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Zhivko Chernilov

Zhivko Chernilov

Barcelona,B

Summary

I am an energetic and analytical product manager with experience in project management and integrations. For my time as product owner I led backend post-booking product in online travel agency two telecommunication projects and a CRM development features. As partner success lead I did more than 90 integrations. My experience in the travel industry and the sports betting industry gives me wide variety of skill set and knowledge on how to efficiently execute a project and lead it to its success. I am also very flexible in therms of relocation and can work form any European Union country.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

Edreams Odigeo
04.2023 - Current
  • Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
  • Coordinated design meetings and decisions with internal departments and teams.
  • Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
  • Maintained positive vendor relations to build strong partnerships.
  • Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
  • Managed stakeholder expectations effectively throughout the entire product development process.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Streamlined the product development process for faster time-to-market and improved efficiency.
  • Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
  • Directed planning and budgeting efforts.

Product Owner

betPawa
04.2022 - 03.2023
  • Bulk SMS integration/ Integration of SMS gateway in 10 countries/ Testings and modification for the gateway to support over 1 000 000 SMS
  • Managed backlog prioritization, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder expectations.
  • Collaborated with engineering teams on technical feasibility assessments, resulting in realistic scope definition for projects.
  • ROI creation, research and data analysis for new features.
  • API documentation primal review and communication with technical teams.
  • Writing of product specifications
  • PBX installation set-up and modification according to company standards; Supervise of the complete hardware installation; Support in the Land - to - Cloud or Cloud - to - Cloud integration; Supporting the live testing and monitoring of the results..

Partner Success Lead

Kiwi.com S.R.O
03.2019 - 03.2022
  • Technical implementation and development of in-house and web-services solutions for extracting GDS content./ 93 Successfully implemented GDS, API and airlines partners.
  • Provided outstanding service to all individuals, promoting effective, and lasting business relationships.
  • Achieved successful client outcomes by identifying and addressing their unique needs and goals.
  • Product management and development./ Over 12 000 new fight combinations available due to the 93 integrated new partners.
  • Contract negotiations and re-negotiations./ 17 re-negotiated contracts with better conditions and 3 done from ground zero. Participated in the negotiation of more than 25 more as adviser.
  • API manipulating./ Optimizing search in order to receive better flight combinations in 38 API integrated agencies and airlines.
  • Benchmark solutions and analysis./ Over 300 benchmarks concluded. Created completely new, better and heavier benchmark process for new integrations.

GDS trainer and GDS agent

Kiwi.com S.R.O
10.2017 - 03.2019
  • Basic Amadeus, Galileo and Sabre GDS training.
  • Mentored new hires, resulting in stronger staff development and increased productivity.
  • Provided one-on-one mentoring to help individuals reach their full potential within the organization.
  • Provided advanced Amadeus, and Galileo GDS training.
  • Company policy, flows processes training.
  • Improvement of work-flow related processes.
  • Organizing and preparing in-house skill update training.
  • Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre reservations management.
  • Participate in focus groups for improvement of in-house workflow andprocesses.

Customer Support Specialist

Kiwi.com S.R.O
04.2017 - 10.2017
  • Managing and maintaining customer requests and profiles.
  • Developed strong relationships with clients, resulting in repeat business and positive feedback.
  • Delivered exceptional customer service experiences by maintaining a positive attitude, active listening skills, and empathetic responses to customer concerns.

Education

Certification of Completion - SQL Basic

CodeAcademy.com
Online
07.2023

Certification of Completion - Python 3 Basic

CodeAcademy.com
Online
02.2023

Certification of Completion - Java Basic

CodeAcademy.com
Online
01.2023

Product management -

Udemy.com
11.2021

Sabre GDS -

IATA
03.2021

GDS training -

Kiwi.com S.R.O.
11.2018

Travelport Galileo ticketing -

Travelport INC
04.2018

Online Marketing -

Google INC
05.2016

Bachelor's degree - Marketologist with sub specialty Corporate Marketing

Burgas Free University
03.2015

Hight School Degree - French language and literature with English language profile

Georgi Stoykov Rakovski
05.2007

Skills

  • Product management

  • Creating and maintaining a roadmap

  • Backlog management

  • Data Analysis

  • Microsoft Office

  • Python 3 basics

  • Decision Making

  • Adaptability

  • Effective Time Management

  • Ability to Work Under Pressure

  • Advanced Amadeus, Galileo and Sabre GDS training

  • Company policy, flows processes training

  • Improvement of work-flow related processes

  • Organizing and preparing in-house skill update training

  • Amadeus, Galileo and Sabre ticket issuance

  • Amadeus, Galileo and Sabre reservation manipulations

  • Fulfilling customer requests

  • Participate in focus groups for improvement of in-house workflow and processes

  • KPI Tracking

  • Product Lifecycle Management

  • Project Planning

  • Java basics

  • SQL basics

Languages

Bulgarian
Proficient
C2
English
Upper intermediate
B2
Russian
Upper intermediate
B2
French
Intermediate
B1
German
Beginner
A1
Czech
Beginner
A1
Spanish
Beginner
A1

Hobbies and Interests

  • Fitness
  • Guitar playing
  • Horology
  • Literature

Timeline

Product Manager

Edreams Odigeo
04.2023 - Current

Product Owner

betPawa
04.2022 - 03.2023

Partner Success Lead

Kiwi.com S.R.O
03.2019 - 03.2022

GDS trainer and GDS agent

Kiwi.com S.R.O
10.2017 - 03.2019

Customer Support Specialist

Kiwi.com S.R.O
04.2017 - 10.2017

Certification of Completion - SQL Basic

CodeAcademy.com

Certification of Completion - Python 3 Basic

CodeAcademy.com

Certification of Completion - Java Basic

CodeAcademy.com

Product management -

Udemy.com

Sabre GDS -

IATA

GDS training -

Kiwi.com S.R.O.

Travelport Galileo ticketing -

Travelport INC

Online Marketing -

Google INC

Bachelor's degree - Marketologist with sub specialty Corporate Marketing

Burgas Free University

Hight School Degree - French language and literature with English language profile

Georgi Stoykov Rakovski
Zhivko Chernilov