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Danil Savchenko

@savchenko

Product Design Leader with 15+ years in FinTech and SaaS. Scaled design teams led Russia’s first online loan & mortgage marketplaces.

Armenia
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What I'm looking for

I am looking for senior product design leadership roles where I can scale teams, implement design systems, embed research, influence product strategy, and deliver measurable business impact.
  • Product Design Leader with 15+ years of experience in FinTech, E-commerce, and SaaS.

  • Scaled a design team from 5 to 20 at Tinkoff, a top Eastern European bank with 50M+ clients.

  • Led the design of Russia's first online loan marketplace and a mortgage marketplace from MVP to launch.

  • Specialized in building and implementing design systems and embedding research methodologies across organizations.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Head of Product Design

Tinkoff

Jun 2023 - Present (3 years)

Scaled the product design team from 5 to 20 designers, establishing hiring, onboarding, and career growth frameworks.
Led the strategic redesign of the "City" lifestyle services section, contributing to a 5x increase in GMV.
Drove the E-commerce marketplace integration into the core banking app, defining a user journey
Co-led the implementation of a new product workflow, which cut TTM by over 30%.

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Director of Product Design

Jun 2022 - Feb 2023 (8 months)

Directed design strategy across 20+ product teams and initiated a company-wide design system that accelerated development and standardized brand components during organizational change.

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Associate Design Manager

Nov 2021 - Jun 2022 (7 months)

Led UX research and product vision for the Game Investment Platform, creating a standardized research framework that increased research adoption across teams and informed the MVP roadmap.

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Lead Product Designer

Sravni.ru

Dec 2020 - Nov 2021 (11 months)

Led design of Russia's first online loan marketplace from concept to launch with 14 rapid iterations, improving loan-to-customer matching and increasing application conversion and revenue per customer.

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