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Mikhail Bakhman

Mikhail Bakhman

Co-Founder, Product & Growth at RANKID
🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Gaming & Product Growth Operator | Monetization, Market Launches & Community Systems

Open to full-time work, freelance projects, collaborations, consulting · Available now
Product Manager Growth Manager Project Manager Product Operations Manager

At a glance

Gaming & esports practice
24+ years
VK community growth
8.9K → 59.4K
Largest delivered tournament
344 players
Business-owner diagnostics
≈80 sessions
Work location
Remote preferred, open to office
Relocation
Relocation with support

About

Product and growth operator active in gaming and esports since 2001—as a player, captain, coach, analyst, organizer, commentator and platform builder. I turn ambiguous product, audience and commercial problems into clear product logic, monetization, launch systems and measurable execution.

Selected evidence includes building the commercialization and automation system for a preschool resources marketplace and contributing to VK community growth from 8.9K to 59.4K subscribers and 34.2M aggregate content views; leading market entry for an esports arena and a documented 344-player Counter-Strike tournament; co-creating the early automated CWCS competition platform; winning the ProPlay commentator competition and GoodGame CS 1.6 Stream Battle; and being selected for the ESL CIS Stream Center.

I currently lead product strategy, monetization, AI-assisted delivery, testing and growth for RANKID. I am based in Saint Petersburg, available now, and open to full-time relocation-supported roles, selected consulting and collaborations. Serbia is the preferred first relocation point; I am open to other practical locations. Spoken English is currently A2; written communication is effective with disclosed translation and AI support, and I am actively improving conversational English.

Socials & Links

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Skills & Tools

Product Strategy
Growth Strategy
Monetization
Go-to-Market Strategy
Product Management

Experience

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Co-Founder, Product & Growth

RANKID
2026 - Present

Co-develop a beta-stage squash platform covering ratings, tournaments, live scoring, player and club profiles, booking, subscriptions, advertising and commerce. Own product strategy, user journeys and monetization; direct AI-assisted implementation in Codex and Claude, then verify end-to-end flows, release readiness and go-to-market planning. This is a limited partnership maintained outside primary full-time working hours.

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Commercial Systems & Growth Lead

Doshkolnoye na Lakonichnom
2023 - Present

Built the commercialization system around partner-created preschool education content: positioning, packaging, value-based pricing, customer journeys and sales automation through TargetHunter and Prodamus. During my involvement, the official VK community grew from an independently archived 8.9K to 59.4K subscribers; VK admin exports record 34.2M content views and approximately 145.6K average monthly unique reach. Helped scale VK Donut from an early archived 349 to 1.3K active supporters. The partner retains content authorship and business ownership; revenue and payer-level data remain confidential. This is a limited part-time partnership outside primary working hours.

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