Yulia Safi — PMP-Certified Product & Project Manager in Dubai
Product Manager | PMP | AI-Driven Delivery | Shipping B2B B2G SaaS at Scale | Dubai · Remote | 12 yrs EMEA | Let’s collab on meaningful things which actually work and deliver value.
My projects delivered
70+ digital products shipped: Zero.co, BP, Louvre Abu Dhabi, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Masdar, Omniyat, HEPCA, and many more, with my fingerprints all over them.
25% faster time-to-market through structured discovery and prioritization.
Value and on time
I write clear requirements, run tight discovery, build evidence-based roadmaps, and keep engineering and stakeholders aligned on outcomes. Comfortable with ambiguity, and remain structured under pressure.
Note about me
12+ years bridging business strategy, customer needs, and engineering execution in enterprise and public-sector technology programs in EMEA. PMP-certified, learning continuously. Languages: English C1, Arabic A2, French A2.
PMP Certificate
PMP certification positions me as a trusted leader for complex, high‑stakes projects in Dubai and across EMEA. It proves my mastery of Agile, hybrid, and predictive approaches and aligns my work with PMI’s global standards that many UAE and GCC employers treat as the gold standard for project and program roles. It also validates my track record of several years in project leadership and formal project management training.
My tech stack
Product & Program
Agile, Scrum, Hybrid (PMP)
Portfolio Governance
Roadmapping & Gantt
Risk & Change Management
Multi-currency Budgeting
SOPs & Delivery Frameworks
Technical Fluency
Jira, Confluence (Sys. Admin)
YouTrack (Sys. Admin), Monday.com, Asana
SQL, APIs
GIS systems
AI deep tooling integration
Webflow, Sitecore, Contentful, WordPress CMS
My skills
Client & Stakeholder
Client Relationship Mgmt
Commercial Negotiation
Executive Reporting
Vendor & Partner Mgmt
Escalation Handling
Multi-party Coordination
Cross-functional Leadership
Distributed Team Mgmt
Mentorship
Strategic Planning
Crisis Management
Multicultural Coordination
Multilingual Coordination
What’s the purpose?
Actual Value
My Product Mgmt work is driven by a belief that products must mean something. I am motivated by building solutions that continue to deliver value long after the initial launch or release 1.1. For me, a successful project is one that becomes part of the daily or, let’s be honest, weekly reality of a user or an organization or a city, quietly supporting their workflows. I care about robustness, clarity, and long-term maintainability, so that what my team and I create together, remains useful years later.
Meaningful Products
Knowing that a platform I help deliver is used by thousands or even millions of users pushes me to be more rigorous about understanding their needs and constraints. I prioritize outcomes over output: fewer features, but the right ones, tested in real contexts and aligned with measurable value for clients and end users. Meaningful, widely adopted products — that’s what I do.
Featured Products Delivered
“I had the opportunity to work with Yulia Safi at Selena Courier Service, where she supported coordination, onboarding, and administrative operations during an important stage of our company’s development.
Yulia brought a structured and thoughtful approach to her work. She was reliable in handling operational tasks, from organising internal processes to supporting communication across the team. She quickly adapted to our workflow and demonstrated a strong ability to manage multiple responsibilities with clarity and consistency.
What stood out most was her ability to present information clearly and professionally. This made a noticeable difference in how we approached client-facing materials and internal documentation. Her attention to detail and willingness to take ownership of tasks contributed to improving the overall structure of our operations.
Yulia is someone who approaches work with responsibility and care. She is dependable, calm under pressure, and committed to delivering her part of the process to a high standard.
I appreciate her contribution to the team and would be confident recommending her for roles that require organisation, communication, and operational support.
Elena Ermakova
CEO, Selena Courier Service, the UK”
Elena Ermakova, Founder & Business Operator (18 yrs, UK) | 20+ yrs in complex operations
“Yulia combines technical proficiency with excellent leadership skills. As an IT project manager, she knows how to motivate the team, find compromises, and keep focus on the project goals. It’s comfortable to work with her — everything is structured and clear. I highly recommend Yulia, she’s a great talent to be acquired by any company.”
Cristina Mardari, IT Project Director, PMP
“I worked closely with Yulia on a couple of different projects at Urbi. She consistently demonstrated a level of diligence, deep involvement and understanding, and just plain efficiency, that has been fueling the projects and motivating teams.
What truly makes her exceptional is her energy and willingness to dive deep, help out and advise wherever she can. She did not just do her meetings and a list of tasks for the day, but always strived to go broader and deeper and honestly, never failed to be the MVP in our team.
Her incentives to keep the processes organized and transparent, made collaboration with her simple and clear. Thanks to her work, we were able to move forward fast, without losing track of things in the ever changing environment of our projects.
If you’re looking for a fast, meticulous, and genuinely invested person, I confidently recommend Yulia.”
Oleg Barbasov, Tech Lead | React & TypeScript | Web Platform Architecture | High-Performance Web Apps
Purpose and direction for next product or project
What will we accomplish? Why should we do it? How will we do it? Who will do what? I can build the strategy for you.