Summary
Ian Shtern is a product manager with five years’ experience building and scaling B2B SaaS portfolios, most recently at Eggheads after driving substantial growth at Yandex. He combines rigorous market research, UX-led experimentation and A/B testing with hands-on roadmap and team management to launch products from idea to break-even. His work has doubled portfolio revenue, boosted product profitability from 19% to 45%, and increased an existing portfolio’s annual revenue 2.5x. Comfortable leading distributed teams of 8+ and running retention and second-purchase optimization, he pairs metric-driven decision making with practical cost optimization that delivered positive EBITDA. Fluent in cross-cultural environments from studies in China to roles in Kazan, he brings a global perspective and a bias for rapid, measurable iteration. Outside work he’s an avid snowboarder and traveler, which feeds his appetite for bold product bets and fast learning.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at The Open University
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Language course, Chinese Language and Literature, Language course, Chinese Language and Literature at Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
Chinese, Russian, English, Turkish