
Dmitry Meltsov
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Tbilisi, Georgia
Toptal member since May 11, 2020
Dmitry is a seasoned project manager who has delivered large-scale, enterprise IT solutions for FTSE 100 companies and managed digital transformation programs and software product development teams in startup environments. He has led successful projects using agile delivery processes with co-located and distributed teams. Dmitry excels in managing stakeholders, operating under budget constraints, and navigating complex regulatory environments.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- APIs
- Agile Project Management
- Program Management
- Remote Team Leadership
- Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Requirements Analysis
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Stakeholder Management
Work Experience
Senior Project Manager
Freelance Projects (via Toptal)
- Led MVP scoping, delivery, and launch for a US-based hybrid B2B Edtech-marketplace startup, interfacing with a distributed team across four time zones.
- Delivered an operations redesign project for eCommerce product improvements.
- Coached PMs on requirements gathering and agile delivery best practices using an Atlassian Jira and Confluence tooling configuration.
Product Manager
Swoop
- Led the team of three PMs responsible for the core web platform, marketing website, internal systems integration, and special projects for large retail banks.
- Orchestrated implementation of an OKR framework within four weeks and coached the management team on setting and aligning goals across product, marketing, operations, and sales.
- Streamlined the software product delivery process and leveled velocity to enable planning by implementing a robust agile delivery process resulting in over 100% reduction of incomplete issues in sprints.
- Managed critical projects hands-on: matching algorithm optimization, integrations with lenders, and analytics instrumentation.
- Equipped and supported product, sales, and marketing teams with the relevant tools for customer insights and relationships: Amplitude, Intercom, Hotjar, Sendinblue, Xtremepush, and Salesforce.
- Advised founders on the organizational structure and resourcing.
- Designed NPS tracking instrumentation, analysis, and integration with customer service team operations.
Product Manager
OneDome
- Promoted to a leadership role in one year with a seat on the senior executive team.
- Initiated and led the implementation of an OKR framework and managed recruitment for the PM and design teams.
- Drove the digital mortgages business from inception, bringing the product from a one-line objective to the validated prototype with a rigorously structured discovery phase.
- Carried out industry research, technical discovery, compliance perimeter definition, prototyping, usability testing, partnerships, and the market launch project plan.
- Delivered to market a highly complex legal services transactional portal with an SRA-compliant CMS at the core, a marketplace of conveyancers, a deal progressor portal for estate agents, and API integrations with industry service providers.
- Integrated building insurance and deal completion subproducts.
Product Manager
Freelance
- Led discovery, roadmapping, and MVP scoping in collaboration with the founder of a renewable energy lead generation solution.
- Delivered customer profiling, competitive benchmarking, MVP design, and specifications for a CNC machinery analytics SaaS startup.
- Advised the founding team on business model validation, value proposition design, and customer research for the launch of a convenience store services app.
Senior eCommerce IT Project Manager
Market Tech Holdings Limited
- Managed the digital proposition launch and replatforming for the two UK-based eCommerce businesses of the holding company: Camdenmarket.com and Everything5pounds.com.
- Led a 20-person team of co-located and off-shore PMs, designers, and engineers.
- Delivered a legacy eCommerce MVP for Camdenmarket.com and the follow-up replatforming of the eCommerce site to an API-centric isomorphic app using Node.js, React, Prismic, Solidus, and Practi.
- Recovered a crisis project for migrating Everything5pounds.com to SAP Hybris, and after replatforming, delivered a transformation roadmap with a high impact on core business metrics: YOY revenue up 70%, CR up 35%, RPS up 25%, and SR up 100%.
Principal Project Manager (PPM)
Global Fashion Group (Lamoda.ru)
- Promoted to PPM after design, delivery, and rollout of a greenfield solution covering transit warehouse network and last-mile delivery operations via the web app, a mobile scanner interface for intralogistics, and an Android App for couriers.
- Delivered a strategic program for a B2B managed services platform for white-label websites, eProduction, fulfillment, last-mile delivery, and contact centers. The program budget was in excess of $2 million.
- Established portfolio management processes, coached PMs, conducted project reviews, and codified PMO guidelines.
- Declined an offer to become the head of the PMO upon my resignation.
Analyst
Accenture UKI
- Managed a team of interns and coordinated off-shore developers delivering projects for an Oracle ATG-powered global eCommerce website.
- Led the team to customize an internal deployment management tool for the European travel giant's IT transformation program spanning six countries, serving 20,000 end users, and targeting a 30% reduction in the global IT estate operating costs.
- Prepared business cases for the £200 million investment in the IT landscape, which was a part of the submission to the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets for a national energy transmission company.
Project History
Property Legal Services Transactional Marketplace
https://www.onedome.com/services/conveyancing/I launched a property legal services transactional marketplace to market and secure the first stable revenue stream for the business.
eCommerce Replatforming and Optimization
I migrated an eCommerce business to the SAP Hybris platform that doubled annual revenue in the subsequent year.
Liaising with a geographically distributed team of internal and external stakeholders helped to define product improvement opportunities and ensured business readiness for the core product releases.
I delivered 20+ projects hands-on including platforms migration, new payments integration, advanced visual merchandising, DWH integration, WMS and outbound logistic partners integration, marketplace feeds, CRM integration, and search optimization.
My work contributed to the double-digit growth of core metrics (YOY: CR +35%; RPS +25%) through setting up multivariate testing, optimizing workstreams, and running test campaigns before adding a dedicated optimization manager to the team.
B2B eCommerce Full Suite Managed Services Platform
I delivered a B2B managed services platform for white-label operations in eCommerce for global enterprise clients.
Managing a cross-functional team of up to 40 people in a matrix environment, my responsibilities included roadmap definition, end-to-end solution delivery, tech sales, and integration with new partners.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in Economics
University of Manchester - Manchester, United Kingdom
Bachelor's Degree in Finance
Saint Petersburg State University - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Certifications
PMI Program Management
Bauman Institute of Technology
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Foundation
Accenture UKI
Skills
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Draw.io, Balsamiq, Microsoft Project, SAP Hybris
Paradigms
Agile Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Waterfall Delivery
Other
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Project Discovery, User Requirements, Remote Team Leadership, IT Projects, Project Delivery, eCommerce, APIs, Stakeholder Management, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Waterfall Methodology, Microsoft 365, Roadmunk, RFQ, Vendor Selection, Management Consulting, Program Management, Portfolio Management, Request for Proposal (RFP)
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