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ANTOANETA GERGOVA

Product Manager
Sofia

Summary

Experienced product manager with a strong background in aviation and digitalization. Proven ability to manage budgets, prioritize business needs, and identify opportunities for new products. A fast learner with strong communication skills, able to work effectively under pressure and adapt to dynamic environments. Seeking a Product Manager role to contribute to cutting-edge space projects and drive innovation in the field.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Product Manager

Paysafe
08.2021 - Current
  • Work alongside engineering teams to execute on the card acquiring roadmap consisting of integration with various acquirers.
  • Foster collaborative and supportive relationships with all stakeholders.
  • Communicate clearly and in alignment with the overall Group Product roadmap with focus on card acceptance.
  • Data-driven decision making and planning: define KPIs for measuring success and validate all assumptions post execution.
  • Follow product development and management methodology that is consistent with the accepted norms for the group.
  • Create and manage/prioritize the technical tasks/user stories.
  • Leading, advising and supporting the core team so that it ultimately becomes a self-organizing, self-responsible and highly productive team without assuming disciplinary leadership responsibility.
  • Preparing and moderating scrum meetings such as sprint planning, refinements, reviews.
  • Manages backlog in accordance with the company's strategy.

Product Owner

Lufthansa technik
03.2020 - 08.2021
  • Own one and/or several microservices/products from the company digitalization portfolio and be responsible for the successful progressing through the development phase of their lifecycle (ideation, specification, development, testing).
  • Lead a virtual team that typically has 3-5 members throughout the different stages of development.
  • Drive culture of innovation and digitalization in microservice / product development.
  • Works in an Agile environment with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks.
  • Proactively involve business experts from various departments and capitalize on their knowledge to derive holistic products.
  • Manage the budget throughout the development phases with sense of accountability and responsibility.
  • Identify opportunities for new microservices/products based on internal/external customer and industry needs.

Process Engineer

Lufthansa technik
10.2019 - 03.2020
  • Oversees and assesses existing processes and workflows.
  • Assembles reports to document process status and changes.
  • Tracks metrics to discover areas for improvement.
  • Communicates findings and proposals to upper management.
  • Utilizes process simulation software to test and find the most appropriate production strategies.
  • Contributes to departmental efforts by accomplishing related tasks as needed.

Planning Engineer

Lufthansa technik
08.2015 - 10.2019
  • Ensure EASA Part 145 compliance in planning and job cards.
  • Prepare load and capacity plans for the aircraft maintenance event.
  • Identify critical path activities.
  • Set man hour and job card targets.
  • Clarify all technical issues with the customer.
  • Analyze historic data and performance evaluations and propose corrective actions.

Aircraft Engineer

Cargo Air
06.2013 - 08.2015
  • Planning of aircraft maintenance.
  • Creating work packages and work cards.
  • Customization and revision of operator's documents.
  • AD and SB statuses preparation.
  • Controlling Hard Time and Life Limited components.
  • Defect rectification analysis.
  • Fleet reliability reports.
  • Correspondence with subcontractors, customers and suppliers.
  • Technical records management and storage.

Education

Aeronautical Engineering

Technical University Sofia
04.2001 - 07.2015

Training

  • Aircraft type training course for Boeing 737-300/400/500 (CFM 56) Category B1.1, Sofia
  • General familiarization courses for A320, A320NEO, B737NG, B757, B767, Sofia
  • Solidworks Progress
  • JavaScript SoftUni

Timeline

Product Manager

Paysafe
08.2021 - Current

Product Owner

Lufthansa technik
03.2020 - 08.2021

Process Engineer

Lufthansa technik
10.2019 - 03.2020

Planning Engineer

Lufthansa technik
08.2015 - 10.2019

Aircraft Engineer

Cargo Air
06.2013 - 08.2015

Aeronautical Engineering

Technical University Sofia
04.2001 - 07.2015

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