
Arnaud Collin
VP Product | Fintech & Product Scaling
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Product Leader with 10+ years of experience driving transformative strategies in fintech, currently VP Product at Younited leading a team of 15 Product Managers. Successfully scaled product organizations from startup to IPO stage across 5 European markets. Proven track record in implementing customer-centric innovations, structuring high-performing teams, and delivering impactful fintech solutions with focus on credit and payment products.
Work experience
Younited
Sep 2014 - Present
12 years 2 months
Paris et périphérie · On-site
VP Product
Mar 2023 - Present
3 years 8 months
Paris et périphérie · On-site
Younited is a #Next40 fintech specialized in credit & payment, 500+ employees: 1.2M customers, 6Bn€ credit origination since 2012, 5 countries, 4 solutions (credit, payment, insurance, coaching) [Vision & Strategy] Identify key opportunities to define and communicate product vision and roadmap in line with user needs and Younited business goals. [Team development] Provide direction to the team (15 product managers and heads in 4 domains - 10 squads) with challenging goals. Recruit, develop and retain talents onboard by coaching, tracking performance, improving execution methodologies and HR materials (OKRs, discovery, career path...). [Stakeholders] Generate buy-in at exco level and with stakeholders from the 5 countries (FR, IT, ES, PT, DE), taking constraints in consideration, updating on delivery, sharing insights and unlocking conflictual situations. [Provider management] Select & manage external providers (PSD2, Digital Signature, OCR, Solvency, IA...), to improve Younited products and build vision. Negotiate the best contractual agreements for the company. Key achievements: Team reorganization with fusion of PO & PM roles, OKR methodology implementation, Younited prioritization process, Release management Product Highlights: launch of Younited mobile app, new homemade CRM, Instant credit in ES and IT, Younited Care launch, self-care strategy, customer service efficency plan and backup provider strategy for signature and open banking, AML risk framework.
Head Of Product
Nov 2019 - Mar 2023
3 years 5 months
Région de Paris, France · Hybrid
Managed 3 different product domains : - “Acquisition” (4 squads, 4 PMs) from Oct 19 to Oct 21 improving subscription journey with user research and analytics. - Led “Decision & Data” (4 PMs, 10 developers), building strong relationship with risk & compliance stakeholders after Oct 21. - Created “Engagement” (2 PMs, 1 PD, 6 dev + ext. ) : defining vision/roadmap after Oct 21, new domain focused on retention (custom crm, selfcare strategy, customer service, support optimization, zendesk management) - Managed the Design team and recruited a head of Design in 2022. Key achievements: Recruited current Younited PM staff, Productization of Risk & Data departments and methodologies, defined Younited retention vision. Product Highlights: Head of “consumer loan instant credit” product launched in Dec 2021 up to 50% of users adoption in 2023.
Product Manager
Mar 2016 - Dec 2019
3 years 10 months
Paris Area, France · On-site
First PM of the company reporting to CPO / Cofounder 2 different squads, led dematerialization of customer journey and ops tools (granting, customer service). Product Highlights: In-house customer service back office, new international phone contact solution implementation, Open banking, OCR, +20% conversion uplift with ab testing plan, from 0 to 100% dematerialized subscription process.
Traffic Manager
Sep 2014 - May 2016
1 year 9 months
Paris Area, France · On-site
In Marketing team of Younited startup (60 people), within hypergrowth context, led 4 acquisition channels and was tracking/TMS specialist.
Web Project Manager
CCE & Cie
Sep 2013 - Aug 2014
1 year
Paris Area, France
Skills: Campagnes d’e-mailing · E-commerce · Marketing sur les réseaux sociaux · Règles de rédaction d’e-mails · Résolution collaborative des problèmes · Design web · Design · Email Marketing · Marketing en ligne · E-mails au format HTML · Design graphique · Marketing produit · Start-up
Chief Technology Officer for school association
ETNA EDHEC Television
Oct 2009 - Jul 2011
1 year 10 months
Edhec Business School · On-site
Audiovisual productions for companies (Canal+, Ubisoft, BMW, etc.) for Edhec Business School and its student associations (Course Croisière Edhec for example)
Education
EDHEC Business School
EDHEC Business School Master 2 and Msc Entrepreneurship
2009 - 2013
4 years 2 months
IPECOM
classe préparatoire HEC voie ECS
2006 - 2009
3 years 2 months
Licenses & certifications
Adwords
Issued: Jul 2015