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Irina Cheban

Calgary,Canada

Summary

Results-oriented Project Manager with extensive leadership, skilled at delivering projects on time and within the budget. Proven ability to solve problems and lead cross-functional teams to achieve business goals. Commercially focused, a team-oriented leader who is accountable and dedicated, thrive in fast-paced environments and have consistently delivered solutions that positively impact the business.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

Tinkoff bank
Moscow
10.2022 - 05.2024
  • Managed HR IT and Non-IT projects, ensured timely, on-budget delivery
  • Led cross-functional teams of up to 50 members
  • Mentored 4 junior project managers, improving overall team efficiency by 15%
  • Developed and implemented an automated document collection and verification system for contract workers, improving efficiency by reducing processing time from 3 days to just 6 hours
  • Created an interactive onboarding program with gamification, which decreased new employees' time-to-productivity by 30%
  • Automated the document verification process for full-time employee onboarding, achieved a 5x reduction in processing costs

Business Analyst (Temporary Project)

Tinkoff bank
Moscow
09.2023 - 11.2023
  • Researched and documented the current business process for hiring new employees, and identified the problematic areas.
  • Collaborated with key stakeholders (15 teams, over 35 people) to gather and refine requirements.
  • Formulated business requirements, functional and non-functional requirements, and developed a new business process model using BPMN.

As a result, in 3 months developed a new business process that saved the company 47,000 dollars

Team Leader

Tinkoff bank
Moscow
10.2019 - 10.2022
  • Founded two new teams within the department: Quality Assurance (QA) Team and Process Development Team
  • Recruited and trained staff for both teams (8 people)
  • Organized the staff performance evaluation and development process
  • Reduced department expenses for employee performance evaluation by 6 times by implementing optimized evaluation forms and transitioning to remote specialists from different regions, replacing costly office-based outsourcing
  • Developed additional training and updated instructions that resulted in a 2x improvement in employee performance over 6 months, and a 3x reduction in customer complaints.
  • Collected a backlog of over 100 unresolved department issues, implemented a process to convert them into tasks for other teams, and created a prioritization process. This resulted in the resolution of 80 issues in one year that had been unresolved for 1 to 3 years.

Chief Expert of QA Department

Tinkoff bank
Moscow
03.2016 - 10.2019
  • Reviewed client claims and made decisions on financial adjustments
  • Analyzed the reasons for complaints and recommended improvements to the bank's services and processes
  • Trained and mentored the new employees in the department

Call Center Representative

Tinkoff bank
Moscow
10.2014 - 03.2016
  • Managed inbound calls, assisted with banking products and transactions
  • Mentored new employees

Education

Professional Qualifications - Project Management

Calgary Public Library
Calgary, AB
02-2025

Professional Qualifications - Project Management

Tinkoff Education
Moscow
04-2024

Master's degree - Accounting, Analysis and Auditing

Pridnestrovian State University named after T.G. Shevchenko
Tiraspol
06.2014

Skills

  • Project Management Methodology (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall)
  • Project Management Software
  • Project Implementation
  • Risk management
  • Leadership and Team Management
  • Time Management and Scheduling
  • Effective Communication
  • Business Analysis

Timeline

Business Analyst (Temporary Project)

Tinkoff bank
09.2023 - 11.2023

Project Manager

Tinkoff bank
10.2022 - 05.2024

Team Leader

Tinkoff bank
10.2019 - 10.2022

Chief Expert of QA Department

Tinkoff bank
03.2016 - 10.2019

Call Center Representative

Tinkoff bank
10.2014 - 03.2016

Professional Qualifications - Project Management

Calgary Public Library

Professional Qualifications - Project Management

Tinkoff Education

Master's degree - Accounting, Analysis and Auditing

Pridnestrovian State University named after T.G. Shevchenko
Irina Cheban