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Liubov Krykun

Liubov Krykun

Austin,TX

Summary

Experienced project manager with a successful track record in business education, educational technology, and the social sector. Skilled in stakeholder communication, risk mitigation, and team coordination, emphasizing project scope, budget, and schedule.

Committed to delivering high-quality results and ensuring client satisfaction over 8 years of dedicated project management.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

Public movement "Social Unity"
Kyiv, Ukraine
10.2021 - 04.2022

The Social Unity movement is designed to promote barrier-free life in Ukraine for people with various forms of disabilities.

  • Managed the adaptation process of the Vilno web portal (vilno.org) - within 3 months a 20% increase in the volume of cooperation with employers was achieved
  • Initiated product development ideas from stakeholders into a roadmap.
  • Collaborated with clients to improve the sign language translation application “Perekladach ZhM” (versions for iOS/Android).
  • Prepared successful grant applications for national and international projects, receiving more than 6 million hryvnia (about 200,000 US dollars) from programs such as Barrier-Free Ukraine for the Deaf, VILNO, and Monitoring the Accessibility of Socially Significant Infrastructure.

Head of the “LIGA:ZAKON Academy”

LIGA:ZAKON, LLC
Kyiv, Ukraine
12.2016 - 10.2021

“LIGA:ZAKON Academy” is an autonomous IT project within the LIGA:ZAKON framework with its own financial, operations, support, marketing and sales management processes.

Responsibilities:

  • strategic planning, project management, cross-functional teamwork, and oversight of marketing, sales, logistics, finance and accounting. Product and business performance metrics analysis.

Results:

  • implementation of a new format of immersive events
  • attracting a new target audience
  • increase in annual revenue by 15-20%
  • modernization of the project infrastructure to a convenient web product with functions such as a personal account, card payments and viewing video content.
  • Successful transition to online during quarantine restrictions.

Project Manager

Publishing house “Yurydychna Praktyka”
Kyiv, Ukraine
07.2016 - 12.2016

Developed and implemented various large-scale projects, including forums and conferences with more than 250 participants, with an average of 2-4 events per month.

Responsibilities included creating and managing project plans, timelines and budgets, meeting with internal teams, consultants and contractors, presenters and sponsors.
Managed project risks, participated in creating content for promotional materials.

Results:

  • updating the industry line of forums: energy, safety
  • attraction of two new categories of target audience

Head of the Conference Department

Information agency “Financial Club”
Kyiv, Ukraine
01.2015 - 07.2016

Duties:

  • оrganization of events
  • cooperation with speakers and sponsors from the banking, financial, insurance and legal sectors
  • negotiations and conclusion of B2B contracts
  • creating content such as press releases and news;
  • media monitoring;
  • carrying out presentations of products and services.

Results:

  • Involving 7 banks into long-term cooperation.

Head of the Training Department

The National Center for the Training of Bank Personnel of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
06.2011 - 01.2015

Participated in various projects, in particular in the IT field, aimed at improving the qualifications of bank staff in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.

Responsibilities included:

  • Creation of professional development programs
  • Involving new partners, speakers and sponsors
  • Drawing up monthly and quarterly training plans
  • Preparation and control of the budget
  • Organization of corporate B2B training for bank staff
  • Coordination of regional activities
  • Represent the company at specialized exhibitions and conferences
  • Cooperation with government agencies, such as the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the National Bank of Ukraine

Results:

  • implementation of new formats: conferences, online learning
  • over 40 new educational programs have been developed

Project Manager

The National Center for the Training of Bank Personnel of Ukraine (NCTBPU)
Kyiv, Ukraine
12.2007 - 06.2011

Duties:

  • participation in developing solutions for clients;
  • customer attraction, communications, documentation;
  • B2B sales and assistance, negotiations with customers;
  • Presentation of NCTBPU products and services to clients;
  • analysis of customer feedback;
  • participation in organizing regional events.

Education

Master’s Degree in Management of Foreign Economic Activity, Managerial Economist (2006) -

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
12.2006

Bachelor’s Degree in Management of Foreign Economic Activity, Managerial Economist (2005) -

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
12.2005

Skills

  • Project planning
  • Scrum Framework
  • Agile Software Development
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Business planning
  • Prompt engineering skills
  • Critical thinking
  • Negotiation
  • Event Marketing
  • Remote Work
  • Development skills: P&L, Cash Flow, road planning, creating a target audience portrait, building an advertising campaign plan
  • Professionally I work with the following tools: Microsoft Office, Google Services, Figma, Miro
  • I am familiar with Microsoft Dynamics, Redmine, Bitrix24

Languages

English
Professional
German
Limited
Ukrainian
Native/ Bilingual
Russian
Native/ Bilingual

Affiliations

I am a fan of sports and healthy eating

Timeline

Product Manager

Public movement "Social Unity"
10.2021 - 04.2022

Head of the “LIGA:ZAKON Academy”

LIGA:ZAKON, LLC
12.2016 - 10.2021

Project Manager

Publishing house “Yurydychna Praktyka”
07.2016 - 12.2016

Head of the Conference Department

Information agency “Financial Club”
01.2015 - 07.2016

Head of the Training Department

The National Center for the Training of Bank Personnel of Ukraine
06.2011 - 01.2015

Project Manager

The National Center for the Training of Bank Personnel of Ukraine (NCTBPU)
12.2007 - 06.2011

Master’s Degree in Management of Foreign Economic Activity, Managerial Economist (2006) -

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

Bachelor’s Degree in Management of Foreign Economic Activity, Managerial Economist (2005) -

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Liubov Krykun