Almaty, Kazakhstan
FinTech project/product management, building processes and delivering projects enabling ecosystem development.
- Delivered mVisa integration, cross-border payments, and ATM-related projects. - Coordinated delivery across Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz Republic with bank operations teams. - Owned delivery governance, timelines, risks, and executive reporting.
- Leading delivery of fintech projects (crypto, factoring, payments) for international clients. - Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and full delivery artefacts. - Prepare project-based estimations, manage scope, priorities, and delivery timelines. - Drive on-time delivery using Agile framework, coordinating distributed engineering and stakeholder teams.
- Led cross-functional delivery of acquiring product across engineering, compliance, banks, and merchants. - Managed parallel merchant onboarding initiatives with focus on stability and compliance. - Oversaw PCI DSS certification audits (2022/2023/2024).
- Scaled acquiring solution to high-growth stage; increased processing turnover (12×). - Drove ~11% average monthly merchant growth and improved conversion rates by 6–7%. - Delivered tailored acquiring solutions for 60+ merchants across multiple verticals. - Led integrations with three acquiring banks and owned PCI DSS certifications (2022–2024).
- Coordinated product accelerator activities within the company; - Set up and managed projects together with foreign trackers; - Prepared reporting documentation for the Board of Directors and shareholders of the company; - Set up trello, amocrm, bitrix for company products; - Builded a unit economy of the company's products, maintaining the team's budget;
- Delivered end-to-end launch of a payment and billing MVP within short period of time. - Owned backlog prioritization and translated business and regulatory needs into development artefacts. - Coordinated acquiring bank integrations and contracting. - Supported faster merchant onboarding and early revenue enablement.