Sakura Orihara

Product leader who turns complex, regulated platforms into products customers rate: 3.2 → 4.6 across three mobile apps, delivery 70% faster, maintenance costs down 47%. Seven years at SEB, one of the Nordics' largest banks, owning strategy through delivery with teams of 15+. Based in Paris, studying French at B2–C1 level.

Senior Product Manager, Mobile Platforms at SEB (2023-04 – Present)

LEADING NORDIC BANK

• Own product strategy and roadmap for SEB's Private, Corporate and Youth mobile platforms.
• Improved app ratings in 6 months: Private 3.2 → 4.6, Corporate 3.1 → 4.4, Youth 3.3 → 3.9.
• Established two new cross-functional mobile teams to expand delivery capacity.

Business Analyst & Product Owner, Mobile Platforms at SEB (2022-04 – 2023-04)

• Increased delivery speed by 70% and cut maintenance costs by 47% by restructuring delivery, introducing agile ways of working and simplifying the operating model.
• Led migration to a new mobile backend, strengthening scalability and platform resilience.

Product Owner & Transformation Lead, Digital Identity & Cybersecurity at SEB (2021-09 – 2022-04)

• Led the Always Verify initiative, bringing Zero Trust principles into SEB's digital identity environment across 20+ interconnected systems.
• Implemented identity and security solutions across Sweden and key international markets.

Product Owner, Authorisation Platforms at SEB (2019-09 – 2021-09)

• Joined via SEB's selective Tech Programme, then owned product strategy and roadmap for enterprise authorisation capabilities serving small to large corporate clients.
• Led a bank-wide data migration to SEB's central Data Lake, and served six months as interim Chief Product Owner across three teams, driving strategic priorities and stakeholder alignment.

Higher Vocational Diploma in Digital Marketing – Stockholms Internationella Handelsskola (2017 – 2019)

BA in Social Analysis & Communication – Halmstad University (2014 – 2017)

Exchange semester – Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul