Chidi Okoye
Angestellt, Product Owner, eLearning | Lecturio GmbH
Lagos, Nigeria
Über mich
I am Chidi Okoye, a multifaceted Product Manager with over 3 years of experience building and scaling digital products for some of the continent’s most promising startups. Based on recency, is AltSchool Africa, an EdTech startup helping young Africans launch profitable careers in tech by teaching them high-in-demand skills. Within 3 months of its launch, and with more than 10,000 student applications processed, AltSchool Africa raised a pre-seed round of $1million. I also functioned as the Product & Engineering Lead at TalentQL (Techstars ‘21); a global startup that enables start-ups, businesses, and organizations to hire top, vetted tech talent on the continent. To ensure smooth operations, I hired and scaled to a team of 7 in 8 Months. I must mention that this summary does not adequately capture all of my experiences, core competencies and achievements.
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Berufserfahrung von Chidi Okoye
Bis heute 2 Jahre und 11 Monate, seit Juli 2021
Product Manager
PayTalent
- Shipped & scaled “Paytalent Beta” in 6 months—with over 120 monthly recurring transactions & over $700k worth of salaries and contracts processed. - Prepares reports and presentations for in-development products. - Applies Agile methods and processes to create a disciplined and transparent project management process. - Conducts customer interviews for product feedback, with suggested improvements leading to a 90% customer satisfaction level.
1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Sep. 2021 - Sep. 2022
Product Manager
AltSchool
- Responsible for the creation of the Product Ops function of the company - Led a multi-disciplinary 7-person team to design, develop, and launch a Learning Management System (LMS) where students access learning materials. prioritised and resolved 45+ new features and bug fixes. - Owned the product roadmap and met 90% of all feature deadlines by proactively identifying and mitigating any engineering roadblocks - Processed over $300k in transactions since launch in September 2021 till date.
8 Monate, Dez. 2019 - Juli 2020
Product Manager
Platr
- Led 3 cross-functional teams (engineers, designers, and stakeholders) from product conception through POC, MVP and growth stages with multiple iterations. - Inspired and coached the team to transition from waterfall development to Agile development methodology, emphasizing the need for transparency, communication, and constant iterations, leading to 80% increase in efficiency and product delivery.
Ausbildung von Chidi Okoye
Bis heute 4 Jahre und 6 Monate, seit Dez. 2019
Computer Science
The Polytechnic Ibadan
Sprachen
Englisch
Muttersprache