Vladislavs Zdesenko

Zürich, Switzerland

Product Manager focused on building high-impact digital products

Interested in FinTech, AI, and Cybersecurity.

My work spans shaping product vision, delivering user experiences, and leading teams to build software that scales.

If you're tackling a big problem or need a product partner, let's connect @ contact

Jul 2024 - Present

Product Manager

Zurich, Switzerland

Lead product development of the bank-wide Front-End Anomaly Detection System, designed to protect over 2.5 million digital banking users.
Collaborate with global cross-functional teams across legal, compliance, engineering, and marketing to deliver enterprise cybersecurity solutions.
Own product backlog, prioritize features, accelerate feature delivery.

Mar 2021 - Jun 2024

Product Owner

Zurich, Switzerland

Full ownership of two ML/AI-powered products - mobile onboarding and e-fraud prevention.
Crafted multi-quarter strategy & roadmaps, targeting multi-million annual risk reduction.
Led analytics initiative to identify key improvements for the onboarding flow.
Streamlined account opening, providing critical banking access for Ukrainian refugees, onboarding over 1,500 individuals within first months.
Launched Switzerland's pioneering biometric ID solution for banking.
Awarded the Aeppli Prize 2022.

2019

Research Assistant

Zurich, Switzerland

Delivered policy research on EU migration flows for ETH Zurich's Public Policy Group, contributing to a published study.

Sep 2018 - Feb 2021

MSc, Management, Technology & Economics

Zurich, Switzerland

Bridged engineering with business & economics.
Specialized in Innovation, Data Science, Tech Entrepreneurship, Digital Business Models & Strategy.
Launched Coinhunt (2019), an AR app for in-store customer guidance, targeting a 10% uplift in product sales volume for retailers.

Sep 2015 - Jul 2018

BEng, Mechanical Engineering

Manchester, UK

Sep 2013 - Jul 2015

A-levels

Southampton, UK