About
KEY ASPECT
Design Thinking: Empathy | Problem Framing | Ideation | Prototyping | Testing | Collaboration | Iteration.
Product Management: Market Research | Product Vision | Product Requirement | Road mapping | Prioritization |
Agile Methodologies | Analytics and Metrics.
I thrive at the intersection of business, creativity and technology. I like working to build effective products and create meaningful user experiences.
I have experience with product management, marketing, user research, driving technology solutions in emerging market and an ability to manage complex work streams across various industries.
Stephen has a track record of delivering innovative technology products for Africa, the US, Europe and emerging markets.
Stephen is the co-founder of HelpDevs, one of the largest nonprofit developer's community and school in Africa that helps to provide developers in developing countries with the needed tools to work and become better skilled. My work at HelpDevs has been recognized in the tech ecosystem in Africa and the world at large due to the many success stories it has birthed.
Writing
Finding a reliable and trusted artisan can be a hassle and this makes it hard to find the professional services we often need. Some of these artisans are also inexperienced and often prove difficult to work with, thereby leading to poor services.
Features
Stephen was named as one of the most impactful mentors of 2021 in Enyata.
Work Experience
Introduced a mentorship and training programme for software engineers, Product designers and managers interested in knowing how to build world-class products.
Developed Go-To-Market strategy (Product release notes, & Newsletter).
Increasing the visibility of our project to donors by 40%.
Advised my 2 technical co-founders in the development of our MVP.
Storyboarded, designed and prototyped IOS, Android pages using Figma and Whimsical
Pitched our MVP and received donation from different donors.
I have good understanding of user lookup tool Hotjar Documentation skill for vetting and onboarding top tech talents.
Strong knowledge of A/Btesting and tools is one of the best skills I adopted during our mentorship and training programme.
I conducted comprehensive market research and competitive analysis to identify market trends, user's needs, and potential opportunities to sustain our buildup programme.
I executed a development plan with our engineering and design partners to deliver a simple yet delightful user experience and user interface on our homepage.
I collaborated with our development teams in an agile environment, providing clear and detailed product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for our buildup programme.
Worked with developers to test both mobile and web applications to ensure a smooth and ease of use access for customers and users. Understood how to create multiple dummy accounts and test the intricate parts of the mobile and web applications.
Worked with Postman for backed testing and documented errors encountered for thr developers to fix.
Enyata helps you set the stage for user-centric products by implementing the right strategies through a combination of market research, agile sprints, and wide-ranging expertise.
Led 3 cross functional teams (2 product managers, 3 associate product managers, 2 designers, 11 engineers) to successfully build and launch new products.
Key achievemnets
-Implemented Agile methodology to launch an IOS and Android app product within six months, resulting in 722 monthly active users across 3 different continents.
Increased product delivery by 30% by introducing and developing quarterly OKR's, KPI's and product strategy.
Developed portfolio product roadmap for the Talent accelerator program (inclusive of performance evaluation platform, meeting room scheduler) used by 60+.
Collaborated with our customers and work closely with partner teams including design, UXR, engineering, marketing and commercial to identify how to drive value for our customers and evaluate the impact of these solutions.
Purpose and clarity for the team, stakeholders, and leadership through strong written and verbal communication is my major activities as a product manager.
The following qualitative and quantitative analysis is my major scrum ceremonies.
User Interviews
Observation
Workshops
Usability testing
Metrics
Collaborated with product designers to comes up with Design deliverables such as:
Wireframes
Prototypes
Design Mocks
Personas
Empathy Maps
User Flows
Worked directly with Delivery Managers for the release planning and sprint planning processes.
Collaborated with Data, Design and UX research team in continuous discovery activities and research to validate assumptions.
Drove product strategy, including go-to-market plans, positioning, and messaging.
Ran detailed product demos, uncovered customer needs, and answered technical questions.
Led key meetings with our two largest clients: a core payment processor and major bank in Nigeria.
Conducted comprehensive market research and competitive analysis to identify market trends, customer needs, and potential opportunities.
Worked cross functional with customer experience, Growth and Support to gather user's feedback.
Executed a development plan with our engineering and design partners to deliver a simple yet delightful user experience for our customers.
Collaborated with customers and work closely with partner teams including design, UXR, engineering, marketing and commercial to identify how to drive value for our customers and evaluate the impact of these solutions.
Volunteering
Build Up is an annual community-wide reach program that aims to equip the community with the most valuable of resources. We are working towards a reality where talents are afforded the right tools to grow.
So far, we’ve been able to realize 2 editions - impacting 100 talents, each with a Macbook, and awarding 50 of them with a 6-month subscription to PluralSight.
At Enyata, we believe Nigeria, and Africa at large, is the next technology hub of the world. With this understanding, we are willing to be a part of the story. That and alongside our continuous drive to create better opportunities for everyone has led us to announce the 3rd edition of Enyata Build Up - another 50 Macbooks for 50 talents.
BuildUp is a community initiative heralded by Enyata Inc. Enyata is a technology company providing engineering-as-a-service solutions at scale to organizations across multiple industries.
Education
Product Discovery, User Persona, User Flows, Product Design, UX Research, User Stories, Scrum Framework, Product Leadership and practical hands-on in managing a product for product success.
Certifications
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