Milos S.

Milos S.

Product Owner / Project Manager

Serbia
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About Me

Milos is an experienced professional with expertise as a Product Owner/Project Manager on projects - ensuring end-users have the most supportive, frictionless, and delightful digital experiences possible. He drives product delivery, vision, and strategies - creating, refining, and maintaining product requirement documents and converting enterprise blueprints into system-level deliverables. He is a trusted contact for stakeholders, collaborates with technical experts, and refines backlogs to deliver innovative product solutions.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Product Owner / Project Manager
2023 - Present (1 year)
Remote
  • Create a list of backlog items and prioritize them based on the overall strategy and business objectives.

  • Prioritize product feature needs and align them with stakeholder feedback.

  • Oversee product development and communicate with the dev teams to plan, review, and refine requirements.

TCP Software
TCP Software
Product Owner - Platform
2021 - 2021
Belgrade, Serbia
  • Identified changes in scope and work efforts needed to deliver new features on the integration project for TCP.

  • Maintained the API documentation, specified API rules, and enforced API rules and routes for the platform.

  • Created product requirements and took ownership of integration tasks between time and attendance software and HCMs.

brainshuttle LLC
brainshuttle LLC
Product Manager
2021 - Present (3 years)
Belgrade, Serbia
  • Provide vision and direction to the agile dev team delivering solutions on the system that monitors a network of electric vehicle chargers.

  • Supervise teams to deliver on the roadmap, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to align with product strategy.

  • Plan and prioritize product backlogs and user stories to workstreams and set up the tracking metrics.

Sprinting Software
Sprinting Software
Project Lead
2018 - 2021 (3 years)
Denmark
  • Translated stakeholder requirements into specific tasks for the dev team - setting feature priorities, creating roadmaps, and managing backlog.

  • Led the team to develop the admin panel for the loyalty club app - creating specific tasks and owning the backlog.

  • Established the project scope for the loyalty club apps and admin panel - tracking project progress and facilitating meetings.

HTEC Group
HTEC Group
Project Manager
2018 - 2018
Belgrade, Serbia
  • Created project plans, determined scope, and coordinated tasks and dependencies between different teams for a parking space system.

  • Designed project documentation, managed risks, and tracked project progress to meet deadlines.

  • Facilitated the implementation of LeSS and handled all meetings required by Scrum on the project.

EnergoLogic System
EnergoLogic System
Product Manager
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Belgrade, Serbia
  • Defined the strategy and execution roadmap to meet Enerlogic's objectives based on its product life cycle and market analysis.

  • Worked on the product vision, analyzed competitor products, and designed the monetization model for the system.

  • Planned the roadmap, created user stories and wireframes, and designed the MVP for the project.

Interana
Interana
Project Manager / Product Owner
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
United States of America
  • Interviewed the QA team to gather requirements and owned the product roadmap for an automated testing framework.

  • Designed specifications for the dev team, owned the backlog, and tracked project progress for Interana.

  • Managed the agile dev process for timely execution and delivery and participated in resource planning and risk management.

Globra d.o.o
Globra d.o.o
Product Manager / Project Manager
2012 - 2014 (2 years)
Blgrade, Serbia
  • Translated stakeholder requirements into technical specifications, created personas for use cases, and owned the product roadmap.

  • Performed competitor analysis, contributed to data analytics, and maintained product lifecycle strategies.

  • Planned project scope, tracked project progress, allocated resources, and facilitated Scrum implementation on the project.

Megatrend University
Megatrend University
Project Manager / Product Owner
2011 - 2012 (1 year)
Belgrade, Serbia
  • Participated in product planning and execution for a new social network platform across its lifecycle.

  • Gathered and analyzed requirements to create tasks and maintain the product backlog.

  • Defined product release requirements, tracked project progress, and determined the best technical implementation methods for the solution.

Freelance
Freelance
Product Manager / Project Manager
2007 - Present (17 years)
Belgrade, Serbia
  • Maintain customer engagement on projects, gather and shape requirements, and groom product backlogs.

  • Set dev team priorities and ensure that all issues comply with the CM plan for different solutions.

  • Apply appropriate technical, industry, and functional knowledge, standards, and best practices to all work efforts.

Portfolio

Product Owner - MyTrailMap
Product Owner - MyTrailMap

Managed the product lifecycle for MyTrailMap, a software solution that profiles students from vulnerable groups and predicts dropout risk. Translated client requirements into specific tasks for the dev team, established feature priorities, created the product roadmap and managed the backlog. Communicated product vision and strategy to the team and designed test cases against product requirements and objectives. Delivered a web-based solution deployed on AWS.

Project Lead - ClubSalling
Project Lead - ClubSalling

Worked on a project to deliver a loyalty club application for the Salling Group - managing the project lifecycle of the new software packed with features for special promotions, discounts, and gifts. Led the project as product owner and project manager.

Product Owner / Project Manager - Framework for Automated tests
Product Owner / Project Manager - Framework for Automated tests

Designed and implemented a new framework for automated tests to enhance processes for the QA team in Interana. The framework allows the QA team to test specific test cases using natural language instead of coding and run tests in parallel in multiple combinations of OS and browsers.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (In Progress)
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (In Progress)
Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad
2019 - 2023 (4 years)
Master's Degree in Information System Engineering
Master's Degree in Information System Engineering
Faculty of Technical Science, University of Novi Sad
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Doctor of Philosophy in Informatics
(Continued at Faculty of Technical Sciences)
Doctor of Philosophy in Informatics (Continued at Faculty of Technical Sciences)
Faculty of Mathematics University of Belgrade
2007 - 2019 (12 years)
Engineer's Degree in Computer Programming
Engineer's Degree in Computer Programming
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Applied Studies, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2004 - 2010 (6 years)
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration
Graduate School of Business Studies, Megatrend University
2002 - 2006 (4 years)