Juri Rudenko
Product Portfolio Economics & Investment Governance @HERE Technologies
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WORK HISTORY
Product Portfolio Economics & Investment Governance @HERE Technologies
Berlin, DE
Own investment governance and portfolio economics across a multi-product, multi-region platform business. Serve as the dedicated finance partner to product and engineering leadership — combining financial modeling and business case development with end-to-end management of the investment decision process.INVESTMENT GOVERNANCE & STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT (2021–Present)→ Architected and lead the product investment gate review process end-to-end: define evaluation criteria, prepare investment narratives, challenge strategy and business cases with product and engineering leaders, moderate decision meetings, and ensure capital flows to the highest-value opportunities.→ Bridge between finance, product strategy, and engineering — translate complex economics into decision-ready recommendations and align diverse senior stakeholders around shared portfolio priorities.→ Shape how the company thinks about product investment: which bets to make, which to kill, and how to evaluate trade-offs between growth, margin, and strategic positioning.FINANCIAL MODELING & BUSINESS CASES (2019–2021)→ Built and embedded financial models (cost structure, margin, ROI, long-term value) used directly by product and technology leadership for build-vs-buy, prioritization, and resource allocation decisions.→ Developed variable cost frameworks for PaaS offerings that reduced unit-driven costs by 14%(€8.4M annualized) without compromising growth capacity.→ Led financial due diligence on 30+ product initiatives — stress-testing assumptions around cost drivers, revenue scalability, and margin sustainability before capital was committed.→ Established margin-focused reporting that gave senior leadership real visibility into product profitability and cost elasticity across the portfolio.Skills: Strategic Finance, Financial Modeling, Business Case Development, Unit Economics, Investment Governance, Product Lifecycle Management, Stakeholder Management, Capital Allocation, Portfolio Strategy
EDUCATION
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
MBA (Dual Degree with WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management)
CFA Institute
CFA Candidate
Boston University
Master of Science (MS), Banking and Financial Services Management
Kyiv International University
Bachelors and Masters, International Economics
ABOUT JURI RUDENKO
I manage investment lifecycle for technology products — from building the financial model to challenging the strategy to running the decision that commits the capital.For nearly a decade at HERE Technologies — a €1B+ mapping and location platform — I’ve worked at the intersection of finance, product strategy, and engineering. Early on, I owned a €200M+ R&D budget as an FP & A controller, building the forecasting and reporting infrastructure from scratch. Then I moved closer to the product: building business cases, modeling unit economics for platform offerings, and leading financial due diligence on 30+ investment initiatives.More recently, I’ve taken on the investment governance process itself — designing the evaluation framework, preparing and challenging investment narratives, running gate reviews with senior leadership, and driving alignment across product, engineering, and commercial stakeholders.Some results along the way:→ Built variable cost frameworks for PaaS offerings that cut unit costs by 14%(€8.4M annualized savings)→ Brought forecast accuracy on a €200M+ R&D budget to ~4% variance — a CEO-level target→ Led financial due diligence on 30+ product initiatives, stress-testing cost drivers, scalability, and margin sustainability→ Managed a €200M client portfolio at Parexel (Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim), delivering ~2% revenue forecast variance under US GAAP.MBA — Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern UniversityMSc — Banking & Financial Services Management, Boston UniversityCFA Candidate
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