Alena Sosnina

CEO

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands14 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Achieved x100 growth for Mybook.ru subscription service.
  • Led unique shopping cart launch for classifieds.
  • Improved conversion rates significantly across multiple projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in Edtech, Fintech, and E-commerce.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyProject Management

Other Skills

Conversion Rate OptimizationMobile ApplicationsAgile MethodologiesTeam LeadershipUser OnboardingCross-team CollaborationUser EngagementMonetizationTeam MotivationResearch SkillsLearningSkill DevelopmentCustomer SuccessOpennessAnalytical Skills

About

Product manager with over 11 years of experience in product management, with deep expertise in digital content (e-books), e-commerce, fintech, and edtech sectors. 🔹 Who I am ✔️ 11 years of experience working with user-facing B2C mobile apps and over 8 years of experience with web products. ✔️ Leadership of teams up to 20 members, successfully managing product teams across various functions including software engineers, designers and analysts. ✔️ Demonstrated outstanding results in product growth by 10 times and conversion rate optimization by 61%. ✔️ 11 years of experience working with Agile methodologies, including the role of Scrum Master. ✔️ Vast experience in independently designing user flows and enhancing user experience. ✔️ Excellent at organizing team work, creating a transparent and motivating atmosphere, demonstrating flexibility and quick adaptation to changes. 🔹 What I am proud of ✔️ Nurtured subscription service Mybook.ru up to x100 growth in 5 years as senior product manager ✔️ Local Indonesian broker relaunch with significant user base growth ✔️ Significant funnel improvements that drove revenue and other business metrics ✔️ Launch of the shopping cart which is unique for classifieds and achieved a signicant increase in average order value ✔️ All-Russia educational project for teachers and students that brought major revenue uplift for the company 🔹 Tools and frameworks I use ✔️ Tools: Tableau • Google Analytics • Amplitude • Google Sheets • Firebase • Figma • Miro • Jira • Confluence • Notion • Trello • Asana • TeamGannt• Similarweb• AppAnnie ✔️ Frameworks and Instruments: Double Diamond • Lean Startup • Scrum • RICE • KANO • MoSCoW • CJM • JTBD If you're interested in discussing potential collaborations, industry insights, or product strategies, feel free to connect with me - my e-mail is msalenasosnina@gmail.com and my telegram account is @in_clover

Experience

14 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Alps2alps ski transfers

Head of Product

Oct 2024Feb 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • An international travel company that provides ski transfers in the Alps and the US.
  • 🚀 Developed and implemented a product strategy for conversion rate increase for the US branch of Alp2Alps and alps2alps.com, resulting in conversion uplift
  • 🚀 Launched MVP (minimal viable product) of paxride.com (a startup inside Amitours group), reaching product-market fit signals.
  • 🚀 Launched driver tips and driver notifications inside the driver app, leading to reduction in operational issues and support tickets
  • 🚀 Increased the number of downloads of the Alps2Alps mobile app by introducing the free e-SIM feature
  • 🚀 Launched Shuttles as a product for Alps2Alps, generating significant amount of bookings
Product StrategyConversion Rate OptimizationMobile ApplicationsAgile MethodologiesTeam LeadershipProduct Management

Data-driven lab

Senior Product Manager

Oct 2022Jun 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Limassol, Cyprus

  • Data Driven Lab is an international IT company that owns FBS.com and other brokerage services, operating in over 150 countries and serving a collective user base of over 23 million.
  • Key Achievements
  • 🚀 Developed and implemented a product strategy for an Indonesian brokerage firm, introducing a new value proposition by redesigning the website, creating a new app, and integrating a payment system within a 6-month timeframe, resulting in a significant increase in users.
  • 🚀 Improved the onboarding process by reducing the number of steps, addressing usability issues, integrating a new facial recognition solution, and rewriting the copy, resulting in a significant increase in the conversion rate from registration to deposit.
  • 🚀 Successfully launched a unique brokerage account type in Indonesia and refined the acquisition funnel, resulting in a significant increase in account openings and a significant, undisclosed boost in revenue.
Product StrategyUser OnboardingMobile ApplicationsAgile MethodologiesCross-team CollaborationProduct Management

Uchi.ru

Product Lead

Aug 2021Jul 2022 · 11 mos

  • Uchi.ru is CIS largest online education platform, serves over 12 million students with interactive learning through a subscription-based model
  • Key achievements
  • 🚀 Significantly increased teachers engagement by introducing all-Russia project for teachers, orchestrating the cumulative work of product and marketing departments
  • 🚀 Improved the registration to activation conversion rate by addressing key issues in the funnel
  • 🚀 Increased active teacher participation by introducing new state exam preparation feature
Product StrategyUser EngagementAgile MethodologiesCross-team CollaborationProduct Management

Авито

Senior Product Manager

Aug 2020Aug 2021 · 1 yr

  • Avito is the world's most visited classifieds service, with 50 million monthly users and approximately 120 transactions per minute.
  • Key achievements
  • 🚀 Led the launch of the shopping cart which is unique for classifieds and achieved an increase in average order value, working closely with the shipping and billing teams.
  • 🚀 Managed over 10 experiments, resulting in an uplift in conversion rates from the product page to purchase
Product StrategyConversion Rate OptimizationAgile MethodologiesCross-team CollaborationProduct Management

Mybook

2 roles

Head of Product

Promoted

Jul 2017Aug 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • MyBook is a leading CIS online e-book and audiobook subscription service with over 10 million users
  • Key Achievements
  • 🚀 Successfully implemented over 15 monetization experiments, including an upsell strategy and an innovative and unique 'rent-a-book' pricing model, which together resulted in a significant revenue increase.
  • 🚀 Managed the launch of a new audiobook product including major updates to the app, website, and CRM system, resulting in an audience growth.
  • 🚀 Led the major relaunch of MyBook.ru, managing three teams and delivering an increase in revenue along with significant improvements in key metrics.
Product StrategyMonetizationAgile MethodologiesCross-team CollaborationProduct Management

Product Manager

Jul 2015Jul 2017 · 2 yrs

  • Key achievements
  • 🚀 Led the development and launch of Android and Windows apps, resulting in a 70% increase in audience size.
  • 🚀 Launched a new product tailored to the B2B market, resulting in a 30% increase in revenue.
Product ManagementMobile ApplicationsAgile Methodologies

Enaza

Project Manager

Feb 2011Jul 2015 · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • Enaza was a leader in Russia's digital content aggregation, specializing in video games, music and e-books, serving a user base of 5 million.
  • Key achievements
  • 🚀 Successfully launched three interactive e-books, featured on the AppStore, achieving over 100,000 downloads.
  • 🚀 Managed the development, launch and growth of two mobile apps for iOS and Android aimed at e-book distribution, using both subscription and single-copy sales models, resulting in 60,000 downloads.
Project ManagementAgile MethodologiesMobile Applications

Education

Higher School of Economics

Product Management

Jan 2017Jan 2018

Perm State Pedagogical University

Bachelor of Education - BEd — Linguistics

Jan 2005Jan 2010

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