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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Projects
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Hi, I’m

Yasir Dawaki

IT Product Manager
Kano, Kano State
Yasir Dawaki

Summary

Product manager with 4+ years of experience driving brand strategy, evaluating ATM product and its features performance, implementing strategic marketing aimed at finding opportunities to maximize revenue. Led 5 teams to punctual new features delivery, increasing revenue by 15%, while simultaneously saving 10% in product development costs. Is a Certified SAFE Product Manager\Product Owner and a PMP certificate.

Overview

6
years of professional experience
7
years of post-secondary education
3
Certifications

Work History

Wema Bank

ATM Product Manager
12.2021 - Current

Job overview

Managed cross-functional team and stakeholder communication, also oversaw development of new features from inception to implementation.
Negotiated contracts with vendors, resulting in an average reduction of 5% in development expenses, while also establishing effective distribution networks in key markets.
Participated in the creation of a new feature's vision roadmap after a proper and adequate understanding of requirements and user needs.
Spearheaded a major pricing restructuring by reinventing the vendor SLA from pay-as-you-go to a comprehensive maintenance agreement, thereby reducing costs by over 52% in 2022 and subsequent years.
Provided subject matter expertise and support for all business partners and helped develop product training, which, in turn, improved employee awareness of the ATM products.

Wema Bank Plc - ATM
Lagos

Product Manager/ Support Officer
1 2019

Job overview

  • Managed cross-functional team and stakeholder communication, also oversaw development of new Features from inception to implementation
  • Participated in creation of the product vision roadmap after proper and adequate understanding of requirements and user needs
  • Spearheaded a major pricing restructuring by reinventing the vendor SLA from pay-as-you-go to comprehensive maintenance agreement there by reducing cost by over 52% in 2021 and in subsequent years
  • Provided subject matter expertise and support for all business partners and helped to develop product training which in turn improve employee awareness of the product
  • Lead product packaging, promotion, and development of market awareness for ATM, along with client facing tools and capabilities which in turn increased the revenue by 20%
  • Conducted product research that made our brand versed on the competitive landscape for existing and new technologies like the ATM Biometrics that generated almost 50M in first 2 quarters of its inception.

Jigawa State Institute of Information Technology

Junior Research Assistant
12.2018 - 12.2019

Job overview

  • Conducted cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence, focusing on machine learning algorithms, and deep neural networks.
  • Collaborated with a team of researchers to develop innovative solutions for complex AI problems, resulting in several publications in top-tier conferences.
  • Implemented and evaluated state-of-the-art AI models for image recognition, natural language processing, and reinforcement learning.
  • Led training workshops and seminars to educate colleagues on the latest advancements in AI technology and methodologies.

Education

Bayero University Kano
Kano, KN

Masters in information and Communication Technology from Information Technology
04.2017 - 05.2019

University Overview

GPA: 4.82

Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto
Sokoto, Nigeria

BSc Computer Science
12.2011 - 05.2016

University Overview

GPA: 3.45

Skills

Tools: Atlassian JIRA, Axelos, MS Visio, Slack, MS Azure DevOps, MS Office Tools

Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Projects

ATM Biometric Solutions

Intelligent ATM Camera Monitoring Solution

Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Systems: A Study on Deep Q-Networks and Policy Gradient Methods

Transfer Learning for Medical Image Analysis: Evaluating Performance and Efficiency

Development of Online Furniture Sales

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Arabic
Upper intermediate (B2)

Timeline

ATM Product Manager

Wema Bank
12.2021 - Current

Junior Research Assistant

Jigawa State Institute of Information Technology
12.2018 - 12.2019

Bayero University Kano

Masters in information and Communication Technology from Information Technology
04.2017 - 05.2019

Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto

BSc Computer Science
12.2011 - 05.2016

Product Manager/ Support Officer

Wema Bank Plc - ATM
1 2019
Yasir DawakiIT Product Manager