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Oluwadamilola Dawodu
Product Manager | Business Analyst
Lagos
Summary
Product Manager, Business Analyst, and Enterprise Solutions Architect with 10+ years of experience building high-quality products that help customers achieve their business goals. Skilled in coordinating cross-functional teams and experienced in agile methodology. Passionate about creating optimized solutions by ideating new products and enhancing existing products.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Lead Product Manager
Soft Alliance and Resources Limited
Lagos
03.2020 - Current
- Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies that led to 25% revenue increase within 6 months.
- Created strategy and initiated process to redefine bulk payments and collections solution by integrating with all banks in Nigeria. This led to 15% reduction in cost of good sold and 10% reduction in rates to end users thus making product more competitive.
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Reduced project downtime by 90% with quality product inspections.
- Maintained positive vendor relations to build strong partnerships.
- Collected customer requirements, directed testing and conducted continuous evaluations to make proactive adjustments to marketing approaches.
Senior Product Manager
Soft Alliance and Resources Limited
Lagos
01.2019 - 02.2020
- Created architecture and strategy that revamped the Human Capital Management Product, resulting in improved usability and reducing payroll run time for over 1 Million employees from 10 Hours to 2 Hours
- Guided team that analyzed data, studied patterns and suggested methodology that led to another stream of income that amounts to 12% of total revenue of the company.
- Executed the development, automation and reporting framework for product testing, leading to 30% reduction in internal testing timeline.
- Consulted with product development teams to enhance products based on customer interest data.
- Managed cross-functional reliability team that reduced product failures at customer sites by 45%.
- Evangelized for managed products at various trade shows and industry events, communicating effectively with potential clients.
- Facilitated increased product awareness through promotion and innovative sales strategy.
Business Analyst
Soft Alliance and Resources Limited
Lagos
06.2012 - 12.2018
- Spearheaded the team that designed, developed, implemented and recorded 99% success on the Revenue and Invoice Management System (RIMS) of the Nigeria Ports Authority
- Created mass data upload program, achieving 80% reduction in preparation time of updates to thousands of employee records during payroll preparation
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined tangible solutions.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
- Interacted with customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
- Derived conceptual designs from business objectives to deliver software and applications according to specifications for usability, performance and functionality.
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Quantic School of Business And Technology
Washing DC, USA 01.2021 - 04.2022
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Abeokuta, Nigeria 09.2006 - 08.2010
Skills
Research and trend analysis
Software
Oracle APEX
Microsoft Office Tools
Jira
Slack
Adobe RP
Confluence
Certification
Scrum Master Accredited Certification
Timeline
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Quantic School of Business And Technology
01.2021 - 04.2022
Lead Product Manager
Soft Alliance and Resources Limited
03.2020 - Current
Scrum Master Accredited Certification
02-2020
Scrum Fundamentals Certified
12-2019
Senior Product Manager
Soft Alliance and Resources Limited
01.2019 - 02.2020
Business Analyst
Soft Alliance and Resources Limited
06.2012 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
09.2006 - 08.2010
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