Kamilu Lekan Balogun
Product Management & Agile Professional
Lagos, NG.About
Results-driven Product Management professional with hands-on experience in agile project management, scrum, and cross-functional team collaboration. Completed rigorous training through Nigeria's prestigious 3MTT Program and gained practical insights during a competitive job shadowing at Interswitch. Adept at transforming user needs into actionable product features, optimizing workflows, and driving successful product delivery to achieve business goals.
Work
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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Summary
Observed and actively contributed to agile product management processes within a leading payment infrastructure firm, focusing on digital financial services and payment gateway operations.
Highlights
Gained hands-on understanding of credit card transaction authorization, processing, and settlement within a complex payment infrastructure.
Learned the end-to-end lifecycle of digital payments, including card issuance, transaction switching, and payment gateway operations, to inform product strategy.
Supported the team in mapping out product roadmaps for digital financial services, emphasizing scalability, compliance, and user trust.
Participated in UI/UX design reviews, providing actionable feedback to ensure seamless user experience aligned with product vision.
Drafted and updated comprehensive user stories, product requirements, and acceptance criteria on Confluence, streamlining development communication.
Attended product strategy meetings, sprint planning sessions, and stakeholder demos, observing agile product management best practices for future application.
3MTT Program by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy
|Project Management Trainee
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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Summary
Completed intensive training in agile methodologies and product lifecycle management, culminating in the successful delivery of a viable MVP.
Highlights
Underwent rigorous training on agile methodologies, product lifecycle management, MVP strategy, and customer discovery, building a strong foundational skillset.
Practiced writing detailed product specifications, epics, and user stories, directly tying them to identified user needs and strategic business goals.
Completed cross-functional team projects, simulating startup environments, collaborating with designers and developers to build lean digital products.
Gained hands-on experience using Jira, Notion, Trello, and Figma to effectively manage product backlogs, visualize workflows, and document feature releases.
Delivered a capstone project that involved comprehensive roadmapping, sprint planning, and a successful stakeholder presentation of a viable Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
Portugal, Portugal
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Summary
Led and optimized Agile processes for three distributed Scrum teams, significantly enhancing sprint predictability and team maturity.
Highlights
Facilitated all Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives) for three distributed Scrum teams, improving sprint predictability by 25%.
Coached teams on Scrum principles and SAFe practices, elevating Agile maturity by 15% and fostering continuous improvement initiatives.
Partnered with Product Owners on backlog refinement, prioritizing actionable items and eliminating 30% of non-critical work to prevent scope creep.
Removed impediments through proactive stakeholder engagement, reducing cycle time by 20% and ensuring smooth delivery of features.
Monitored key Agile metrics (velocity, cycle time, burndown), providing data-driven recommendations to leadership for continuous process optimization.
Collaborated with Tribe Leads and Product Managers to align sprint goals with commercial objectives, ensuring timely delivery of high-value features.
Skills
Product Management
Product Lifecycle Ownership, Product Roadmapping, Backlog Prioritization, User Stories, Product Requirements, Acceptance Criteria, MVP Strategy, Customer Discovery, Feature Releases.
Agile Methodologies
Agile Delivery, Scrum, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, SAFe Practices, Agile Maturity, Impediment Removal.
Tools & Software
Jira, Confluence, Asana, Notion, Trello, Figma, Miro, FigJam.
UI/UX & Design
UI/UX Collaboration, UX Wireframing, Design Review Participation, User Experience.
Stakeholder Management
Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management, Team Collaboration, Leadership Communication, Commercial Objective Alignment.
Data & Analytics
Payment Workflows, Financial Data, Agile Metrics, Velocity, Cycle Time, Burndown Charts, Data-Driven Recommendations, Process Optimization.
Process Improvement
Workflow Automation, Scope Creep Prevention, Continuous Improvement, Lean Digital Products.