Summary
Pavel R is a product and engineering leader with 9 years of experience building high-impact digital products across fintech, AI/ML, and video platforms. Currently Head of Savings at Raiffeisen Bank Russia, he previously grew Raiffeisen Invest from a legacy broker terminal into a profitable, market-leading investment app with unique features like “Income Every Day.” He has a proven track record delivering massive-scale consumer platforms at Yandex (80K daily uploads, DAU ~380K) and commercial AI products (ST SmartMerch) adopted by Coca-Cola and Efes. Comfortable switching between hands-on technical work and strategic product leadership, he has moved teams to modern discovery-driven practices and built JTBD-aligned orgs. Based in Belgrade with an engineering master’s background, he combines economics-informed market insight with deep experience in product monetization and operational efficiency. An unusual strength is his history of shipping both developer-facing infrastructure and end-user consumer features, giving him fluency across the full product lifecycle.
9 years of coding experience