Product Lead · Prague

New products
from idea to launch.

I turn unclear ideas into products worth building — from discovery and MVP through development to launch.

Over 10 years of experience, mainly across fintech, banking and wealth management.

Portrait of David Březina
10+ yearsdigital products
0→1discovery, MVP, delivery and launch
FINTECHbanking, payments and investing

Experience

Where I've worked

Vacuumlabs

November 2023 – 31 August 2026

Senior Product Manager / Product Lead

freelance · Prague

I led product discovery and delivery on client projects across fintech and wealth management. As Wealth Management Lead, I also contributed to strategy, pre-sales and client work. Internally, I developed the practical use of AI in product delivery and supported Product Owners in the team.

Finbricks

January – November 2023

Product Owner

freelance · Prague

In cooperation with the CPO, I took over the day-to-day product ownership of an open-banking platform and focused on improving how the development team operated. We delivered a new client administration portal and supported expansion into Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.

Shoptet

November 2021 – December 2022

Product Manager / Product Owner, Shoptet Pay

contract · Prague

I contributed to the creation of Shoptet Pay, an Adyen payment solution integrated directly into Shoptet's merchant administration. I led product discovery and delivery in open banking and automated payment matching. Together with the team, we launched the online payment gateway and expanded its payment-management services.

Creative Dock

September 2019 – November 2021

Product Owner / Project CEO

freelance · Prague

I worked on early-stage digital products and venture projects. At Fairo, I led a product team responsible for accounting, bookkeeping and tax reporting. As Project CEO, I built Digitální dílna for sole traders and small businesses from initial concept through launch.

Česká spořitelna

October 2016 – September 2019

Product Owner / Senior Business Analyst

permanent employment · Prague

As Product Owner, I worked on the development of the George Key digital identity application and contributed to launching fully online travel insurance. As Senior Business Analyst, I supported the migration of 1.8 million clients to George.

Earlier experience

T-Mobile Czech Republic — Process Manager (2015–2016) · KPMG Czech Republic — Business Analyst → Consultant (2012–2015) · Deloitte Czech Republic — Audit Assistant (2010–2011)

About

I do my best work
when the answer isn't obvious yet.

Product Lead and Senior Product Manager with more than 10 years of experience building digital products, primarily in fintech, banking and wealth management. I bring the greatest value in the early stages of a product, from discovery through MVP definition. At the same time, I can align business, design and engineering and take a product from discovery and delivery through to launch.

I have experience with new products built from scratch, as well as with existing products and their further development, product strategy, research, defining user flows and backlogs, delivery and team coordination, including stakeholder management. In recent years, I have also focused on the practical use of AI in product work — from AI features in investment products to automating product development, for example in user stories, testing, checking the developed solution against acceptance criteria and documentation.

Areas
Product discovery · New product development · MVP definition · Product delivery · Wealth management · Open banking · Payments · Digital identity
Languages
Czech — native speaker · English — advanced professional proficiency (B2/C1)
Education
University of Hradec Králové — Master’s degree / Information Management (2004–2010) · Universidad Politécnica de Madrid — Erasmus, Information Management (2009–2010)
Certifications
Professional Scrum Product Owner I — Scrum.org (2022) · PRINCE2 Practitioner (2015)
Tools
Jira · Confluence · Figma · Miro · Slack · Mixpanel · Hotjar · GitHub · Linear · n8n
AI stack
Claude / Claude Routines · Codex · Lovable · OpenClaw/Hermes · LLM tooling
Outside work
Family · sport · investing · tech innovation · travel · history · books

Selected projects

Products I've worked on.

01Wealth management · Mobile

February – July 2026

Mobile Investment App

Extending Across’s web investment platform into iOS and Android mobile apps — from MVP definition through launch.

02Wealth management · Discovery

September 2025 – January 2026

Wealth Management Product Discovery

Defining a new wealth-management section within an existing fintech application.

03Investments · Applied AI · Middle East

July 2024 – January 2025

AI-Powered Investment App

Discovery and development of an AI-powered mobile investment app for the Middle Eastern market, focused on stocks, ETFs and social trading.

04Payments · Open banking

November 2021 – December 2022

Shoptet Pay

Launching and developing payment services built directly into Shoptet's merchant administration — from an online payment gateway to open-banking solutions.

05Fintech · Small business

2020–2021 · approximately one year

Fairo

Stabilising an early-stage mobile finance app for freelancers and developing core accounting and tax features.

06Venture building · Small business

2019 · approximately four months

Digitální dílna

Building a digital agency that helped freelancers and small businesses take their first steps online.

Selected companies

Companies I’ve worked with

  • Raiffeisen Bank International
  • Komerční banka

Contact

Have an idea
you want to bring to life?

I am open to both freelance contracts and permanent employment, depending on the role and mutual agreement.