Olufemi Adetiwa
Product & Innovation Delivery
Surulere,Lagos
Summary
Olufemi Adetiwa is an IT professional with over 6 years of experience in Financial technology, Digital Services and Telecommunication. Earned several ratings for exceptional product/project delivery, ownership in responsibilities and value creation. Results driven with In-depth knowledge of managing and working with both business and technical teams to analyze business requirements, and design / deliver product / solutions that meet and exceed business as well as customer needs
Overview
6
6
Certifications
5
5
years of post-secondary education
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager (MEA)
BPC Banking Technology (Fintech)
Baar, Baar, Switzerland
03.2021 - Current
- Manage country expansion on customer local customer onboarding across the region.
- Manage large scale payment switch implementation and migration projects for financial institution and national switches across Africa.
- Act as solution delivery manager, as well as solution expert (SPOC) for all implementation across the region.
- Coordinate all activities and collaborate with product managers, implementation team, and infrastructure admin to ensure delivery based on agreed roadmap an milestones.
- Maintain project fiances (costs and expenses) through out the lifecycle of the project
Head of Product Management
One Digital NG (Digital Product Service Proveder)
Surulere, Lagos
01.2020 - Current
- Oversaw product design and roadmap and coordinated all aspects of development and rollout.
- Conceptualized long-range product roadmaps and strategically designed according to market data and research.
- Worked collaboratively with developers, senior-level stakeholders and partners to collect data on deficiencies and provide solutions to long-standing issues.
- Continuously draw from market data to assess product health and drive success.
- Developed creative presentations, trend reports, kitted assets, and product data sheets.
Senior Project Manager
Interswitch Group (Fintech)
Victoria Island, Lagos
05.2018 - 02.2021
- Executed projects and acted as senior project manager for multiple enterprise implementation for Financial Institutions and card associations / schemes.
- Developed project plans and managed project scope using methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
- Collaborated with business users, technical teams, database administrators and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application designing and planning sessions to validate requirements.
- Gathered project requirements through interactions, meetings and walkthroughs with potential application users and to develop business requirements documents (BRD), functional requirements documents (FRD) and user mockups.
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Formulated integration system process flows, business process model and notation (BPMN) plans and data mapping diagrams based on stakeholders' specifications, technology surveys and interviews.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders, including project contributors, business, operational and technical resources.
- Recorded all project costs and expenses and aligned with project budget.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Managed 5 project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.
- Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
- Oversaw internal and external projects by reviewing activities, maximizing efficiency and increasing collaboration and communication transparency.
Product Manager
Rembrandt Global Solutions (Telecomes VAS)
Lekki, Lagos
05.2017 - 05.2018
- Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Spearheaded collaborative efforts between software development teams and MNOs to bring products to market.
- Defined and analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
- Managed benchmarks, product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
- Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
- Coordinated design meetings and decisions across 4 internal departments and teams.
- Supported marketing teams, creating, deploying and optimizing campaigns for telecoms VAS clients.
IT Business Analyst
Etisalat Nigeria (Telecoms)
Victooria Island, Lagos
12.2014 - 04.2017
- Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
- Led cross-functional teams to analyze and understand enterprise-wide operational impacts and opportunities of technology changes.
- Assessed impact of current business processes on users and stakeholders and evaluated potential areas for improvement.
- Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
- Derived conceptual designs from business objectives to deliver software and applications according to specifications for usability, performance and functionality.
- Met with stakeholders to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.
Education
Bachelor's of Technology - Computer Science
OFederal University of Technology Akurendo State
Nigeria 11.2007 - 11.2012
Skills
Product Management
Project Management
Business Analysis
Data Analysis
Presentation
Research and Googling
Accomplishments
- Implementation for over 4 financial institution in Africa. Deploying infrastructure for transaction processing, Card management, terminal management, and card scheme certifications, using several switch applications such as Postilion, SmartVista, CR2, ETC.
- Delivered the acceptance / acquiring of American Express cards in Nigeria on all channel (ATM,POS, WEB); Estimated revenue of N250 million yearly on transaction revenue.
- Implemented debit card issuance for MTN mobile money users in Ghana, Improved financial inclusion through enhanced customer experience and fund access to the unbanked customers.
- Delivery of hosted Payment system infrastructure for over 4 Banks across Africa
- Completed VISA, Mastercard and Verve Card Issuance for over 30 Banks across Africa.
- Delivered the centralization of all Firstbank subsidiary payment infrastructure and financial services under one infrastructure.
- Managed delivery of 9mobile mPOS (9Pay) product roadmap from Conception to Launch.
- Launched a successful emergency response and dispatch system platform in Nigeria, with over 13,000 users in 3 months, and key partnerships with businesses in Nigeria and USA.
Certification
AgilePM Practitioner
Timeline
Project Management (PMP)
09-2021
Project Manager (MEA)
BPC Banking Technology (Fintech)
03.2021 - Current
Professional Scrum Maser
06-2020
AgilePM Practitioner
03-2020
Head of Product Management
One Digital NG (Digital Product Service Proveder)
01.2020 - Current
Certified SAFe 4 Practitioner (Scaled Agile Framework®)
02-2019
Lean Six Sigma (Yellow Belt)
11-2018
Senior Project Manager
Interswitch Group (Fintech)
05.2018 - 02.2021
Product Manager
Rembrandt Global Solutions (Telecomes VAS)
05.2017 - 05.2018
Marketing Data Analysis
07-2015
IT Business Analyst
Etisalat Nigeria (Telecoms)
12.2014 - 04.2017
Bachelor's of Technology - Computer Science
OFederal University of Technology Akurendo State
11.2007 - 11.2012