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Product Manager

Building Nigeria's trust engine. Grunt work everyday. Setup the first verification centres Setup operations at the verification centres Built the local Dev team of superstars after transfering product & software development from Gigster Responsible for product-market fit of the new products -Pay (payroll software), Assure (identity verification), and Inform (3rd party data API).

Founding Member

M&A with iConcepts Limited. Leading the new subsidiary. Prior to the M&A; Took over a struggling mobile soccer website with some local traction in its target market, built in South Africa for a Nigerian market without local UX research, dire overheads and managerial issues. Built the local engineering team. Was responsible for potential partner relationships/investment opportunities. Established the company’s vision and led all aspects of the company’s product development. Directed the company’s strategic direction, development and future growth. Provided leadership to department heads (Software Development, UIX and Community Management team) in a fashion that supported the company’s culture, mission and values.

Head, Product Design and Operations

Building stuff, as always. Currently working on B2B investment development at L5lab to deliver the following; -Deliver innovative and effective products built in order to further enhance the brand value of L5lab. -Oversee the development and implementation of new products in line with the L5lab brand promise. -Oversee market research to deliver timely products in line with emerging market / customer trends. -Product Marketing, Strategy, Planning and Positioning. -Drive product enhancements Improvements / Transformational plans. -Define the product vision, strategy & roadmap. -Develop pricing strategies. -Develop an understanding of customer needs, industry market trends and competitive landscape. -Gather market information to understand customer/product problems and design innovative solutions to translate them into revenue opportunities. L5Lab is a venture development firm focused on building outstanding businesses out of Africa. The focus is on the rapidly expanding mobile and internet technology space in Nigeria. L5Lab works with startups and early stage businesses led by teams comprised of individuals with outstanding leadership potential who are aiming to tap into very large identifiable markets. L5Lab portfolio companies include Jobberman.com, Cheki.com.ng and other B2B companies. Jobberman is now Africa's largest jobs portal and Cheki is the leading online marketplace for cars in Africa. Finally, L5lab is in a joint venture with 88mph called 440.ng which invests in early stage technology startups.

Product Development Manager

Coordinated the review and development of the current Career Solutions Africa service portfolio for 2014.

New Venture/ Product Analyst

Delivered consistent growth in operations and sales up till the acquisition of the company by www.Wakanow.com Led a successful Go-to-Market launch to acquire early adopters Managed and developed the life cycle of 3 products

Increased national stakeholder relations by 65% and managed 4 multi-national partnerships, Developed 2 financial sustainable structures for AIESEC Nigeria. Worked with 2 national Sales Managers and coordinated the activities the national network of 14 local External Relations/Business Development Managers spread across Nigeria

Director, Product Marketing

I have been applying design thinking for 4+ years since I stumbled into the world of design. It has helped me change the way people book their bus tickets (Oya.com.ng which got acquired by Wakanow.com) to creating winning product strategies (e.g. Verifi). Design thinking has allowed me build 2 products that users loved so much the products got acquired by larger firms. I learnt most of what I do today from the classes by Masumi Matsumoto (senior designer at Google) and S.L. Rao (senior Product Designer at Microsoft).

Personal details

Jubril J.

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