Ekaterina Barsukova
Senior Product Owner
Valencia, Spain
#OpenToWork
About
Senior Product Owner with 6 years of experience across product ownership, analytics, and digital products. Specializes in UX, experimentation, and data-driven prioritization. Reduced time-to-market by 50% and redirected ~25% of backlog capacity to initiatives with higher revenue potential. Combines product strategy, stakeholder management, and team leadership to improve delivery speed and predictability.
What I'm looking for
Looking for: Product Owner / Product Manager roles, fully remote (or hybrid with relocation support). Open to companies that can sponsor a Spain digital nomad visa or EU Blue Card. Based in Spain, available to work across EU time zones.
Experience
Senior Product Owner
BrainRocket
Aug 2023 – Present
International technology company developing high-traffic B2C web and mobile products across multiple markets.
● Standardized workflows and Jira WBS templates, reducing time-to-market by 50% and doubling release frequency.
● Translated user feedback into requirements for a redesigned registration flow, reversing a 30% acquisition decline and increasing acquisition by 14% above baseline.
● Reprioritized product initiatives, reallocating ~25% of backlog capacity to initiatives with higher revenue potential.
● Hired 20 Product Owners as the PO function grew from 10 to 54 people, supporting 15 teams and ~50 products.
● Led and developed 15 Product Owners through mentoring and development frameworks, shortening onboarding by 25–30% and enabling 3 promotions and 6 role expansions.
JiraProduct ManagementWorkflow StandardizationProduct LaunchLocalizationUX
Russia’s largest universal bank and digital ecosystem, comparable in scale to JPMorgan Chase.
● Designed targeted B2B campaigns, increasing application conversion by 15-25% vs. non-targeted campaigns.
● Built reusable SQL/SAS scripts for automated audience selection, reducing campaign preparation time by ~30%.
● Executed ~3 campaigns per week and 1-2 A/B tests per month, validating ~one-third of 10-15 hypotheses and informing backlog decisions.
SQLSASA/B Testing
Russian member firm of PwC, providing audit, risk, technology, and consulting services.
● Assessed ~250 IT controls within a 750+ control audit, identifying gaps across data and process controls.
● Developed process maps and risk-control matrices, improving visibility into business processes, IT systems, risks, and controls.
Risk ControlProcess MappingIT Audit
Education
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Master’s Degree · Business Analytics
2022
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Bachelor’s Degree · Business Informatics
2020
Certifications
AI for Product Owners
Scrum Alliance
2026 – No expiry
Managing AI Projects: From Strategy to Delivery
Johns Hopkins University
2026 – No expiry
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
Google
2026 – No expiry
Metrics that Matter: Improving Product Outcomes
Scrum Alliance
2026 – No expiry
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Scrum.org
2023 – No expiry
Skills
ScrumAgileAI ToolsSQLStakeholder ManagementCustomer ExperienceUXA/B TestingProduct AnalyticsRequirements ManagementBacklog PrioritizationProduct LaunchProduct OperationsProduct DeliveryProduct RoadmappingProduct DiscoveryProduct StrategyProduct Management
Languages
Russian (Native or bilingual proficiency)English (Full professional proficiency)