Moscow
We are the "Strategy and Operations" team at Odnoklassniki. Our task is to turn strategic goals into working product initiatives: we participate in goal-setting and planning, manage key cross-functional projects, and make the product-technical backlog transparent to management. In this role, you will work closely with the product and technical leads of the "Monetization and Advertising," IVAS (AI services and gifts), and New Users (event listings, social events) areas. A project manager here is not part of the development team but a partner to the product and tech leads: responsible for ensuring projects reach their goals and that management sees the actual state of the direction. Currently, the focus is on the development of AI services (neural gifts, AI avatars, and other services used daily by millions of people) and increasing the effectiveness of advertising within the application without compromising user experience.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for the implementation of projects and initiatives in the monetization areas (advertising products, gifts, loyalty programs, and bonuses) and IVAS — from plan to metric results
- Work in a triad with the product and tech lead of the direction: synchronize product and technical plans, maintain a control point for deadlines, risks, and dependencies, and escalate deviations in a timely manner
- Manage cross-functional special projects and launches at the intersection of teams (product, development, marketing, communications, commerce, and others) — seasonal and holiday launches, cross-product initiatives with other VK services
- Prepare regular reports for management: weekly and monthly statuses, reporting presentations on the state of the directions every 1.5–2 months, and updates on key goals
- Develop project and product management tools, including creating dashboards and reports in BI tools and Atlassian services
- Participate in strategic and operational planning: decompose goals into initiatives, backlog prioritization, plan-fact analysis
Requirements
- From four years of experience as a project or program manager in a project office, product IT development, or special projects team
- Experience in large or medium-sized technology companies: IT, digital media, social networks, e-commerce, marketplaces, fintech
- Experience managing projects with teams of 15-20 people, including product and development, and simultaneously managing multiple projects and stakeholders
- Ability to manage deadlines and risks without micromanagement — through agreements with leads, control, reporting, and escalations
- Experience conducting cross-functional seasonal launches with tight deadlines and a large number of participants
- Experience in building dashboards and reports independently (Tableau, Power BI, or similar), basic SQL skills
- Proficient user of Jira/Confluence, Google / MS Office, Miro/analogues
Will be a plus
- Experience managing monetization projects: advertising, loyalty programs, bonuses, paid services
- Understanding of advertising models and metrics (CPM, CPC, CPA, eCPM)
- Experience with product metrics (DAU/MAU, retention, ARPU, revenue), understanding of A/B testing logic, ability to read dashboards and assign tasks to analysts
- Experience with projects involving AI/ML products or features
We offer
- Voluntary medical insurance
- Flexible working hours
- Office in the city center
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