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Daniil Saiko

@daniilsaiko

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I lead B2B SaaS product strategy in FinTech and payments.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I'm seeking senior product leadership roles in B2B SaaS/FinTech to lead API and embedded-finance strategy, scale cross-functional teams, drive product-led growth, and apply AI/automation to improve delivery and profitability.

I am a product leader focused on B2B SaaS, FinTech, FX and payments who builds high-velocity teams and pragmatic product practices. I combine strategic vision with hands-on delivery to launch revenue-generating API and embedded finance products.

In my current executive role I led the roadmap for wallet-based FX and crypto flows, introduced idempotency safeguards to reduce transaction errors, and built product governance from scratch to improve prioritization and delivery quality. I also drove CI/CD and automated testing, raising test coverage from 0% to 11.2% in three months while reducing cloud spend and improving security.

Previously I designed and launched API and marketplace products, reorganized teams to accelerate delivery (increasing velocity 5x in 2022 and 2.6x in 2023), delivered 19 bank integrations, and enabled $5.1M in ARR through aligned go-to-market execution. I led a 0→1 recommendation engine using behavioral signals and drove early adoption with 1,200 enterprise users in week one.

I scaled product lines from early-stage to multimillion-dollar revenue, launched webhook and payment infrastructures, and maintained business continuity during critical incidents. I am a CFA charterholder, mentor emerging professionals, and have built entrepreneurial products including an HR-tech negotiation platform and a financial-news sentiment engine.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Executive VP, Product & Innovation

Current

Buckzy Payments

Mar 2025 - Present (5 months)

Led product roadmap for wallet-based FX and crypto flows, introducing idempotency safeguards and CI/CD that raised test coverage from 0% to 11.2% in three months while reducing GCP spend 17%.

Product Strategy API Design Wallet & FX Payments CI CD Product Governance

Director, Product Management — Digital Journey

Kyriba

Sep 2024 - Feb 2025 (5 months)

Designed and ran experiments to identify behavioral signals and delivered a 0→1 recommendation engine that engaged 1,200 enterprise users in week one, shifting the platform toward product-led growth.

Product Management Experimentation Recommendation Systems Product Led Growth SQL A B Testing

Director, Product Management — API

Kyriba

Oct 2021 - Aug 2024 (2 years 10 months)

Reorganized a 15-person team to build an industry-leading Bank API product, increasing delivery velocity 5x in 2022 and enabling $5.1M in ARR through strategic integrations and go-to-market alignment.

Roadmapping Partner Management Go To Market Strategic Planning

Founder, Cone Solutions

Cone Solutions

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 (1 year)

Built an HR-tech compensation negotiation platform using low-code tooling and user research from 50+ interviews to address recruitment challenges for hard-to-fill roles.

Product Management Low Code UX Research Prototyping Go To Market

Director, Product & Technical Sales

Cambridge Global Payments

Jan 2018 - Jan 2021 (3 years)

Led Integrated and Partner product lines across pre-sales and post-implementation, scaling revenue from $300K to over $20M and launching webhook infrastructure for virtual and ghost card products.

Pre Sales Product Strategy Payments Webhooks Partner Implementations Revenue Scaling

Team Lead, Pre-Sales & Implementation

Cambridge Global Payments

Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year)

Led pre-sales and implementation teams to standardize solution consulting and support processes, improving alignment for 14,000+ customers and operational metrics.

Pre Sales Implementation Solutions Consulting Customer Support Process Improvement Payments Stakeholder Management

Corporal, Reconnaissance Detachment Commander

Canadian Forces

Jan 2007 - Jan 2017 (10 years)

Commanded reconnaissance detachments from 2007–2017, earning a Brigade Commander's Commendation for professionalism and ensuring operational readiness and mission success.

Leadership Operations Planning Crisis Management

Product Implementation Consultant

Cambridge Global Payments

Jan 2015 - Jan 2016 (1 year)

Implemented payment processing and Mass Payments infrastructure, increasing core process efficiency by 70% and ensuring business continuity during a critical disaster recovery event.

Implementation Payments Processing Operations Disaster Recovery Process Optimization

Founder, VanGuardian

VanGuardian

Jan 2012 - Jan 2015 (3 years)

Developed a financial news sentiment algorithm in Python with an AngularJS UI and built AWS-based data mining and scraping pipelines for efficient analysis.

Python AngularJS AWS Web Scraping Data Mining ETL

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

CFA Institute

Chartered Financial Analyst, Investment Analysis

2016 -

Activities and societies: Mentoring new CFA charterholders since 2021.

CFA charterholder since 2016 with expertise in investment analysis, portfolio management, and financial strategy. Mentors new CFA charterholders as part of a program since 2021.