Ekaterina Barsukova

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

BrainRocket

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
Sber

Business Analyst

Sber

Dec 2021 – Jul 2023

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
PwC Russia

Analyst

PwC Russia

Sep 2020 – Dec 2021

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)