Favour Akinlesi Product Manager
Profile

Results-driven Product Manager with experience in fintech, specialising in product strategy, roadmap ownership, and cross-functional execution. Proven track record of scaling digital banking products, optimising user journeys, and delivering measurable growth through data-driven decision-making and customer insight. Skilled in leading engineering, operations, and go-to-market teams to build products that drive user adoption, operational efficiency, and revenue expansion.

Professional Experience
2025/12 – PresentLagos, Nigeria

Product Manager

UCEE MICROFINANCE BANK
  • •Owned product strategy and roadmap for core banking solutions, aligning cross-functional initiatives with business growth, customer acquisition, and revenue expansion objectives.
  • •Redesigned end-to-end customer onboarding and KYC flows, deploying an automated address verification system that reduced verification time and drove a 32% increase in customer growth within 3 months.
  • •Scaled digital lending and savings products by optimizing user journeys and access speed, resulting in measurable improvements in product adoption and customer retention.
  • •Managed third-party API integrations and partner ecosystems, maintaining high system uptime and ensuring seamless payment and transaction processing across digital channels.
  • •Led cross-functional collaboration across engineering, operations, marketing, and customer experience teams to define requirements and ship high-impact product improvements on time.
  • •Applied data analytics and user research to identify product gaps, prioritize features on the roadmap, and optimize conversion funnels and user retention.
  • •Partnered with Sales and Marketing to execute go-to-market strategies, delivering targeted campaigns that improved user engagement, retention, and product usage metrics.
  • •Improved operational efficiency by streamlining internal workflows and establishing clear communication protocols between business and engineering teams.
  • •Defined and maintained product roadmaps, prioritizing initiatives through structured analysis of customer needs, business goals, and competitive market opportunities.
    • 2025/02 – 2025/11Lagos, Nigeria

    UI/UX Designer

    UCEE MICROFINANCE BANK
  • •Redesigned core UI components, including icons, transaction flows, and savings dashboard, improving navigation clarity and visual consistency across the iOS and Android mobile app.
  • •Conducted end-to-end UX research including user interviews, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing for new features such as in-app notifications, savings products, and push notification systems.
  • •Collaborated with Product Managers and engineers to define product requirements and deliver intuitive, user-centred flows for the savings products redesign, ensuring alignment between design intent and technical implementation.
  • •Designed back-office systems for banking channels, streamlining internal workflows and reducing operational errors through improved interface design and process mapping.
  • •Contributed to a scalable design system, maintaining consistent UI patterns and component libraries across mobile and web platforms to accelerate future product development.
    • 2023/01 – 2023/06Lagos, Nigeria

    Software Engineer Intern

    PWC Experience Center

  • •Collaborated with business analysts to elicit and document product requirements, model workflows, and design intuitive user-facing solutions aligned with business objectives.
  • •Developed process maps and interaction flows to streamline operational workflows, reduce friction, and improve overall product efficiency across key business functions.
  • •Built interactive Power BI dashboards to track KPIs and surface actionable data insights for stakeholders, supporting data-driven decision-making across the team.

    • Education
    2021/01 – 2024/07Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

    BSc. Software Engineering

    Babcock University

    Relevant Coursework: Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence & Applications, Software Requirements Engineering, Software Project Management, Mobile Applications Design & Development, Big Data Engineering, Software Quality Engineering & Testing.

    Skills
    Technical skills

    Product Strategy • Product Operations • API & Third-Party Integrations • Data-Driven Decision Making • Product Analytics • Requirements & Process Optimization • Fintech Systems

    Tools

    Jira • Notion • Microsoft suite • Google Workspace • Slack • Figma • Framer • Canva • Adobe Photoshop

    Soft Skills

    Stakeholder Leadership • Cross-Functional Alignment • Strategic Communication • Problem Solving • Execution & Ownership

    Volunteering
    2012 – presentIjebu ode, Nigeria

    Encouragement Initiative

    Outreach Volunteer/ Media Manager
    2025/06 – 2025/11Lagos

    Genz Summit 3.0

    Creative Director
    2023/05 – 2024/07Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

    Babcock University Students' Association

    Director Of Chaplaincy
    2023/03 – 2024/07Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

    Cowry Touch and Pay Technologies Ltd

    Campus Ambassador
    2021/10 – 2024/07Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

    Cowrywise

    Campus Ambassador
    2022/05 – 2023/05Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

    Babcock University Students' Association

    Hall Senator