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Melissa Ueda

@melissaueda

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Product manager focused on fintech, payments, marketplaces and checkout optimization.

Brazil

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What I'm looking for

I seek product roles in fintech or marketplaces where I can lead payments and checkout strategy, work cross-functionally, and drive measurable growth.

I am a product manager with deep experience building payments, checkout and fintech products across Latin America, driving measurable increases in conversion and transaction volume. I combine roadmap leadership, cross-functional collaboration and data-driven decision making to deliver high-impact product outcomes.

At Mercado Livre I led the native checkout product, launching new payment methods and using generative AI to speed analysis and reporting; my initiatives delivered substantial TPV and transaction growth. Previously I led payments and card products at Elo7, banQi and Captalys, owning end-to-end strategy, PSP partnerships, and operational improvements.

I value discovery, clear KPIs and stakeholder alignment, and I seek roles where I can scale payments and checkout experiences, mentor teams and continuously improve product velocity and user trust.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Product Manager Specialist

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Mercado Livre

Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Led product strategy for Mercado Pago's native checkout app, integrating transaction processing and payment methods to optimize conversion and monetization; enabled new payment methods with combined forecasted TPV of ~$1.47B and multi-million transaction volume within 12 months.

Product Strategy Payments Checkout Optimization Roadmapping KPIs Generative AI

Product Manager

Elo7

Oct 2022 - Jul 2024 (1 year 9 months)

Improved buyer and seller payment journeys and managed PSP partnerships; launched Pix and a new PSP integration reaching 40% payment share in month one and increasing checkout conversion by 3 percentage points.

Payments Marketplace PSP Integrations Roadmapping Analytics Stakeholder Management

Product Manager

banQi

Oct 2019 - Sep 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Led credit card product vision and roadmap and launched an internal MVP focused on mobile UX for low-income users; previously owned prepaid card product improving delivery success from 70% to 85% and reducing related losses by 50%.

Credit Products Card Issuing Roadmapping Third Party Integrations User Research

Analyst - Operations

Captalys

Jun 2018 - Jul 2019 (1 year 1 month)

Monitored company assets and prepared monthly portfolio reports; automated reconciliation processes using SQL and collaborated with tech to optimize operations and reporting for commercial teams.

Operations SQL Process Automation Data Analysis Cross Functional Collaboration Reconciliations