(-|-1, Ope-Ifa Crescent, Ajao Estate, Anthony, Lagos.
OLATUNJI OBAOYE
Product Manager
As an Agile Project & Product Manager, I take high level ideas, and use user centered design, lean and
agile practices to guide cross functional teams towards building useful, usable, revenue generating
products backed by technology. My greatest strength is business awareness and an innovative
approach towards problem solving, which enables me streamline practices and applications. I am
passionate about delivering solutions that deliver superior commercial value in the marketplace.
SKILLS
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Strategic Thinking
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Analytical Skills
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Interpersonal Skills
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Communication skills
• Team Leadership
• Requirements Gathering &
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Analysis
Market & Competitor Research
Product Roadmaps
Agile / Scrum Methodologies
Go-to-Market Launch Plans
Product Lifecycle Management
EMPLOYMENT
August 2020 – Till Date
Product Manager at Africhange LTD
❖ Lead an amazing team of software engineers and product design specialists to conceptualize and build the
Africhange and Cryptofully Platform from the ground up;
o Africhange is a new type of remittance platform based on Blockchain technology, where people in
Canada can send money to Nigeria in minutes.
o Cryptofully – a platform that allows their users send bitcoin and receive cash with the fairest
exchange rates in Nigeria.
❖ All of my projects require coordination of cross-platform teams and project type (including UI/UX design,
web front and back-end, iOS and Android OS)
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Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
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Responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the Product Life Cycle
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Gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision.
❖ Managed new product launches and general core system enhancements
❖ Responsible for ensuring the users requirements are met, by virtue of engaging the engineering team and
product specialist and diligently reviewing their deliverables.
❖ Reduced transaction failure rate from 20% weekly to less than 3% within 4 months of launching
❖ Gathered and created high quality reports which includes product roadmap, resource management, risk
and issues, dashboard updates, progress tracking and more to senior management.
❖ Managed Agile/ Scrum implementation processes and ensured continuous facilitation/coaching of team in
adopting agile methodology to become more efficient.
(-|-1, Ope-Ifa Crescent, Ajao Estate, Anthony, Lagos.
May 2020 – August
Product Manager at Sanimara Solution (Contract)
❖ Lead a team of 6 development, engineering, product, and design professionals in all phases of custom
product solutions delivery (from requirements gathering through build, QA, launch and support) for a
consultant firm.
❖ Managing concept-to-launch API development that will power software’s without much coding. This
service includes User Service, Billings and Payment, Bonus & Discount, Withdrawal service and more.
❖ Ensured products met or exceeded client expectations. Excelled at gathering feedback and
requirements; communicating needed changes to the development team; and overseeing seamless,
high-quality rollouts to on-time and on-budget conclusion.
❖ Developed a deep understanding of the business objectives of internal and external stakeholders;
evangelized the product vision and built trust by maintaining an accurate and achievable roadmap.
Sep 2018 – January 2020
Product manager at MRL Consult
❖ Led a team of 3 in delivering a webapp for a political platform called IVoteNaija. Designed wireframes.
Developed go-to-market strategies to launch the platform
❖ Led 3 cross functional teams from product conception through launch and multiple iterations which
increased productivity by 15%.
❖ Implemented agile ideation plan, collecting and implementing ideas through conducting user
experience interviews
❖ Worked closely with developers and oversaw CMS to ensure content for IVoteNaija was suitable for
users.
❖ Compiled and analysed web-based analytics, reported findings and offered solutions for
improvements
EDUCATION/ PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
April 2020
Product Management - Udemy
Jan 2020
Product Management - Utiva
Apr 2019
Google Digital Marketing Certificate - Think with Google
Sept 2016
Masters in Business Administration – University of Ilorin
SIDE PROJECTS
Sept - Dec 2020
May 2020
June 2019 - Jan 2020
Mar – Sept 2018
AUGUST 2017
EXQUISAPP FACTORY – PROJECT MANAGER PERSIST AFRICA E-LEARNING PORTAL
OWAMBE.NG – PRODUCT MANAGER
OYO STATE INTERNAL REMITTANCE SERVICE – PROJECT MANAGER Tap and Go remittance project
Brandpro and marketpro.com – Team Lead Marketing and Technology
TEJUOSHO SHOPPING CENTRE – PROJECT MANAGER DISCOVER TEJUOSHO
REFERENCES
Available on request
