Helen-Nellie Adigwe
Product And Program Management
Summary
A strategic partner who has been managing and delivering successful projects & products in the Oil and Gas, IT, and Financial industries with a keen focus on corporate goals (bottom line, sustainability & staying green) with over a decade of experience leading product-market strategy and supporting implementation of innovative products for unique niches.. Experienced in market identification, product strategy developments & leading teams that bring innovative solutions to the market. Experienced in project scoping, planning (capacity & launch) & scheduling. Knows all about project reporting and communicating across all stakeholders & ensuring proper risk management strategies. Experienced with managing resources optimally - people, budget & material. Great success with managing field, office, and remote staff/teams - applying tested communication & planning strategies in a results-driven collaborative approach. Creative strategic planner with product value and impact assessment prowess. End-to-end product leader successful in bringing products from inception to rollout with efficiency and speed. Skills include project management, scope management, planning management, execution management, risk & opportunity management, and stakeholder management.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Product Director
Price Asset & Industrial Development
12.2021
- Deployment of Drone Delivery of Drugs to clients from 4test Pharmacy locations
- Deployment of mobile app for a butchery
- Spearheaded the launch of several new product lines that increased revenue by over 30% in most cases
- This was enabled due largely to a detailed market research analysis to identify customer pain points and the ability to develop product strategies to address that need holistically
- The outcome is that we have implemented product roadmaps that ensured alignment with company goals and stakeholder expectations more than 90% of the time
- Some of the product achievements are listed below & a detailed portfolio is available for the most recents: Development of the Mello App a task management product with a high rating
- Development of the iRoko TV Mobile Gaming App currently being alpha/beta tested.
Asset Director
Price Asset & Industrial Development
12.2020 - 07.2021
- Oversaw the end-to-end process management for client Bureau De Change regulatory requirements submissions
- Delivered profit of ROI averaging 7figures monthly
- Achieved - No revocation of license or loss in profit from sales
- Secured - Regulatory funding per week 100% of the time from Jan - Jul 2021
- Ensured - Prompt communications and reporting to stakeholders regularly as required.
Project & Sustainability Manager
Asharami Energy Limited
01.2014 - 08.2017
- Oversaw the end-to-end process management from the upgrade of flow-station to management after kickoff with a budget of ca $ 1B
- Seamlessly Managed the different phases of work - production phase, oil in tank phase & the cash in bank phase
- Successfully managed the JV which involved asset takeover & upgrade to fit the new flow requirements for storage & on-boarding the vessels from the wells to be drilled
- Managed the entire process from the technical Front End Engineering work to logistics, training (HSE), Contractor & vendor, Procurement, Planning of WBS, Staff Deployment, budget & cost management, field staff housing management, Time management - milestones & deliverable schedules, Communication management between field & office staff & to key stakeholder
- Achieved over 90% compliance to project goals and great team working compliance.
Exploration Manager
Sahara Energy Field Limited
06.2007 - 01.2014
- Oversaw the end-to-end process management for the Exploration Portfolio of programs & projects such as - seismic data acquisition and processing of both 2D and 3D seismic data-sets, oracle enterprise deployment, and data exchange/copying/prying for assets acquisition projects in Ghana, Mozambique, Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt and UK.
- Surpassed project targets by effective strategic planning, organizing stakeholders' meetings, supervising & coaching staff members on software utilization & optimization for prospectivity analysis of data pried
- Played essential role as a technical lead to monitor technical performance of service providers, as well as to evaluate technical bids as part of the contracting process for several projects, services, & resource acquisitions
- Anticipated and advised on manpower resource needs; recruitment of technical manpower resource needs - mainly geoscientists.
Project Team Lead
VRMT International Limited
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Project Egbulum PAF/UAD: Oversaw the end-to-end process management for the Egbulum PAF/UAD project
- This project involved seismic data interpretation, reservoir analysis and prospectivity definition
- Applied ardent project management approach to revalidate and drive productivity of the project.
Project Team Lead
SCHLUMBERGER Nigeria Limited
01.2001 - 01.2003
- Project Shell Software Application Support: Oversaw the process deployment for supporting all technical staff at Shell on the usage of the G & G suite of applications.
Project Team Lead
SHELL Petroleum & Development Company Limited
01.1994 - 01.2001
- One of my Ist stints at managing projects that has remained indelible in my heart is the assignment to manage and coordinate field trips for 3 batches of 40 staff each
- I learnt all my project initiation, planning, coordination and execution skills then
- I had no one to teach me - so I learnt by failing and correcting myself and improving because that project was like an agile project doing several iterations using the different batches
- I felt so accomplished and one of my most sincere commendations in my 2 decades career came from this project.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Geology
University of Benin, Nigeria
Benin, Nigeria 04.1989 - 01.1993
Professional Certificate - Major Engineer Project Management
University of Leeds
US 04.2001 -
Professional Certificate - Engineering Project Management
Rice University
US 04.2001 -
Professional Certificate - Google Project Management
Google Coursera
US 04.2001 -
Skills
Go-to-Market Strategies
Product Roadmaps
Product Strategy
Salesforce
Competitive Analyses
Partner Relationships
Product Enhancement
Product Team Leadership
Training and Onboarding
Team Recruiting and Hiring
Market Research Analysis
Contract Negotiation
Product Promotion
Customer Retention Strategies
Proposal Development
Project Management
Data Analytics
Certification
Engineer Project Management, Coursera, https://coursera.org/verify/specialization/2MXSS4FCC49L
Information - Core Skills
- Project management
- Scope management
- Planning management
- Execution management
- Risk & opportunity management
- Stakeholder management
Timeline
Product Director
Price Asset & Industrial Development
12.2021
Asset Director
Price Asset & Industrial Development
12.2020 - 07.2021
Project & Sustainability Manager
Asharami Energy Limited
01.2014 - 08.2017
Exploration Manager
Sahara Energy Field Limited
06.2007 - 01.2014
Project Team Lead
VRMT International Limited
01.2006 - 01.2007
Professional Certificate - Major Engineer Project Management
University of Leeds
04.2001 -
Professional Certificate - Engineering Project Management
Rice University
04.2001 -
Professional Certificate - Google Project Management
Google Coursera
04.2001 -
Project Team Lead
SCHLUMBERGER Nigeria Limited
01.2001 - 01.2003
Project Team Lead
SHELL Petroleum & Development Company Limited
01.1994 - 01.2001
Bachelor of Science - Geology
University of Benin, Nigeria
04.1989 - 01.1993