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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
Business administration
Product development
Strategic planning
Solution Architecture
Product lifecycle management
Business Process Improvement
Gap analysis
Release planning
SQL and databases
Quality assurance
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