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Snehal R

CPO/Head of Product

About Me

Senior Product Executive (CPO / Head of Product) with 20+ years of experience building and scaling regulated payment, financial, and platform products across FinTech, banking, and online gaming. Proven track record of owning product vision, monetization, and execution end-to-end — from market entry and regulatory setup to growth and profitability. Deep expertise in payments, KYC, fraud, credit, and API-driven platforms, with strong people leadership experience across product and engineering teams in international environments.

Jurisdiction

Sweden

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Head of productForvana gaming
2024 - Present

Owned end-to-end product strategy for a consumer-facing, engagement-driven B2C platform, spanning onboarding, payments, rewards, retention, and third-party integrations in a regulated environment. End-to-end ownership of a new sweepstakes casino business, from market entry strategy and regulatory setup through launch and early-stage scaling, with accountability for product decisions, vendor selection, and commercial outcomes,coordinating platform readiness, compliance integrations, payment providers, and external service dependencies. Drive product-led growth by optimizing onboarding, payments, and retention journeys built on integrated platform services. Key Achievements & KPIs: Defined monetization, retention, payments, and risk controls, launching a platform with a projected ~$7M USD in Year-1 revenue. Drove product-led growth through funnel optimization and UX experimentation, increasing signup-to-active conversion from 23% to 68% and contributing to +65% NGR growth. Designed and optimized habit-forming engagement loops (onboarding, rewards, payments, retention mechanics), resulting in a 200% increase in active depositors.

Head of Product and EngineeringTelia Finance
2023 - 2024

Owned end-to-end product strategy and execution for consumer financial accounts, including payments, credit accounts, and transaction flows in a regulated environment. Led development of payment journeys and account management capabilities, balancing customer experience, risk controls, and regulatory requirements. Led Product and Engineering together, ensuring alignment between platform architecture, API capabilities, and customer-facing experiences. Defined and prioritized platform roadmap balancing partner integrations, regulatory requirements (KYC, fraud), and commercial outcomes. Acted as primary stakeholder for external service providers, ensuring reliable integration, scalability, and compliance. Key Achievements & KPIs: Product releases contributing to 111MSEK in revenue for the Credit account product. Implementation of KYC , and credit risk controls, reducing credit losses and fraud exposure by ~35 MSEK (estimated). Leading a 27 member cross-functional delivery team of developers, testers, UX specialists, and architects, ensuring alignment with product strategy and timelines.

Experience owner/Head of ProductKindred Group plc
2018 - 2023

Led product strategy for a large-scale gambling platform, supporting multiple brands, markets, and regulated jurisdictions. Owned platform capabilities used across multiple product teams, including onboarding flows, compliance services, and shared player services. Managed integration-heavy ecosystems, coordinating dependencies between internal teams and external providers. Lead 6 Agile teams and direct manager for POs and PMs Key Achievements & KPIs: Customer Experience : Increasing customer satisfaction scores CSAT by 10 points and Net Promoter Score (NPS) by +7 points. Team Leadership and management: Experience of leading and mentoring large teams(60+), coaching, mentoring and supporting personal growth.

Product OwnerKindred Group plc
2016 - 2018

Responsible for collecting, documenting, researching and prioritizing requirements for the products according to business value and ROI in different customer journeys

Software developerKindred Group, Aastra, Nordea, L&T, Times of Money
2005 - 2016

10+ years of hands-on experience in programming Full-stack developer and tech lead on Java and Javascript based framworks Applications ranging from web, banking, igaming, payments, telecom etc

Education

Degree of Computer ScienceKc College
2001 - 2004

Skills

Core skills0
Languages4

Languages

English
English (British)
Swedish
Hindi