Pavel Kirov, PMO Director

Pavel Kirov

PMO Director

Opencode Systems Ltd

Location
Bulgaria
Education
Master's degree, Marketing and Management
Experience
25 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 5 Months

PMO Director at Opencode Systems Ltd
  • Bulgaria
  • My current job since April 2011

* Reporting to the CEO.
* Directs and oversees the Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure programs and projects meet organization goals and requirements; accountable for PMO processes and policies.
* Directly responsible for Project Management, Account Management, Presales and Training functions. Coach/mentor of Project Managers and Business Services Managers from company offices in Kuala Lumpur, Sofia, Tunis and Algiers.
* Responsible on Executive Level for worldwide projects delivery of the company - recently 67 operators from 38 countries in EMEA, Asia and North America.

Senior Project Manager at Opencode Systems Ltd.
  • Bulgaria
  • August 2008 to March 2011

* Plans and manages international projects for deployment of telecom solutions and platforms.
* Provides operators with marketing consultancy, inventing new ideas for services, features and market propositions, based on the platforms deployed.
* Directly responsible for account management and presales to customers from Kuwait, Egypt, Tunis, Algeria, Canada, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Laos, Vietnam, Maldives.
* Communicates and reports projects status to executives (Status Reports, Executive Briefings, etc.)

Senior Product Manager at VIVACOM
  • Bulgaria
  • May 2005 to July 2008

* Managing the entire Products and Services function. Directly responsible for strategic planning, market intelligence, products and services portfolio; provides support for pricing, advertising and value-added services, controlling the stock of SIM cards and vouchers.
* GSM start up - Part of the Project Team responsible for commercial launch of the GSM operator.
* Accountable for portfolio development and launch of convergent products and services; Process Owner of operator's Reporting.
* Directly responsible for the launch of the first MVNO in Bulgaria; Acts as Project Manager of Custom Prepaid Charging project, E-payments project, MNP.

Head of Products and Services at MobilTel
  • Bulgaria
  • April 2003 to April 2005

* Definition of strategy for market entrance of products and services based on new technologies.
* Estimation and control over performance of existing products and services and undertaking activities towards their constant improvement. Managing commercial launch of services. NLE
* Accountable for Product part of operator's Marketing Plan.

Head of Business Development at MobilTel
  • Bulgaria
  • June 2001 to March 2003

* Accountable for development of new and upgrade of existing products, including management of cross-functional activities and relationships with vendors for delivery, installation and integration of service platforms.
* Directly responsible for the products and services roadmap of the operator.
* Responsible for all activities related with scanning worldwide development of mobile services and products; Organize tenders for platforms acquisition (RFI, RFP, PO)
* Working closely with Marketing and Sales to identify new business opportunities.

Head of Account Management at MobilTel
  • Bulgaria
  • December 1998 to May 2001

* Established and managing the Account Management function in the operator.
* Developed and implemented strategy for corporate customers' acquisition and account management.
* Builds and owns clients' relationships at executive levels; directly negotiated and contracted accounts for millions of euros (biggest Bulgarian corporations and most of the State institutions) . Managing team of more than 40 Key Account Managers. Operating 3 VIP Business Centres.
* Part of the team established Marketing function in the operator.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing and Management
  • at University for National and World Economy
  • January 1997
High school or equivalent, Mathematics and Computer Science
  • at Sofia High-School of Mathematics, Sofia
  • June 1992

Specialties & Skills

Strategy Development
Marketing
Telecommunications
Business Development
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTABLE FOR
MARKETING
PAYMENTS
PRESALES
PRICING
PRODUCT MANAGER
PROJECT MANAGER
STRATEGIC PLANNING

Languages

Bulgarian
Expert
English
Expert
Russian
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2013
Valid Until:
February 2013