Pritam Pradhan — CEO

Driving growth and innovation at the intersection of Fintech and SaaS for education. With over a decade of experience scaling products across India and the Middle East, I specialize in building and growing platforms that balance strategic vision, user-centric design, and measurable business impact. At Meritto, I built and scaled Collexo, a payments and financing cloud that has processed over ₹7,500 Cr with 50% YoY growth, and launched Pixi, a co-branded prepaid card ecosystem with 10,000+ issued cards. I’ve also forged 15+ strategic partnerships with banks, gateways, and loan providers to expand market reach and unlock new revenue streams. Before Meritto, I led multi-product growth at FinFirst Capital, where I launched loan, credit card, and investment products—driving ~$10M+ in SME financing and reducing acquisition costs by 20%. My career began at Capgemini, where I managed large-scale data integrations and compliance reporting for global banking clients, earning a perfect client satisfaction rating. What defines me is a mix of strategic vision and execution discipline: scaling products from 0→1 launch to 1→10 growth, mentoring product teams, and aligning cross-functional stakeholders around measurable outcomes. I’m passionate about shaping the future of Fintech, Payments, and Digital Lending ecosystems, with a focus on building and scaling products that redefine how money moves—across payments, lending, and digital ecosystems—delivering measurable growth, financial access, and sustainable business impact. Core Skills: Product Strategy & Roadmapping, Payments & Digital Lending Platforms, Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Growth, Revenue & Margin Expansion, Compliance, Risk & Regulatory Alignment, Team Leadership & Talent Development, Customer-Centric Design & Experience and Data-Driven Decision Making.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Leader with expertise in Payments and Digital Lending.

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India

Experience: 12 yrs 4 mos

Skills

Product Strategy & Roadmapping
Payments & Digital Lending Platforms
Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Growth

Career Highlights

Built Collexo, processing over ₹7,500 Cr with 50% YoY growth.
Forged 15+ strategic partnerships to expand market reach.
Achieved perfect client satisfaction rating at Capgemini.

Work Experience

Meritto

Associate Director (7 mos)

Chief Manager - Product (2 yrs 3 mos)

Senior Manager - Product (1 yr 7 mos)

FinFirst Capital

Technical Product Manager (5 yrs 5 mos)

Capgemini

Associate Consultant (2 yrs 6 mos)

Education

Management Essentials at Harvard Business School Online

Post Graduation Diploma in Data Analytics at International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at C.V Raman College of Engineering

Diploma in Engineering at Sanjay Memorial Institute of Technology

Pritam Pradhan

CEO

Gurugram, Haryana, India12 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Built Collexo, processing over ₹7,500 Cr with 50% YoY growth.
Forged 15+ strategic partnerships to expand market reach.
Achieved perfect client satisfaction rating at Capgemini.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Leader with expertise in Payments and Digital Lending.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product Strategy & RoadmappingPayments & Digital Lending PlatformsStrategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Growth

Other Skills

Product Portfolio LeadershipBusiness Growth & RevenueStrategic PartnershipsCross-Functional AlignmentTeam Leadership & DevelopmentFuture ReadinessPaymentsProduct StrategyBusiness GrowthProduct LaunchData AnalysisProduct InnovationProduct DevelopmentMarket AnalysisData Warehousing

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Experience

Meritto

3 roles

Associate Director

Promoted

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

As Associate Director – Product, I lead the strategy, growth, and execution of Meritto’s Fintech and EduFintech platforms (Collexo & Pixi), driving business impact across payments, lending, and digital ecosystems.
Key Focus Areas:
Product Portfolio Leadership – shaping the vision and roadmap for Collexo & Pixi, ensuring scalability, compliance, and adoption across diverse educational and financial institutions.
Business Growth & Revenue – accountable for GMV expansion (₹7,500+ Cr processed so far), margin optimization, and unlocking new revenue streams via payments, loans, and card ecosystems.
Strategic Partnerships – expanding the network of banks, payment gateways, and lending partners to strengthen market positioning and global reach.
Cross-Functional Alignment – working closely with leadership, engineering, business, operations, and finance teams to deliver products that balance innovation with measurable outcomes.
Team Leadership & Development – building high-performing product teams, mentoring PMs/APMs, and fostering a strong product culture.
Future Readiness – exploring opportunities in embedded finance, AI-driven automation, and global expansion for sustained long-term growth.

Product Portfolio LeadershipBusiness Growth & RevenueStrategic PartnershipsCross-Functional AlignmentTeam Leadership & DevelopmentFuture Readiness+2

Chief Manager - Product

May 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Crafted a new product line (Collexo), that is processing over 2500+ crore of payment yearly and growing at a rate of 50% year on year. Processed over 7500+ crores in payments in 3 years.
Onboarded 700+ educational institutions of various sizes and verticals (Higher Ed, School, EdTech, Coaching and Study Abroad) in the platform.
Forged 15+ strategic partnerships (10+ Indian and 5+ international) to boost revenue and margin.
Enabled 5 different platforms by integrating payments in their products to reduce dependency on revenue ops to manage their billing.
Conducted 100+ product demos and training for both internal teams and clients.
Conducted 50+ hiring interviews and managed 2 PMs. Additionally, trained incoming PMs, SPMs, and APMs on product culture, team dynamics, and product knowledge.

Data AnalysisProduct InnovationProduct Strategy & RoadmappingPayments & Digital Lending Platforms

Senior Manager - Product

Oct 2021 – May 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Data AnalysisProduct Innovation

Finfirst capital

Technical Product Manager

May 2016 – Oct 2021 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Created 5 origination products for the financial market place which includes but not limited to Loans, Credit cards, bank accounts, investment products, etc.
Facilitated origination of approximately $1 million+ in personal loans, $10 million+ in SME loans, and around 2000+ car loans.
Reduced dropoff rate from 40% to 20% on the origination applications.
Reduced CAC by 20% by driving organic traffic to the marketplace.

Data AnalysisData WarehousingProduct Strategy & Roadmapping

Capgemini

Associate Consultant

Nov 2013 – May 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Achieved a perfect 5/5 client satisfaction rating, highlighting our excellence and the positive impact of our work on the client's compliance.
Managed the integration of 30+ upstream applications and 5 downstream applications into the data warehouse by designing and building efficient data pipelines.
Generated IRS, HMRC, CRS reports for 1 million+ clients for the Bank helping them to achieve FATCA Compliance.

Data AnalysisProduct Lifecycle Management