Mark Afolabi

Professional Summary

I'm a dynamic and forward-thinking Product Manager with over 8 years of experience in consumer and business technology product ownership, spanning traditional finance and emerging technologies like crypto, web3 and AI.

With proven ability to lead cross functional teams, develop product strategies, and translate them into successful, metrics-driven roadmaps, while enhancing product value.

Successfully led my startup to an acquisition by a major digital bank, with the product becoming the cornerstone of their business banking division.

Experience Highlight

• Owned end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation to successful exit.
• Led a feature team, defìning and prioritizing features based on data-driven insights.
• Validated features through user research, iteratively refined product strategy, and consistently delivered user-centric solutions.
• Established key performance metrics, tracked product initiatives, contributing to increase in project efficiency.
• Fostered cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Design, growth and marketing teams, ensuring seamless product and feature launches.
• Developed and executed go-to-market strategies, to leverage partnerships and increase in product revenue.
• Pioneered initiatives in AI, crypto, and Web3 products, staying at the forefront of emerging technologies.
  

Tools I use:

Confluence, Jira, Slack, Figma, G-suite, Notion, Trello, Basecamp, looker, google analytics