Iaroslav Rybakov

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About Iaroslav Rybakov

Project and Program Manager (M.Eng, PMP, CSM, ACC) with 10 years of experience delivering $50K–$3M initiatives across tech, HR-tech, manufacturing, defense, and government. Known for servant leadership, SDLC/PDLC/DevOps fluency and automation skills. • Turn strategy into delivery: Translated roadmaps into executable program plans. Built governance, RAID logs, and integrated master schedules with scope/schedule/budget controls. Delivered four enterprise HRIS/LMS/CRM rollouts with VP/C-suite visibility. Aligned cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders to ship outcomes at global scale (rollouts to 90k+ employees in 40+ countries), while driving adoption, risk control, and measurable post-go-live qualiy. • Lead under pressure: Planned and executed high-stakes, distributed work—logistics, training, and operations—with risk mitigation and schedule recovery in high-stress environments. Led teams up to 120 and supported 500 personnel across multiple sites with strict safety/compliance requirements. • Coach people to outperform: Brought ICF-accredited coaching into delivery to lift team performance—mentoring stream leads, facilitating change, and facilited decision-making by executives. Drove adoption via role-based training, champions networks, and clear comms. • Multiply capacity with automation: Built scripts and AI-enabled automations through VBA, Power Automate and Azure OpenAI to streamline workflows and data management and free teams to focus on key deliverables. • Practicing a DevOps mindset: Make work visible, set WIP limits, run weekly ops reviews with SLO/SLI dashboards, and use blameless reviews to drive continuous improvement. Tool stack: Office 365 · SharePoint · Power Automate · n8n · Azure OpenAI · Jira · SAP / MES · Excel/VBA · Python · JavaScript · Major HR-ERP and LMS platforms