Sergey Medvedev

Director of Product Engineering Excellence @ HomeBuddy

About

I lead product & engineering transformations, helping organisations become product-led and data-driven. My work focuses on building empowered, high-performing teams through clear operating models, effective team topologies, and strong product–engineering collaboration. Key outcomes I drive: – Faster time-to-money – Higher transparency and alignment between business, product, and engineering – Measurable productivity and delivery predictability – Stronger ownership, accountability, and team motivation Focus areas: Product Operating Model, Operating Model & Organisational Design, Empowered Teams, Continuous Discovery & Delivery, Business Agility, Leadership Enablement, Data-Driven Decision Making.

Country

Georgia

City

Tbilisi

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Operating Model Design, High Performance Teams, Organisational Design, Leadership Development, Product & Engineering Coaching, Agile Trainings, Product Management, Agile Coaching, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS), Teaching, Business Agility, Scaled Agile Framework, Large Scaled Scrum, Management 3.0, Coaching & Mentoring, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Coaching, Mentoring

Experience

Director of Product Engineering Excellence

HomeBuddy

2023-5 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Switzerland

• Improve the effectiveness of Product & Engineering across the end-to-end value stream • Increase clarity, structure and alignment in how teams work and make decisions • Develop leadership capabilities and drive stronger ownership across teams • Enhance performance through better ways of working • Foster a culture based on our values, guiding principles and continuous improvement

Training partner

Systems.Education

2018-1 - Present · 8 yrs 8 mos

• Conducting training: Agile, Scrum, Kanban • Tracking teams to implement Agile practices and create a unique working process

Agile Cluster Lead

MTS Group

2020-9 - 2023-5 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Moscow, Russia

• Leading the product transformation of the cluster (300+ people) • Kicking off teams from scratch using Scrum / Kanban / LeSS / SAFe • Developing and supporting a QBR process • Facilitation of events at the cluster level • Interview, onboarding and mentoring for Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters • Conducting training for top management Lean/Agile, Business Agility, Leadership • Participation in the improvement of the product model and Agile scaling framework

Scrum Master

Raiffeisen Bank Russia

2019-8 - 2020-9 · 1 yr 2 mos

Moscow, Russia

• Agile transformation in the medium and large business segment • Kick off and support of Scrum in a B2B product team • Training and development of employees in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, XP