Experience

RAD5 Tech Hub

• Nigeria
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager of Product Management

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  RAD5 TEC HUB – SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER (INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR &REMOTE] APR 2023 TO DATE  Identify significant opportunities, and drive product vision, strategies, and roadmaps in the context of broader organizational strategies and goals.  Identify industry and market trends to build strategic requirements of the core Rad5 Tech Hub initiatives and products.  Incorporate data, research, and market analysis to inform product strategies and roadmaps.  Conduct presentations, provide demos, create written content, and materials for education and benefits/value to clients.  Managed full product lifecycle, including research & development, design, launch, and maintenance.  Articulated and quantified business value of product initiatives with data-driven decisions.  Developed business plans to evaluate market opportunity and strategic fit for new product concepts. Show less



Action Plan International Ltd

• Nigeria
• Market Research

• Agile Product Owner (Independent Contractor/Remote)

  • Nov 2022 - Mar 2023

   Provide leadership for the development and execution of strategy across multiple solutions to drive business outcomes.  Define, measure, and monitor key KPI for the features and organize the root cause analysis on KPI performance.  Use data driven methods to establish features for MVPs and MMPs, policy, and other process documents.  Valuable Product Backlog management of the items (epic/features/user stories) for transparency, visibility, & adaptation.  Provision of vision, road maps, scope to guide the work of Qual Market/Social research software (Scrum Framework).  Explore and utilize the relevant requirements elicitation techniques to assess, prepare, refine, prioritize, maintain, approve, and manage the product backlog items for Sprints readiness.  Spearhead the integration of security initiatives at all levels of the SDLC for robust & secure products while actively participating in all risk management and the go-to for stakeholders’ interface and engagement. Show less



Action Plan International Ltd

• Nigeria
• Market Research

• Agile Project Manager

  • Jan 2020 - Oct 2021

   Transformation leader to move API projects from Waterfall to Agile frameworks of Safe/Scrum/Kanban.  Defined and analysed product metrics to help growth of product and ensure the delivery of project scope on time, within budget and up to speed in quality standards expectations.  Measure, track, build, and create compelling, interactive dashboards, reports, and presentations to communicate complex information in the most efficient and effective way (“big picture” and or a bird’s eye view).  Orchestrate project documentation, conduct robust Qualitative and Quantitative research to guide product development, enhancement, and maintenance.  Coach and lead cross-functional team members to adopt the tenets of Agile and deliver incremental value to the client.  Lead, conduct analysis and recommend process improvements to fosters agility, innovation, and cost-savings.  Interface with team to train and coach them to apply applicable Agile framework and Lean Thinking approach in innovation, development, enhancement, experimentation, and service recovery. Show less



FCMB Group

• Nigeria
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Manager | Scrum Master

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2020

  FCMB Group Plc’s strategy is to position itself as the premier financial services group of African origin. FCMB is the flagship of its portfolio which is a full-service banking institution that provides market-proven solutions that drive digital transformation in banking.  Orchestrated and delivered FCMB full Scale Rebranding project to reposition it as a retail bank of choice. Also deliver other projects specifically for Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, and IT custom software projects.  Utilize industry trends, customer preferences and behaviours, historical and transactional data to formulate strategy for the rebranding project and provided internal controls, workflows, and policies to track, reconcile, and review spending and ROI.  Provide multi-year strategic business plan to drive outcomes/KPI (awareness, revenue, low-cost deposit, EBIDTA).  Create Change Requests to recruit, interview, hire, and train 50+ temp employees to implement the experiential, monitoring, and evaluation to promote seamless interface, engagement, and acquisition of customers by 150%.  Quarterly collaborate with HR to review, analyse, and deliver Road maps and expectations in line with business objectives.  Develop a Continuous improvement chatter for the Customer Service and Operations groups to improve strategic partnership with vendors.  Conferred with legal staff to handle copyright infringement or royalty sharing issues and implications for products. Show less



Etisalat Nigeria

• Nigeria
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Manager/Snr Business Data Analyst

  • Feb 2008 - Feb 2013

  Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Ltd. (EMTS), formally trading as Etisalat Nigeria and now trading as "9mobile," is a Nigerian private limited liability company. It provides mobile telecommunications services including voice and data.  Develop custom software for subscribers’ recruitment ahead of launch and for SIM registration after launch.  Execute periodic and ad hoc empirical studies to provide outside-in perspectives to product/service strategy and delivery.  Initiate launch strategy including goals, targets market, specifications, Sales, budget, and economic factors and craft segment-based route-to-market strategy for the products/services.  Ensure the alignment of business demands and customers preferences in product development, pricing/tariff plans, marketing activities, and Sales and Distribution, merchandising collaterals, and measure each for the assurance of ROI.  Introduce and perform Business analytics on transactional and competitive market data to gauge actual performance and gaps using MS Excel, VLOOKUP, SQL, and SPSS and prepare formal dashboard/reports.  Direct, coordinate, and track the activities of all associated dependencies including internal and external within the business for observation and quick issue resolution using the net promoter system (NPS).  Recommended modifications to products, packaging, production processes and other characteristics to improve environmental soundness and sustainability of products.  Conferred with legal staff to handle copyright infringement or royalty sharing issues. Show less