Summary
WHAT I DO BEST
Work History
Education
Skills
INTERESTS
Timeline
NITISH TOPRANI

NITISH TOPRANI

Mumbai

Summary

Dynamic revenue and growth leader with over 8 years of experience in building and scaling monetization engines for digital-first fintech platforms. Currently driving revenue growth and product adoption for Motilal Oswal’s Riise app, a comprehensive investing platform featuring more than 10 asset classes. Expertise includes collaboration with product, data, and business teams to design zero-to-one revenue strategies, enhance unit economics, and establish repeatable growth loops across acquisition, activation, cross-selling, and retention.

WHAT I DO BEST

  • Build revenue strategy from zero and take it to scale
  • Own growth funnels end-to-end, not just campaigns
  • Improve ARPU through cross-sell and portfolio depth
  • Work hands-on with data to drive sharper decisions
  • Translate product capability into commercial outcomes

Work History

AVP – Product Marketing & Revenue Growth

Motilal Oswal Financial Services
04.2024 - Current

I own revenue growth and adoption for Riise, Motilal Oswal’s new investing app covering equities, derivatives, mutual funds, IPOs, US stocks, Fixed Income and Insurance.

Revenue impact

  • Grew equity orders by 37% since Sept ‘24
  • Scaled F&O orders by 59% in the same period
  • Improved MO activation by an average of 11% over the last year
  • Expanded the MF active user base by 40% (Apr ‘24 – Feb ‘25)
  • Drove 165% growth in SIP orders and 155% growth in unique SIP users post Riise launch
  • Increased IPO market share from 1.85% to 2.10%, with 254% growth in online applications
  • Delivered 51% YTD growth in IAP mobile subscriptions
  • Achieved 6.8x YoY growth in monthly fixed deposit volumes

0→1 growth & monetisation work

  • Designed the first 30-day user journey to move customers from account opening to first trade and portfolio expansion
  • Worked with data science teams to build high-propensity cross-sell cohorts, increasing ARPU
  • Set up structured drop-off and reactivation journeys, improving reactivation of inactive and near-churn users by 23% YoY

Data-led execution

  • Implemented recency-frequency based segmentation, improving:
  • App notification CTRs from ~0.6% to 2.3–2.5%
  • Email open rates from ~11% to 20–22%
  • Introduced event-based and contextual targeting, improving conversion by up to 30% in select campaigns
  • Defined and tracked key in-app events (homepage, portfolio, profile) to improve engagement and decision-making

Platform & distribution enablement

  • Led rollout of in-app campaigns (Plotline), increasing in-app CTRs from 3–5% to 20%+
  • Drove creation of 30+ app walkthrough videos to improve onboarding and reduce support dependency
  • Conducted 25+ pan-India training sessions for franchise partners (100–120 attendees per session) to improve product adoption and cross-sell effectiveness

Marketing Manager – Product Growth

Upstox
01.2019 - 02.2024
  • Led product marketing for high-usage trading features including options chain, MTF, margin pledge, APIs and order slicing
  • Delivered ~30% average monthly growth in feature adoption and order volumes through focused GTM and lifecycle execution
  • Owned F&O activation and reactivation programs, achieving:
  • 11% MO activation
  • 14% MO–M2 reactivation
  • Part of execution teams for 3 IPL and 2 ICC World Cup brand campaigns

Brand Consultant

Republic Media Network
08.2017 - 09.2018
  • Worked on integrated marketing and communication strategy for finance and BFSI clients including BSE and DC Bank.

Education

Master of Science - International Marketing

King’s College London
01-2017

First Class Honours

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

Cass Business School
06-2015

Distinction

Skills

  • Market-driven product strategy
  • 360 Degree Marketing Campaign Planning
  • Cross-functional communication
  • Team leadership expertise
  • Crisis management
  • Corporate communications
  • SAAS Tools like Clevertap, Netcore, Plotline

INTERESTS

Active market participant (equities & derivatives), Marathon running, Sports, Coffee

Timeline

AVP – Product Marketing & Revenue Growth - Motilal Oswal Financial Services
04.2024 - Current
Marketing Manager – Product Growth - Upstox
01.2019 - 02.2024
Brand Consultant - Republic Media Network
08.2017 - 09.2018
King’s College London - Master of Science, International Marketing
Cass Business School - Bachelor of Science, Business Management
NITISH TOPRANI