Daria Nikishova

Program Manager  ·  Product Manager  ·  EdTech & Fintech
aloisskun@gmail.com · +381 62 1440 424 · tg/oliveriya · in/oliveriya · Belgrade, Serbia (open to relocation)

Profile

Product and Program Manager with 6+ years in international fintech — building and scaling education products across 12+ markets and 10+ languages. Shipped 90+ programs for 2M+ monthly users, cut localization costs by 73% with AI workflows, and run education as a direct deposit-activation channel: reactivating dormant users and converting new ones, tracked by cohort-level deposit rates. Works well at the intersection of strategy and execution. Bilingual in English and Russian, with working knowledge of Chinese.

Experience

Education Team Lead  /  Program Manager

Jun 2025 – Present  ·  Hybrid
Data Driven Lab  (Fintech)
Fintech education platform · 12+ markets · team of PMs and methodologists
  • Cut average content delivery time from 7 days to 3-4 (40% faster) by building parallel workflows and a trusted outsource group of writers and designers. Together, developed an evergreen brandbook and visual templates adopted by 100+ people across production company-wide (out of ~690 total)
  • Ran education programs (courses, webinars, videos) as a direct deposit-activation channel across 12+ markets. Holiday and cultural campaigns (New Year, Chinese New Year, religious holidays) reactivated ~17% of dormant users per campaign cycle
  • Lead a team of PMs and methodologists with weekly 1-on-1s, peer reviews, and retrospectives; cut onboarding from 6 weeks to 3, which reduced delivery bottlenecks as contributors reached full productivity faster
  • Manage content and product delivery across 12+ markets and 10+ languages, refreshing 100+ assets quarterly. Maintained zero compliance incidents across 5+ regulated markets by building a review process with legal team sign-off on all regulatory content (AML, risk disclosures, trading regulations)
  • Tracked funnel drop-off and content performance through analytics; prioritized fixes using Eisenhower and MoSCoW frameworks, starting with high-impact text corrections before richer formats. Added knowledge-check and engagement quizzes. Course completion improved 18%
  • Run 15-20 webinars per month after migrating to a new platform; built and scaled private Telegram communities (~7K members each), where 69% made at least one deposit and 54% deposited twice or more
  • Built a feedback loop directly into the education section: collected CSAT scores, tracked recurring themes, and iterated on content and navigation accordingly. Stakeholder satisfaction improved 12%
Program ManagementTeam LeadershipEdTechFunnel OptimizationCompliance ContentAML/KYCCRMLocalizationTelegram CommunitiesAnalytics

Project Manager  —  Education Products & Growth

Jun 2023 – May 2025  ·  Hybrid
Data Driven Lab  (Fintech)
Owned planning and delivery of education products; cross-functional team of 8
  • Localization was eating ~70% of the content budget. Cut costs from $130K/month to $35K across 10+ languages by introducing AI-based translation and restructuring translators into proofreaders for cultural and quality verification. 73% reduction, no quality regression, same team
  • Executed CRM and lifecycle campaigns (email, push, in-app banners) for 3.8M+ users, including dedicated educational sequences; segmented cohorts by engagement level, engagement up 18%, funnel performance up 20%
  • Shipped 90 education programs across Africa, Indonesia, LATAM, and the US, including localized and gamified formats developed from market-specific learning gap analysis
  • Collaborated with 10+ industry experts on course development; completion rates improved 24%
  • Built and tested 30+ communication flows with segmentation; led sprint planning for a cross-functional team of 8
Product ManagementAgile/ScrumCRMBloomreach (Exponea)User SegmentationAI LocalizationCrowdinGo-to-MarketBudget Management

Content Creator  /  Knowledge Base Owner

Apr 2021 – Jun 2023  ·  Hybrid
Data Driven Lab  (Fintech)
Self-service content strategy; HelpCenter across 15 languages
  • Wrote and localized 500+ HelpCenter articles across 15 languages; monthly support tickets dropped 23%
  • Restructured HelpCenter navigation and content architecture based on support ticket patterns and search behavior analysis; usage up 36%
Content StrategyKnowledge BaseLocalizationUX WritingSelf-service

Customer Support Manager  —  Chinese & English

Jun 2019 – Mar 2021  ·  On-site
FBS  (Fintech)
Bilingual fintech support; trading platforms

Handled bilingual (Chinese/English) support for trading platform users: first-contact resolution from 65% to 85%, response time cut 30%, CSAT from 3.8 to 4.6

Customer SupportTrading PlatformsBilingualFintech

Skills & Tools

Core: Program & Product Management, Roadmapping, Agile/Scrum, Sprint Planning, Stakeholder Management, Funnel Optimization, CRM Lifecycle, A/B Testing
EdTech: Curriculum Development, Learning Experience Design, ADDIE Model, Gamification, Course Completion Optimization
Tools: Jira, Asana, Confluence, Notion, Miro, Bloomreach (Exponea), Google Analytics, Tableau, Figma, Crowdin, Slack, GitHub
Fintech: Trading Education, AML/KYC Content, Risk Disclosure, Compliance-Aware Content, Regulatory Markets

Languages

RussianNative
EnglishC1 / Advanced
ChineseB2

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Economics

2013 – 2017
Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering