Aleksei Beltiukov | Product Leader (AI & Fintech) | Moscow

Telegram: @xonika9 | LinkedIn: Aleksei Beltiukov | GitHub: xonika9

The best digital products are born at the intersection of three worlds: a deep understanding of business goals, engineering empathy, and genuine curiosity about user problems. My entire career is a conscious journey through these three directions.

As a product leader, I don't just manage a backlog – I create an environment where technological solutions directly impact business metrics. My task is to transform strategy into working code and ensure that every developer understands the exact value they are creating for the client and the company right now.

My passion for technology is not limited to work. I am convinced that to truly understand the capabilities of AI, one must "touch" it with their own hands. That's why I maintain my "digital garden" on Hetzner, where I experiment with LLMs and self-hosted services for routine automation. This practical experience helps me distinguish real technological trends from hype and find non-trivial solutions for products. I share my findings in the Telegram channel «Controlled Hallucinations».

In my free time, I am a street photographer, shooting with a Canon D60 35mm f/1.8, trying to capture that "magic moment" in random scenes and faces. I love to travel, discovering new cities and landscapes; it's the best way to clear my cache and fill myself with new impressions.

Key Skills and Technologies

Product Management & Strategy

• Strategy & Launch: Product Strategy, Go-to-Market (GTM), Roadmap, MVP, Product Launch, Monetization.
• Research & Analytics: CustDev & User Research, A/B Testing, CJM, Data-Driven Decision Making.
• Operational Management: Backlog Management, Prioritization (RICE, ICE), Writing PRDs and User Stories.

Leadership & Business Analysis

• Team & Stakeholder Management: Cross-functional Leadership, Mentoring, Stakeholder Management, Agile (Scrum, Kanban).
• Finance & Business Modeling: Unit Economics, P&L, Financial Modeling, Business Development.

Working with AI Products

• AI System Design: AI Agents, LangChain, Low-code automation (Dify, n8n).
• RAG & Search: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Embeddings (OpenAI, Gemini, open-source), Vector Databases (Qdrant, Chroma).
• Multimodal Models: Text-to-Image, Text-to-Speech (TTS), Text-to-Video.
• Working with Open-Source LLMs: Hugging Face, Model Optimization (quantization, distillation), Local Deployment.

Technology Stack & Architecture

• Architecture & Design: System Design, Frontend Application Architecture, API Interaction (REST, GraphQL).
• Modern Frontend Stack: Deep understanding of the React ecosystem (Hooks, Next.js, Redux) and TypeScript.
• Quality & Performance: Performance Optimization (Core Web Vitals), CI/CD, Testing Methodologies (Jest, RTL).
• Analytical Tools: SQL, Google Analytics, Yandex.Metrica, Amplitude/Mixpanel.

Work Experience

Product Manager | RSHB-Intech 
August 2023 — Present 
IT division of Rosselkhozbank. I manage the full lifecycle of two key products: a B2C marketplace for the sale of pledged property and an internal platform for working with the borrower registry. I am responsible for discovery, product strategy, backlog, and achieving business metrics.

• Increased conversion to registration on the B2C marketplace from 1% to 15% by initiating product research and eliminating a key barrier in the CJM — an excessively complex onboarding form.
• Led the product and technical modernization of a key B2C service, justifying its value to the business through increased SEO traffic. Achieved a PageSpeed Insights score of 92 points and resolved issues with site indexing.
• Eliminated the lack of development resources as a key product development blocker by initiating and implementing a plan to double the team (from 3 to 6 people). This accelerated time-to-market and allocated resources for technical debt repayment.
• Reduced the volume of unplanned enhancements by 30% by implementing a discovery process with mandatory technical validation at early stages.

Product Manager | Forkway
January 2023 — January 2024 
EdTech & HRTech platform for training and development of IT specialists.

• Launched a new B2B product (AI assistants) from 0 to 1 — from market insight to the first paying client, which led to a strategic pivot of the company towards a more profitable direction.
• Developed and justified the product's pricing strategy by creating a financial model from scratch. Calculated unit economics and projected P&L, which allowed for the conclusion of the first data-driven B2B contract.
• Transformed the founder's vision into a data-driven backlog by conducting a full cycle of research (20+ CustDev, 100+ questionnaires) and establishing a data-driven decision-making culture within the company.
• Increased engagement (completion of the first module) by 15% by implementing systematic A/B testing, proving that gamification is a key driver of retention.

Frontend Developer | Adict
January 2020 — June 2023 
Digital agency creating custom solutions for large businesses.

• Acted as the owner of an internal product — a reusable UI library, which increased project profitability by reducing time-to-market by ~25%.
• Reduced the number of regression bugs by initiating and implementing a unit testing culture within the team and proving its business value through a pilot project.
• Transformed my role from a developer to a technical partner for the business, translating client requests from "what to do" into "what problem to solve."

Business Development Manager / Project Manager | LLC "KRONA" 
January 2014 — January 2020

• Created a new business direction from scratch, turning production waste from a cost center into a source of income. Developed a business plan, calculated unit economics, and managed project implementation.
• Reduced logistics costs by 15% in the first year by initiating a digitalization project and implementing data collection (GPS) to transform opaque processes into a manageable, data-driven system.
• Increased production planning accuracy by ~20% by replacing an intuitive approach with forecasting based on historical data.
• Participated in the development of a Go-to-Market strategy for the international market (China), preparing analytical groundwork for negotiations at the CEO level.