PM School

What PM School does

PM School is a Kharkiv-based, privately-held educational institution founded in 2013 that delivers in-person classroom training in IT Project Management and Product Management. Its core offerings are two flagship programs (Project Management and Product Management courses) supplemented by add-on modules covering Agile/Flexible Methodologies and Technical Skills for IT Managers, plus recurring weekly intensives, master classes, and open lectures. The school runs 2-month cohorts twice weekly in the evening (19:00-21:00) at physical venues in Kharkiv, and extends its brand through an annual PMCon conference, PMDay partnerships, and the PMSchoolParty alumni reunion.

The four founding instructors — Pavlo Moctar (CEO, Atom Cream), Anna Yeromenko (PM, EPAM), Serhiy Povoliashko (CTO, TeamInternational), and Anton Pryimak (PM, Sigma Software) — constitute the school's principal intellectual capital and serve as the main differentiator against generalist IT training centers. There is no proprietary technology platform; delivery is human-instructor-led with curriculum anchored in industry-standard frameworks and tools (PMBOK, Scrum, Kanban, JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, MS Visio).

The revenue model is B2C course fees denominated in Ukrainian Hryvnia, paid monthly over the 2-month course duration, plus ancillary income from pay-as-you-go intensives (200 UAH for enrolled students, 280 UAH for new attendees), master classes, and 150 UAH open lectures. GTM is community-led via Kharkiv IT meetups, alumni events, content marketing on a website blog, and a Facebook page (pmschoolkh). Since 2013 the school has graduated approximately 700 learners across 35+ cohorts; wartime conditions (2022+) reduced cohort cadence from 5 to 2-3 per year, and the team pivoted part of its operations to humanitarian work through the ETOC Charitable Foundation.

Name

PM School

Legal name

PM School

Website

https://pmsschool.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PM School is a Kharkiv, Ukraine-based private training school founded in 2013 that delivers in-person Project Management and Product Management courses to aspiring and working IT professionals, taught by senior practitioners from local IT firms and priced in Ukrainian Hryvnia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Management Training

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Delivery & Execution (Planning, Estimation, Tracking) (EDABAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Program & Portfolio Management (PPM) (EDABAHAB), Corporate Learning & Training Content Development (EDAGAKAC), Project, Quality & Operations (PMP PDUs, Six Sigma, Quality CE) (EDAAALAM)

Keywords

• Project management training
• Product management courses
• IT management education
• Agile methodology training
• Professional development courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Харьков (Kharkov, Ukraine), Kharkivska

HQ country

Ukraine

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Course Fees: Primary revenue from paid training courses including Project Management and Product Management programs. Students pay monthly or per course/module. Additional revenue from intensive workshops, master classes, and open lectures.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PM School provides in-person, classroom-based training in Project Management, Product Management, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and Technical Skills for IT Managers, delivered as multi-week courses with twice-weekly evening sessions over a two-month duration. Instruction is led by working IT professionals and supplemented by weekly paid intensives, master classes, open lectures, and community events for the Kharkiv IT market.

Product overview

PM School is a specialized training school in Kharkiv offering courses in Project and Product Management for IT professionals. The core offerings consist of Project Management and Product Management courses, supplemented by specialized courses in Technical Skills for IT Managers and Agile/Flexible Methodologies. Additional offerings include weekly intensives covering advanced topics (JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Scrum, Kanban, leadership, communication planning, and more), the PMCon annual conference, PMDay conference partnership, and PMSchoolParty alumni gatherings. The school serves both career changers seeking PM/PdM positions and working IT professionals looking to enhance their management skills.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Management Course Foundational in-person course teaching IT project management covering planning, execution, risk management, and team leadership, designed for individuals seeking to become project managers.
• Product Management Course In-person course focused on product management fundamentals covering product strategy, roadmapping, stakeholder management, and the product development lifecycle, aimed at aspiring product managers.
• Technical Skills for IT Managers Course In-person advanced course for working IT managers (PMs, PdMs, team leads, developers, designers, HR, recruiters, business analysts, QA) seeking to acquire new technical and management skills in IT.
• Agile | Flexible Methodologies for PM Course In-person course covering Agile methodologies including Scrum and Kanban practices applied to software development project management.
• Weekly Intensives Recurring 2-hour in-person intensives on specialized PM topics such as Kaizen, Shu-Ha-Ri, Kata, team motivation, conflict management, Scrum, Kanban, communication planning, leadership, goal-setting, resource management, time management, XP practices, QA, pre-sale, interviews, PMBOK, PMO creation, ITIL, CMMi, MS Project, MS Visio, JIRA, Confluence, and Agile.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~700 trained project managers working in IT industry since 2013

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered moderate and core.

• Dev-PromoderateGTM or Marketing Partner · 8 June 2019Dev-Pro was thanked as a friend and partner during PMCon#6 conference in June 2019. PM School served as a partner for the annual IT management conference organized with Dev-Pro's involvement.
• ETOC Charitable FoundationcoreOthersPM School team helped establish the ETOC charitable foundation during the Russia-Ukraine war. The foundation now has 200 volunteers providing humanitarian aid to military and civilians in Kharkiv and across Ukraine, including window repairs, food/medicine delivery, animal care, and equipment purchases (vehicles, drones, Starlinks) for defense forces.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Product School: Largest dedicated Product Management training provider globally, offering in-person and online courses plus certifications. Direct comparable in curriculum focus (Product Management) and target audience (aspiring and working PMs/PdMs).

Regional players

• EdEra: Ukrainian online education platform with professional and tech course offerings. Comparable as a Ukraine-based edtech that competes for the same professional-development learner base.
• Skillbox: Large Russian/CIS online education platform covering Project Management, Product Management, and IT courses. Comparable as a regional online PM training alternative that competes for CIS-based aspiring PMs.
• Beetroot Academy: Ukrainian-origin tech education provider offering IT and management-adjacent courses with offices across Eastern Europe. Comparable as a regional Ukrainian IT upskilling competitor serving the same talent pool.
• Prometheus: Ukrainian MOOC platform offering free and low-cost professional courses, including management topics. Comparable as a Ukraine-based mass-market alternative that pressures PM School's pricing on entry-level PM learners.

Broad incumbents

• BrainStation: Global tech training provider offering Product Management and digital skills courses for working professionals. Comparable as a broader incumbent in career-focused PM/product training.
• Scrum.org: Global Scrum training and certification body founded by Ken Schwaber. Comparable as a premium Agile/Scrum training provider targeting the same PM/Agile curriculum segment PM School teaches.
• General Assembly: Global technology and product training provider offering short-form bootcamps and corporate training including Product Management. Comparable as a broad incumbent in adult tech/product training targeting similar career-changer segments.
• Project Management Institute (PMI): Global standards body and certification provider for project, program, and portfolio management (PMP, PfMP). Comparable as a broad incumbent setting the curriculum framework (PMBOK) that PM School's PM courses map to.

Emerging players

• AgileBox: Eastern European Agile/Scrum training and consulting provider. Comparable as an emerging Agile-methodology specialist that overlaps with PM School's Agile/Flexible Methodologies course.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pmschoolkh
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pmschoolkh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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