NEIL COHEN
@neilcohen
Senior product manager with 15+ years guiding B2B SaaS and fintech teams to measurable revenue outcomes.
What I'm looking for
I’m a results-driven Senior Product Manager with 15+ years steering cross-functional teams across B2B SaaS, fintech, and e-commerce. I translate ambiguous business challenges into clear roadmaps that ship on time, using data-informed decisions and an empathetic leadership style.
At Pricoa Global Capital Group, I owned the end-to-end product lifecycle for a cloud-native loan origination platform, growing AUM from $120M to $430M in 18 months. I led a 9-person cross-functional squad across three timezones, achieving 94% on-time sprint delivery, and introduced an OKR framework to align 6 product teams around a single north-star metric—reducing context-switching by 30% and cutting planning cycles from 3 weeks to 5 days.
I focus on measurable outcomes: I drove a 22% reduction in loan application drop-off through targeted UX experimentation, supported by SQL-based funnel analysis and user interview insights. I also partnered with Sales and Marketing to launch a self-serve tier that added $2.8M incremental ARR in its first year, and I’ve launched 12+ products from 0 to 1 while scaling two platforms beyond $50M ARR.
Earlier, at Flutterwave, I built and shipped the first developer API portal from scratch, enabling 1,200+ third-party integrations within 12 months and maintaining a Net Promoter Score of 68 for the developer experience. I’ve also scaled seller-facing and checkout experiences at Jumia, and built data-driven product support capabilities at Safaricom—always with a bias toward outcomes over outputs and a passion for improving how people work.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Product Manager
Pricoa Global Capital Group
Jan 2020 - Present (6 years 4 months)
Owned end-to-end product lifecycle for a cloud-native loan origination platform, growing AUM from $120M to $430M in 18 months. Led a 9-person cross-functional squad across three timezones, achieving 94% on-time sprint delivery, and reduced loan application drop-off by 22% through SQL-based funnel analysis and UX experimentation.
Built and launched Flutterwave’s first developer API portal, enabling 1,200+ third-party integrations within 12 months. Defined roadmaps for card issuing and virtual accounts across 10 markets, grew merchant sign-ups 180% YoY, and partnered with compliance/legal to achieve PCI-DSS certification for Visa/Mastercard integrations.
Associate Product Manager
Jumia Group
Aug 2012 - Feb 2016 (3 years 6 months)
Managed the seller-facing dashboard, increasing daily active sellers by 65% through iterative UX improvements and onboarding automation. Launched a mobile-first checkout flow that reduced cart abandonment from 78% to 55% across East African markets while coordinating Agile/Scrum delivery across four engineering squads.
Junior Business Analyst
Safaricom PLC
Jun 2007 - Jul 2012 (5 years 1 month)
Supported product development for M-PESA merchant services by gathering requirements and contributing to UAT for three major releases. Built weekly executive KPI dashboards across four product lines and identified a billing data anomaly that saved $320K.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
Master of Business Administration, Technology Management
2010 - 2012
Completed an MBA in Technology Management at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business from 2010 to 2012.
University of Nairobi
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Computer Science
2003 - 2007
Completed a B.Sc. in Computer Science (Hons) at the University of Nairobi from 2003 to 2007.
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