Vitaly Podkopaev
IT Project Manager UCC
Experience
Aug 2023 - Present
2 years Zürich, Switzerland
IT Project Manager UCC
Office for Informatics, Canton of Zurich
- Collaboration with and deputizing for the service manager for UCC (product owner)
- Interface management for UCC with other functionalities as part of the digital workplace
- Control of infrastructure tests and rollout, monitoring dependencies with other sub-projects
Aug 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 5 months Munich, Germany
Product Management & Testing Cloud Transformation (RAITT)
Telefonica
- Product management for WhatsApp SIM: customer journey, user stories and interface definition
- Collaboration with all tribes to coordinate the implementation of the entire RAITT IT stack
- Journey Owner for two customer journeys in the Inlife tribe for test management and delivery across several brands
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
10 months Munich, Germany
Requirements Manager / Business Analyst for Premium Products
E.On
- Defining requirements for cross-tribe development and processing of rewards products
- Adjusting interfaces between channels, order management, product catalogue and CRM for rewards products
- Mirroring rewards processing in Jira issues: cleaning up the backlog and managing deliveries for sprints/PIs
Jul 2021 - Mar 2022
9 months Zürich, Switzerland
Product Manager / IT Project Manager for Cloud Migration
CSL Vifor
- Coordinating and managing suppliers (Indegene, Acquia, ICON) to develop a cloud environment for creating medical assets (newsletters, doctor communications, e-detailers, webinars, etc.)
- Maintaining the feature backlog and sprint planning for establishing the ‘Digital Factory’ and handling interface management
Mar 2020 - Jun 2021
1 year 4 months Zürich, Switzerland
IT Project Manager: Global Cloud Transformation
Credit Suisse
- Serving as project manager for the Swiss region during data migration from NetApp/Hitachi to Dell EMC
- Monitoring migration progress and reporting to the Head of Global Migration in London, UK
Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
7 months Zürich, Switzerland
Team Lead Product Marketing a.i. (5 employees)
a FinTech Scale Up
- Leading cost-effective growth marketing campaigns across in-app, email, Instagram, Facebook and content channels
- Managing product backlog and user stories/epics for two front-end features
May 2019 - Present
6 years 3 months Zürich, Switzerland
Senior Consultant / Project Manager / Interim Manager
Podkopaev Consulting
Jan 2018 - May 2019
1 year 5 months Zürich, Switzerland
Senior Manager Product Marketing
Sunrise Communications
- Developing innovative roaming and segment-specific products and value-added services, resulting in +15% net additions YoY
- Collaborating with management on P&L impact and estimating sales potential for business cases
- Preparing, coordinating and managing go-to-market projects
- Drafting commercial requirements and reviewing IT, network and digital feasibility
Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
2 years Bangkok, Thailand
Senior Manager Strategic Projects (1-year contract)
Agoda.com (Booking Holdings)
- Project Management: international scaling of a high-priority project with end-to-end responsibility across seven countries
- Product Management: daily collaboration with product owners and developers
- Operations: managing country performance and analyzing business and performance data
Nov 2011 - Dec 2015
4 years 2 months Cologne, Germany
Management Consultant Strategy, Innovation, Marketing, Sales
Deutsche Telekom, Detecon International
- Project and sub-project management of over 20 IT and telecom projects
- Experience in 15 countries across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South-East Asia
- Focusing on aligning technical and commercial objectives
- System integration and licensed partnership for Microsoft and SAP products
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
1 year Moscow, Russian Federation
Summer Internship
Detecon International
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
1 year Düsseldorf, Germany
Internship, Performance & Technology
KPMG Advisory
Summary
Vitaly has more than 14 years of professional experience in the IT, telecommunications and digitalisation environment as a management consultant, project manager and product manager with a focus on cloud transformations and migration as well as software implementations. His professional focus lies on agile project management, product management, business analyses and marketing automation. Vitaly is result oriented, has excellent stakeholder management, assertiveness and strong problem-solving skills.
Languages
German
Native
Russian
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Education
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
IE Business School
Master of Business Administration · Madrid, Spain · 3.3
Oct 2005 - Jun 2010
Ruhr-University Bochum
B.A. · Business Administration & Social Science · Bochum, Germany · 1.7
Oct 1992 - Jun 2005
German Embassy School
A-Levels / German Abitur · Moscow, Russian Federation · 2.3
Certifications & licenses
CSM
CSPO
Hermes
ITIL v3
PRINCE2
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