Edgard Mbayen Mbayen

Trades derivatives and futures using rules-based systematic strategies; developed frameworks covering market entry, position sizing, and risk management. Built a 17,000+ follower community on TikTok, publishing market analysis and trading insights. Applies firsthand market experience to product thinking: risk workflows, investor decision-making under uncertainty, and the mechanics behind financial transaction design.

Flagship AI/ML delivery: Shipped a natural language search feature that reduced advisor criteria-generation time by 70% - the highest-adoption feature of the year. Identified the opportunity through direct client interviews and championed it internally through prototyping and validation. Top revenue-generating feature: Owned full lifecycle delivery of the multi-custodian capability, now generating $1.5M in ARR - from discovery and prioritization through launch. Innovation Lead: Ran design thinking workshops, conducted market research and user interviews, and co-built prototypes with the lab. One prototype shipped as the NLP search feature. Roadmap ownership: Defined and owned the PMS innovation roadmap, aligning quarterly priorities with company OKRs and presenting trade-offs to senior leadership using RICE and WSJF. Built the product practice from scratch for a community of 20 Product Owners and UX designers, across four advisor-facing product lines, establishing shared standards, delivery rituals, tooling, and story quality frameworks. Designed coaching and onboarding programs for POs and BAs; post-rollout survey showed 75% of developers reported stronger story prioritization and clearer business alignment. Acted as cross-squad escalation point: resolved cross-team conflicts, removed delivery blockers, and aligned engineering, design, QA, sales, and customer success around shared timelines. Redesigned the end-to-end client request workflow with all departments (sales → dev); delivery velocity increased 38%, and NPS improved 35%. Automated PRD generation using AI tooling, accelerating delivery velocity by 30% across all squads. Built and rolled out a RACI covering every role in the client request workflow, presenting it across all departments to drive adoption.

GoTest (Test Automation Platform, 0-to-1) Led 0-to-1 discovery for GoTest, an internal test automation platform: ran a design sprint, conducted validation interviews, and defined the initial roadmap from concept to MVP. Results: 1000+ customers in the first 3 months, +10% increase in MoM revenue, 85% retention rate. Desjardins (Financial Services) Delivered internal APIs and platform enhancements for Desjardins, one of North America’s largest financial institutions, operating within a SAFe framework. Defined roadmaps and wrote epics across multiple Program Increments; collected and prioritized stakeholder needs ahead of each PI to maintain continuous delivery alignment.

Built the product roadmap using OKRs, market data, customer feedback, and usage metrics (Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Intercom). Led a backend platform overhaul transitioning from manual processes to API-automated services: reduced SLAs by 200%, cut operational costs by 50%+, and decreased inbound support volume by 35%. Confirmed pain points through client interviews, customer journey mapping, and cross-functional workshops with Directors of Customer Success, Architecture, and Sales. Revamped several platform pages; reduced customer questions about those pages by 20%.

Defined the roadmap and product backlog for all digital platforms (mobile apps, website, mobile web) for UGC, one of Europe’s largest cinema groups. Shipped a new mobile app that improved the App Store rating from 1.5 to 4.5 stars and reduced customer support requests by 20%.

Shipped multiple mobile apps from 0 to 1 across iOS, Android, Xamarin, and Apple Watch; clients included Cdiscount (No.1 French e-commerce) and LCL Private Bank. Contributed to 4 successful pre-sales wins; managed cross-functional teams of developers and designers across France and Serbia.