.

Experience

FurFur

Jul 2023 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Product Manager | Kharkiv, Ukraine

  • Led market entry initiatives for new regions by running outbound campaigns, testing offers, and refining strategy based on real-world feedback.
  • Translated customer and partner feedback into product requirements and backlog priorities
  • Initiated and led the development of the brand’s corporate website from prototype to full production, continuously improving it based on user feedback and business needs.
  • Tracked funnel KPIs to measure impact
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams (sales, marketing, design, production, and development)
  • Took ownership of delivery risks, blockers, and crisis resolution in high-uncertainty launches

Skills: Product Management, Feature Prioritization, Jira, Business Development, Requirements Definition, Stakeholder Communication

FurFur

Feb 2023 — Jul 2023 (6 months)

Sales Manager

  • Worked with local partners, handled incoming requests and consultations
  • Driven deals, followed up with partners & clients, and supported deals end-to-end
  • Maintained enhanced distribution statistics and sales force records

Skills: Sales Management, Customer Communication, Client Relationship Management, Sales

FurFur

Dec 2022 — Feb 2023 (3 months)

Frontend Developer

  • Deployed and maintained websites for the brand and internal growth projects
  • Developed and implemented complete sets of UI designs
  • Was responsible for content management and integrations to support business needs

Skills: JavaScript, TypeScript, Next.js, React.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Payload Integration, HTML / CSS, PostgreSQL, Git

S-J-D.Design

Jan 2022 — Dec 2022 (1 year)

Project Manager | Kharkiv, Ukraine

  • Project management of high class interior design projects
  • Ensuring business communication between multilingual teams
  • Overseeing and commissioning high-quality production processes
  • Problem solving and crisis management

Skills: Project Management, Project Commissioning, Project Coordination, Crisis Managment, Project Planning

Freelance

May 2021 — Jan 2022 (9 months)

Data Analyst | Remote

  • Data Scientist assistant
  • Data preparation
  • Research and development
  • Conducted data discovery, preprocessing, and model experimentation to validate AI-driven feature potential

Skills: LLMs, RAG, LangChain, Python, Tensorflow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Pandas, numpy, Git, SQL, Data Preparation, Data Analytics, Vector Databases, Exploratory Data Analysis

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Education

National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"

Sep 2020 – Jun 2024

Bachelor’s Degree, Applied and Computer Linguistics