Jonathan Jenin, MBA

Jonathan is a seasoned product and operations leader who scales SaaS and fintech businesses from early traction to ~$50M in revenue by installing a product-led operating system across Product, Engineering, Finance, Compliance, and HR. He leads through clear Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), rigorous prioritization, and tight feedback loops – ensuring that strategy translates into measurable outcomes.

Selected Impact
• Lexop (exited): scaled ARR from $400K to $2.2M in under 2 years, while increasing delivery velocity by 140% and reducing defects by 75%. He also secured over $1M per year in SR&ED and CDAE credits and maintained SOC 2 compliance.
• Workleap: Implemented product and engineering excellence via a PLG framework, and directly led a team of 140. He introduced portfolio-level operations processes (SDLC) to improve efficiency and alignment across teams.
• SmartPixel: Transitioned the business model from services to licensing, growing revenue from $2.8M to $5M and expanding headcount from 32 to 75. He implemented OKRs and KPIs and established board-level reporting for greater transparency and strategy tracking.
• Advisor / Investor: As an advisor and angel investor, he has guided the launch of 4 products and helped startups raise $14M (plus an additional $7M in grants). He re-tooled 6 startups by introducing OKR and P&L discipline.

How I Work
1. Clarifies the value thesis and key success metrics for the business.
2. Aligns GTM, Product, and Engineering on a single, unified roadmap.
3. Builds an operating cadence with OKRs and metrics-driven, cross-functional agility.
4. De-risks product initiatives through product-led growth experiments and rapid iteration.
5. Scales the organization with effective org design and P&L discipline as growth accelerates.
6. Hardens compliance and infrastructure (SOC 2, AML/KYC, PCI) to support sustainable scaling.

Specialties & Expertise
• Executive Leadership: Held roles as COO, VP Product, and VP Engineering.
• Industry Domains: SaaS and Fintech (with focus on Payments/Collections).
• Growth & Strategy: Product-Led Growth (PLG), Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy, OKR implementation, product roadmapping, and organizational design.
• Business Operations: P&L management, capacity planning, and post-merger M&A integration.
• Technology & Compliance: Data platform strategy, software development lifecycle (SDLC/PDLC) best practices, and rigorous risk & compliance frameworks (SOC 2, AML/KYC, PCI). He is also well-versed in leveraging R&D tax credits.