Favour Akinlesi Product Manager
Profile

Product Manager driving product strategy and execution in fintech, with a strong record of scaling products, optimizing user journeys, and delivering measurable growth. Known for turning data and customer insight into high-impact solutions, leading cross-functional teams, and building products that drive adoption, efficiency, and revenue.

Professional Experience
2025/12 – PresentLagos, Nigeria

Product Manager

UNITED CAPITAL PLC
  • •Led product strategy and execution across core banking solutions, driving initiatives aligned with business growth, customer acquisition, and revenue expansion.
  • •Owned and optimized end-to-end customer onboarding and KYC flows, implementing an address verification system that accelerated user verification and drove a 32% increase in customer growth within three months.
  • •Directed the scaling and optimization of digital lending and savings products, improving access speed, user experience, and overall product adoption.
  • •Managed and strengthened third-party integrations and partner ecosystems, ensuring high system reliability and seamless transaction processing.
  • •Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration across engineering, operations, marketing, and customer experience teams to deliver high-impact product improvements.
  • •Leveraged data and user insights to identify product gaps, prioritize features, and continuously optimize user journeys and conversion funnels.
  • •Drove go-to-market execution in partnership with Sales and Marketing, delivering targeted campaigns that increased engagement, retention, and product usage.
  • •Improved operational efficiency by streamlining internal processes and enhancing communication across business and technical teams.
  • •Defined product roadmaps and prioritized initiatives based on customer needs, business goals, and market opportunities.
    • 2025/02 – 2025/11Lagos, Nigeria

    UI/UX Designer

    UNITED CAPITAL PLC

  • •Redesigned icons, transaction flows, and savings dashboard, enhancing navigation and visual consistency across the mobile app.
  • •Conducted user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing for new features such as In-App Notifications, Savings Products, and Push Notifications.
  • •Collaborated with product managers and engineers to define requirements and deliver intuitive user flows for the savings products redesign projects.
  • •Designed back-office systems for the banking channels, improving efficiency and reducing errors by streamlining processes.
  • •Contributed to design system updates, ensuring scalable, consistent interfaces across mobile and web platforms.

    • 2023/01 – 2023/06Lagos, Nigeria

    Software Engineer Intern

    PWC Experience Center

  • •Collaborated with business analysts to gather requirements, model workflows, and design intuitive user-facing solutions.
  • •Developed process maps and interaction flows to streamline operations and improve product efficiency.
  • •Built Power BI dashboards to track KPIs and provide actionable insights for stakeholders.

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

    BSc. Software Engineering

    Babcock University

    Relevant Course Work: Human-Computer Interaction and Emerging Technologies, Big Data Engineering, Software Project management, Software Measurement and Metrics, Mobile Applications Design and Development, Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Software Quality Engineering and Testing, Software Requirements Engineering and Construction, Software Architecture and Design, Software Engineering Economics, Software Evolution and Maintenance.

    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
    2025/06 – 2025/11Lagos

    Genz Summit 3.0

    Creative Director
    2012 – presentIjebu ode, Nigeria

    Encouragement Initiative

    Outreach Volunteer/ Media Manager
    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
    2023/05 – 2024/07Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

    Babcock University Students' Association

    Director Of Chaplaincy
    Certificates