41% fewer support contacts per closure
Account closures · Product Manager
The in-app closure flow I led, compared with the old web form. A task force on N26's #2 company priority for 2026.
Product manager at N26
PM with a designer's eye and a data analyst's mindset.
I lead the signup team at N26, guiding customers through a frictionless onboarding. Before that, I spent 8+ years as a product designer.
Work, awards and stages
01 · Selected work
Doing work I'm proud of.
Research, design, results, and growing teams.
Opening up investing at N26
N26 Crypto · Product Designer
N26 Crypto opened the investing space at N26. Won the UserTesting Luminary Award and a UX Design Awards 2024 nomination.
Rated #1 of 13 apps in Germany for savings plans
Savings plans · Product Designer
I designed the savings plan feature end to end: an MVP and 2 more releases (finwyz+ ranking, 2026).
Up to 14% fewer cancelled memberships
Upgrades framework · Senior Product Designer
A UX framework that brings premium benefits into everyday banking. Approved by N26's Director of Product as a 2026 growth bet. Retention offers I designed cut cancellations by 11% and 14%.
Beat every business-case target
Ready-Made Funds · Product Designer
With BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager. Beat every 2025 target: +27% funded users, 2x the Q1 goal, and 43% were first-time investors.
Teaching designers to think in product
Growing design maturity · N26 UX team
6 knowledge-sharing sessions in 2025 on strategy, opportunity solution trees, experiments and research. The opportunity solution tree I built for Lending was adopted by product, UX, BizOps and research.
02 · Working with AI
I let AI do the manual work, so I have time to think and decide.
Full discovery kick-off in seconds
Signup · Discovery system
6 years of Signup research now sit in one connected opportunity solution tree: 209 findings, each linked to the problem it explains. With two skills I built, every new discovery starts from everything we already know. Three of our 2027 big bets started this way.
Business cases: from weeks to 30 minutes
Signup · Business cases
Each case used to wait 1 to 7 weeks to be calculated by hand. I rebuilt the sheet with Claude Code so every number is a formula. Now I do a case myself in about 30 minutes, and 7 are done.
27 designers on Claude Code in one day
N26 Product Design · Workshop
I ran a workshop for the whole N26 design team. Everyone left with Claude Code set up and their first working skill.
An app for women, built with AI
Personal · Movements · Lovable, Supabase
Movements helps women train in sync with their cycle. I compared 5 apps, talked to women, then tested the idea by hand: cycle messages on WhatsApp to 6 girls over 2 cycles. Only then I built it. Case study ↗ · Watch the talk ↗
03 · Recommendations
What others say
"Aleks is the dream report for any product leader. I gave her Account Closures, N26's #2 company priority, with no team, no scope and no owner. She built it from zero. She leads with deep client empathy and has real gravity: engineers, designers and stakeholders want to build alongside her. Hire her for the role above the one she's applying for."
"Aleks is no longer 'transitioning' into Product Management. She is already doing the job at an exceptional level. She navigated intricate regulatory requirements and technical risks, transforming a vague problem statement into a clearly defined MVP."
"She brings a strong user perspective, but also takes time to understand the business context and product goals. She led the creation of an Opportunity Solution Tree that brought a lot of clarity to a complex space."
04 · Speaking
On stage, and in the room.
I talk about product thinking, how product and design work together, and AI in product teams.
Upcoming
- Nov 18
The designer of the future thinks like a PM
Digitale Leute Summit, Cologne
15% off tickets with my code DLS26ALEKSANDRA15. Works 10 times only.
Past
- 2026
What your PM really means
Ampli webinar · 110 registered · Watch ↗
- 2026
Claude Code onboarding workshop
N26 · 27 designers
- 2025
I let ChatGPT be my CTO: vibe designing with Lovable and Figma
aiverse.design podcast · Watch ↗
- 2025
A designer's guide to thriving anywhere
George conference · Watch ↗
- 2025
Becoming an ally to product
Berlin Product Designers meetup
- 2025
Culture clash roundtable
Hatch conference
- 2024
How to feel comfortable talking business
UX Camp · 100 people in the room
- 2024
From Kraljevo to Berlin
Digitalk
05 · About
Engineering, digital marketing, design, now product.
My path zigzags. I studied engineering, worked in digital marketing, spent 8+ years in product design, and moved into product management at N26. I also have a Master's in Business Analytics.
What I care about
- Do work I'm proud of.
- Grow, and grow others.
- Build communities.
- Do good.
- Distinguished Luminary Award, UserTesting, 2024, for N26 Crypto
- Nominee, UX Design Awards 2024
On the side, I coach designers who want to think in product. Coaching for designers →