Vitaly_Kisel_-Product_Manager__iGaming__Sportsbook

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Vitaly Kisel - Senior Product Manager —
iGaming / Sportsbook / B2B Data
Minsk, Belarus | Open to Remote / B2B / Relocation to EU
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vitalykisel | Email: vkisel.product@gmail.com | Telegram: @vitali_prd
SUMMARY
Product Manager with 8+ years across iGaming, sportsbook product, B2B esports data, trading/risk
workflows, internal tools, product-facing operations and esports product development. Strongest in roles
where product decisions connect business outcomes, platform reliability, client/operator workflows, data
quality, internal tooling and operational scalability. At Loot.bet, owned sportsbook product direction and
trading/risk workflows, supporting ~€5–10M monthly turnover and helping improve margin from near-zero to
~4–5%.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Owned sportsbook product and operational workflows across betting lifecycle, trading/risk, settlements,
provider issues and internal tools.
Supported ~€5–10M monthly sportsbook turnover and helped improve margin from near-zero to ~4–5%.
Built, hired, trained and led a 7-person esports trading/risk team from scratch.
Converted operator, trading and internal operational pain points into product feedback, user stories and
workflow improvements.
CORE SKILLS
Product Management: Product Strategy, Product Requirements, Roadmap Input, Stakeholder Management,
Product Discovery, User Stories, Cross-functional Delivery, Product Metrics, MVP Scope
iGaming / Sportsbook: Sportsbook Product, Betting Platform, Betting Lifecycle, Market Management, Limits,
Settlements, Cashout, Risk Logic, Trading/Risk Workflows, Operator Workflows
B2B / Data / Tools: B2B Esports Data, API Products, Fixtures, Match Lifecycle, Data Quality, Internal Tools,
Dashboards, Admin Workflows, Jira, Confluence, Excel, Amplitude, Google Analytics, SQL basics
EXPERIENCE
Sportsbook Product Manager / Head of Trading
Loot.bet | May 2018 – Jun 2020 | Cyprus
Owned sportsbook product direction, trading/risk operations and core betting workflows for a B2C betting
product, reporting directly to CEO.
Supported ~€5–10M monthly sportsbook turnover and helped improve margin from near-zero to ~4–5%
through product, trading, risk, process and provider workflow changes.
Vitaly Kisel - Senior Product Manager — iGaming / Sportsbook / B2B Data
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Built, hired, trained and led a 7-person esports trading/risk team across pre-match and live betting
operations.
Worked across betting lifecycle workflows including bet placement, market management, limits, risk logic,
settlements, cashout implementation, provider issues and internal monitoring.
Translated trading, risk, support and business needs into product requirements for development teams.
Worked with engineering on trader panel, risk dashboard, P&L dashboard, settlement tools, admin
workflows, monitoring tools and bookmaker scraping / odds monitoring workflows.
Influenced sportsbook roadmap by shifting focus from provider-only dependency toward stronger internal
trading/risk capability, better coverage, controlled operations and improved sportsbook economics.
Esports Trading Manager / Product-Facing Operations
PandaScore | Sep 2020 – Jun 2025 | France / Remote
Worked in esports trading and product-facing B2B data operations for an esports data provider used by
betting operators.
Supported product workflows across fixtures, odds-related data, match lifecycle, market availability,
results, settlements, live data and internal tools.
Identified recurring operator and internal workflow issues, then translated them into product feedback,
user stories and improvement ideas for product and engineering teams.
Contributed to internal tool, dashboard, back-office and data workflow improvements from bettingoperator and esports-market perspectives.
Helped structure repeated B2B client issues from operator business chats into actionable product cases,
including reporting/export and workflow simplification needs.
Founder / Product Lead
Pickly — Esports Prediction App | Nov 2025 – Present | Remote
Building an independent Telegram-based esports prediction product for CS2 and Dota 2, currently in
working alpha with a small tester group.
Defined MVP scope, core loop, user flows, prediction mechanics, tasks, rewards, leaderboard logic and
early metrics around users, DAU, D1 retention and pick conversion.
Esports Operations / Support & QA Specialist
Livestream Ltd | Feb 2017 – Feb 2018 | Remote
Worked in an early hybrid esports/betting operations role across support, QA, match monitoring, provider
communication and internal workflow coordination.
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS & LANGUAGES
Belarusian State University — Bachelor Degree, Information Resources Management | 2014–2018
Russian: Native | English: C1 Advanced
Vitaly Kisel - Senior Product Manager — iGaming / Sportsbook / B2B Data
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