
Temi' Akinmola
Senior Product Manager
Salary / Daily rate
Lagos, Nigeria
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior Product Manager with 10+ years driving e-commerce growth at Jumia, Konga, and Bumpa. Expert in product strategy, roadmap development, and cross-functional team leadership with proven success in scaling digital platforms. I deliver data-driven product solutions that optimize user experience and accelerate business growth.
Work experience
Senior Product Manager
Bumpa
Dec 2022 - Present
3 years 11 months
Lagos, Nigeria
1. Create a product strategy for existing or new products based on market trends, sales performance, customer needs/feedback, and industry changes 2. Work closely with a skilled team of cross-functional peers to define a roadmap that balances building new capabilities, meeting current business needs, handling technical debt, and unlocking new opportunities 3. Partner with design and development teams to deliver critical product capabilities with speed and quality while driving progress across initiatives by removing blockers from the team and ensuring that the product objectives are met 4. Define, monitor, and analyze metrics to guide product improvements 5. Drive the decision-making process across all aspects of product development including strategy, design, technology, and launch) 6. Maintain product backlog, create feature requirement documents, document ideas and plans; and effectively communicate product priorities to all stakeholders 7. Ensure pre, during and post-launch communications are targeted to the right audience and contain essential and easy-to-understand messages
Senior Product Manager
EnterFive Inc.
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
10 months
Lagos, Nigeria
• Articulate product strategy and roadmaps for Versus’ suite of products • Develop a thorough grasp of our target markets. Assess the demands of our customers, and determine the next set of problems to tackle. • Collaborate with other product managers, and develop short, medium, and long-term product strategies. Define further, the underlying vision and purpose • Work with engineering leaders to plan, prioritize, and ship out new features in a timely fashion. • Guide and direct product managers, software engineers, designers with their everyday tasks. Encourage priority and concentration. • Anticipate staff needs and risks. Understand the need for frequent and clear internal and external communication. • Manage stakeholder relationships. Foster collaboration with general management, customer experience teams, and individual customers • Collect and assess requirements, discuss accomplishments, and feature enhancements • Take an active role in our open, team-oriented business culture
Product Manager
Ajua™
Sep 2021 - May 2022
9 months
Lagos, Nigeria
● Strategizing and presenting ideas to stakeholders. ● Defining product features according to customer needs. ● Leading the development process. ● Acting as the main point of contact between teams and stakeholders. ● Managing and prioritizing product backlog items. ● Assisting the scrum/product development team to meet the objectives of each sprint. ● Adjusting and improving each iteration of the product before release. ● Identifying areas of improvement. ● Keeping customers and stakeholders informed of the status of the product.--
Jumia Nigeria
Sep 2014 - Oct 2021
7 years 2 months
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Onsite Product Manager
Sep 2014 - Oct 2021
7 years 2 months
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
- Define the product strategy and roadmap - Responsible for monitoring e-commerce KPIs - Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples - Tasked with Optimizing User experience & performance on Mobile & App - Monitors live campaigns and advises Commercial team on best practice & Performance - Ensuring User experience on the website is seamless
Content Optimization Associate
Sep 2014 - Mar 2016
1 year 7 months
Lagos, Nigeria
Responsible for the optimization of Content on the Jumia website. Ensuring the best possible presentation of products to consumers.
Content Production Manager
Konga Online Shopping Ltd
Jan 2013 - Aug 2014
1 year 8 months
Lagos, Nigeria
Was Head of Content team at Konga Online Shopping. Team was responsible for creating and optimizing SKUs/Products on the website.
Creative Content Manager
parish data services
Apr 2012 - Dec 2012
9 months
Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
In charge of managing content on our website www.engineer-ng.net
Multimedia Editor
klink Studios
Apr 2009 - Oct 2011
2 years 7 months
Edit commercials, Music videos, Soap Operas, Documentaries etc
Education
ProductDive
Project Management Certificate
2021 - 2021
1 month
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
2003 - 2008
5 years 1 month
St Gregory's College
O levels
1996 - 2002
6 years 1 month