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Product Manager
SwedbankProduct Manager
Jun. 2024Riga, LatviaProduct manager (formerly – CPO) of Payments Baltic Agile Release train, consisting of five cross-functional delivery teams. Responsible for all payments-related service delivery to all Swedbank customers in the Baltics. Owner of the epic and feature backlog, giving priorities. Long- and short-term roadmap creator and owner. Part of Swedbank Group Cards and Payments portfolio management team.
Team Manager
SwedbankTeam Manager
Jun. 2022 - Jun. 2024Riga, LatviaManager of cross-functional IT team, consisting of 51 direct reports. Making sure that right amount of resources is allocated to the most prioritized items. Active hiring manager, have added 24 team members over period of 12 months. Ensuring team organization transformation from Scrum/Kanban to Scaled agile (SAFe). Facilitating personal development discussions and activities for direct reports. Participating in larger programs / projects, which will change the way how payments are being processed, thus will affect the team directly.
Agile Product Owner, Payments Baltic
SwedbankAgile Product Owner, Payments Baltic
Apr. 2021 - Jun. 2022Agile Product Owner within cross functional IT team, which delivers and maintains payment domain related services to clients there Baltic states.
Chief Analyst, Payments and financial markets
Latvijas BankaChief Analyst, Payments and financial markets
Mar. 2019 - Apr. 2021Riga+ Technical exprimentation project for analysis of digital euro + Analysis on plausible adaption of DLT for the needs of central banks + Payments systems policy (SEPA, SCT Inst, TIPS, TARGET2) + Enabling innovative central bank services: - Instant payments - Proxy lookup - Request to pay + Public appearances: - TV, radio and press interviews on matters of various digital assets - Articles in digital and printed media - Guest lectures in universities on modern payment solutions
Business System Manager
SEB banka LatviaBusiness System Manager
Sep. 2016 - Jan. 2019Riga, Latvia Maintenance of Internet Bank (ibanka.seb.lv), local support on all questions – content creation, testing, development, parametrization, translation, support for contact centre, marketing material creation (offers, banners); Active participation in Core project roll-out; Development of a Baltic Internet Bank platform both for private and business customers – responsible areas include Cards, Markets (eBroker), Custody, Settings, Offers, Messages and Notifications; Working in a Baltic team.
Process Manager
SEB banka LatviaProcess Manager
Mar. 2014 - Sep. 2016Riga, Latvia- Developing a new pan-Baltic system for Credit origination from the business development side. - Processes for which management I am responsible for include collecting and processing client's applications, assessing client's risk (scoring), creating internal decision, calculating price, creating agreement and disbursement of the loan, as well as ensuring re-payment of the loan and debt collection. - Daily activities include a highly intensive communication with both local and Baltic colleagues and managing to derive an opinion on how the future solution will look and act - Local legislation and other specifics are to be taken into consideration, while working on the future solution - Very intensive collaboration with the IT team that is developing the actual features - Leading workshops on different topics and reconciling the agreed future solution with key stakeholders - Describing necessary solution by providing sufficient business requirements to IT - Ensuring and identifying necessary controls within the process
FX/MM & Derivatives Confirmations Specialist
SEBFX/MM & Derivatives Confirmations Specialist
Jun. 2011 - Jan. 2014Riga BranchReconciliation of Confirmations (paper, electronic and SWIFT); Communication with traders, operations, clients and counterparties; Participation in EMIR and Dodd-Frank adoption project within SEB Group Working language: English
Intern
SIA "Eiropas Konsultantu Aģentūra"Intern
Oct. 2010 - May. 2011Riga, LatviaInternship in accounting.
Marketing Specialist
SIA "Promostart"Marketing Specialist
Mar. 2010 - Apr. 2011Riga, LatviaDirectly approaching existing and potential customers offering different products and services

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