Vadim Smakov Email & Phone Number

Baku, Baku Ekonomic Zone, Azerbaijan

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

Sberbank is the largest bank in Russia (Top 1). I have been working at a startup inside the bank (B2B segment).・In 3 months, I conducted market research, tested hypotheses, and released MVP to the market.I defended the results of the MVP in front of sponsors and received a budget for further product development.・In 8 months, I implemented product scaling: orders were increased per month from 40 to 360, average receipt was increased by 2 times and the number of sales regions was increased from 5 to 84.・My product team consists of 2 Product Managers, Software Engineers, Analysts, UI/UX Designer, QA Engineers, and a Marketing Manager.・In the team, I play the role of Lead Product Manager and Technical Product Manager.

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

Broker Credit Service is one of Russia's largest brokerage companies (Top 4), with offices in the UK, Central Europe, and the United Arab Emirates. At the company, I was responsible for the “Newbie investors” clients (B2C segment, App+Web).・In 3 months, I created a strategy for developing of novice investors segment and defended it in front of the CEO.・I changed customer journey (activation and onboarding steps), which allowed increasing conversion from lead to the client by 5% (compared to the previous quarters).・In 4 months, I created a special mode of the investment app (Android, IOS) for novice investors, which led to an increase in 30d retention by 15% (compared to the previous quarters).・In 5 months, I launched new products and marketing campaigns for the segment, which led to an increase in the company's revenue by 20% per quarter (compared to the previous year).・In 10 months, I took the second prize and the award “The Best Mobile App for Novice Investors” in the professional competition of the Moscow Exchange.・The team leading by me was included 3 Product Managers, Software Engineers, Analysts, UI/UX Designers, QA Engineers, and Marketing Manager.

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

Renaissance is an insurance company in Russia (Top 8). At the company, I was responsible for the digitalization of insurance products. A fixed-term contract.・I digitized a voluntary auto insurance product that allowed the company to keep its profits during office closures and quarantine. The MVP was created in 21 days・Launched 2 Scrum Teams from scratch (without Scrum Master’s help). I found a motivated employee inside the company and retrained him into a Scrum Master for these teams.・I developed a roadmap for the digitalization of insurance products and refactoring of back-office systems.

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

Alfastrakhovanie is one of the largest insurance groups in Russia (Top 3). In the company, I was responsible for the efficiency of the operational process of the investment activity of the entire insurance group.・I implemented decision support tools for brokers, which allowed me to increase the profitability of the group's investments.・I have created a module for launching new investment insurance products, which reduces the Time to Market from 3 to 1 month.・Back-office processes were automated, the number of tasks performed by the current staff was increased by several times, and it helped not to hire 3 employees.・3 times I received the quarterly award “The Best Scrum team of Alfastrakhovanie”.

・Ensured the achievement of business results in the banking business (loans, credit cards, acquiring, and private banking).

Master'S Degree, Finance, Money Circulation And Credit

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanics, Applied Mathematics