BALQEES AHMED
Product Manager
Ibadan, NG.About
Highly motivated Product Manager with a proven ability to translate user needs into actionable strategies, driving product discovery, and enhancing user experience across fashion-tech, data-tech, and community-driven platforms. Leverages strong analytical skills and a growing technical foundation in Computer Science to build impactful, user-focused digital products, ensuring alignment with market demands and strategic business objectives for measurable success.
Work
Luxela
|Product Manager
Remote, N/A, Nigeria
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Summary
Leads product discovery and strategy for a fashion-tech marketplace, focusing on enhancing user experience and driving platform engagement to achieve strategic business objectives.
Highlights
Spearheaded product discovery initiatives, refining marketplace experience and creator onboarding flows to significantly enhance user satisfaction and platform adoption.
Executed in-depth competitive and market research across fashion-commerce platforms, delivering data-driven insights that informed strategic feature prioritization and optimized product roadmap development.
Documented comprehensive feature requirements, detailed workflows, and user journeys, ensuring seamless cross-functional alignment between engineering and design teams, accelerating efficient product development cycles.
Coordinated end-to-end creator onboarding support and optimized marketplace operations, enhancing vendor experience and significantly boosting platform engagement.
Facilitated smooth adoption of new features and product improvements through strategic communication and comprehensive rollout planning across internal teams and early adopter communities.
Volunteer
Decode Analytical
|Product Management Volunteer
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Summary
Volunteered as a Product Management contributor, focusing on market research, MVP definition, and cross-functional collaboration for an analytics platform startup.
Highlights
Conducted extensive market research and insightful data analysis, directly contributing to the strategic definition of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and shaping overall business direction.
Collaborated cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering interns to structure detailed Product Requirement Documents (PRDs), ensuring tight alignment of initial product scope and efficient development.
Synthesized critical user feedback and research findings, providing key insights that rigorously validated product concepts and informed strategic adjustments to roadmap assumptions.
Assisted in drafting comprehensive product proposals, detailed feature notes, and initial go-to-market strategies, facilitating informed internal team reviews and accelerating planning phases.
More To Me NGO
|Volunteer
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Summary
Supported youth empowerment initiatives, coordinated event logistics, and enhanced program visibility for community development at More To Me NGO.
Highlights
Supported and facilitated impactful youth empowerment and mentorship programs, fostering significant personal development and community growth for beneficiaries.
Coordinated end-to-end logistics and strategic planning for numerous events and learning programs, successfully increasing participant engagement and expanding community outreach.
Assisted in developing compelling content and executing communication tasks for outreach campaigns, significantly improving program visibility and expanding community reach.
Contributed to comprehensive community support planning, enabling seamless and efficient execution of critical empowerment projects.
Education
Highland College of Education, Ibadan
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ND
Computer Software Engineering
Miva Open University
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BSc
Computer Science
Certificates
SheFi Cohort 14 Scholar
Issued By
SheFi
Product Management Certification
Issued By
AltSchool Africa
Skills
Product Management
User Research, Agile/Scrum, PRD Writing, Feature Prioritization, Process Documentation.
Product Analysis
Competitor Research, User Journey Mapping, Problem Analysis, Feedback Synthesis.
Product & Collaboration Tools
Notion, Jira, Trello, Figma, Miro, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office.
Soft Skills
Communication, Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, Team Collaboration, Fast Learning, Organization.
Technical Skills
HTML, CSS, Python, SQL.