Jiří Berka

Senior Project and Product Manager with extensive experience across e-commerce, travel, healthcare, compliance, and fintech. Proven track record of leading diverse agile teams and driving complex technical initiatives and cross-functional projects. Strong understanding of IT infrastructure and cloud technologies. Skilled in data analytics, business modeling, and strategic planning.

Freelance Project & Product Manager at Datamole/Transdev (2022-01 – Present)

• Led cross-functional projects across IoT and sustainability domains, delivering data-driven and cloud-native solutions tailored to client needs
• Oversaw the development and deployment of AWS cloud infrastructure for a client in sustainable public transportation, ensuring scalability and operational efficiency
• Managed the delivery of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CDK, streamlining cloud provisioning and accelerating deployment cycles
• Developed and maintained a strategic roadmap for the successful migration of a critical IoT application used in emergency ambulance services, ensuring minimal disruption and full continuity of operations

Senior Project / Product Manager at Cleevio/Deloitte

• Led a project team of 5 PHP/React engineers and 2 QA specialists in the successful delivery of a business travel management platform for a major consultancy client
• Translated complex client requirements into clear, actionable deliverables through structured analysis and continuous stakeholder collaboration
• Transitioned the team to a full Scrum framework, improving delivery cadence, team autonomy, and collaboration

Product Manager at Devcors/Omio

• Led multiple development teams (4–6 Java engineers each) to deliver scalable travel/tech solutions
• Supported a market-leading travel technology company in achieving provider coverage goals
• Drove product success across key regions: Italy, DACH, Nordics, CEE, and for the Foundations platform team
• Built and maintained product roadmaps across multiple teams, aligning priorities and timelines
• Managed stakeholder expectations across Product, Technology, Commercial, Customer Service, and provider functions
• Owned and prioritized several team backlogs to ensure effective delivery
• Made data-driven decisions using Tableau, Redash, Grafana, Kibana, and BigQuery to maximize value delivery
• Monitored KPIs (booking/sold-out trends, error rates, GBV, conversion, etc.) to ensure provider performance and stability
• Acted as Project Manager to ensure successful delivery of quarterly OKRs
• Initiated and oversaw strategic provider integrations, including Deutsche Bahn and VR (Finnish Railways)
• Established and scaled a new Emerging Regions team from the ground up
• Successfully delivered H1 2023 goals for the Uber partnership
• Enhanced product quality and team performance by championing Agile best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring delivery transparency
• Reduced technical debt and improved unit test coverage through targeted engineering initiatives and prioritization in sprint planning
• Owned and maintained CI/CD pipelines and Git versioning workflows, ensuring consistent and reliable software releases

Technical Project Manager - Frameworks at Oriflame Software (2021-01 – 2022-12)

• Led complex technical projects in an agile environment, ensuring alignment with business and compliance requirements
• Successfully delivered China cloud migration for e-commerce and ERP systems to meet local legislative requirements
• Oversaw the delivery of a Data Localization project across multiple key markets, ensuring full legal compliance
• Maintained comprehensive project plans in Azure DevOps, breaking them down into actionable deliverables across several agile team backlogs

Product Owner - Tooling at Oriflame Software (2019-01 – 2022-12)

• Led an agile tooling development team of full-stack developers within the IT department
• Defined and maintained the product roadmap for internal tools and automation initiatives
• Administered Azure DevOps for the IT department, ensuring effective backlog management and delivery tracking
• Acted as primary liaison for stakeholders across the organization, managing expectations and gathering feedback
• Conducted user research to identify and quantify needs, transforming insights into actionable deliverables
• Collected and analyzed user requirements, breaking them down into atomic work items in Azure DevOps
• Provided data-driven insights using Power BI to guide product decisions
• Monitored application performance and availability through Azure
• Analyzed REST APIs using Postman to support integration and troubleshooting
• Regularly gathered, analyzed, and translated user requirements into well-defined work items in Azure DevOps
• Conducted in-depth data analysis using MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Oracle databases to support informed decision-making

QA Lead at Oriflame Software (2018-01 – 2021-12)

• Coached multiple Scrumban teams in agile quality assurance and testing for a large-scale e-commerce platform and mobile applications
• Championed the adoption of a Selenium-based test automation framework to improve efficiency and coverage
• Promoted QA best practices across UI/UX, mobile app (Android/iOS), and API testing
• Utilized Microsoft tools including Azure DevOps and SharePoint to track testing activities and facilitate knowledge sharing

Test Manager at FNZ (2015-01 – 2018-12)

• Managed a team of 5 Test Analysts across two separate client teams, providing leadership and mentoring
• Collaborated with UK-based clients to align on risks, testing strategies, and quality expectations
• Developed and maintained comprehensive Test Strategy documents and robust reporting using Jira and X-Ray
• Oversaw release scope planning and test environment management to ensure smooth delivery cycles
• Conducted performance reviews, identified training needs, and provided ongoing coaching and support
• Designed and executed automated tests using a Selenium-based framework
• Prepared and managed test data using MS SQL Server

Master's degree in Computational Linguistics – Masaryk University, Brno (2010-01 – 2014-12)