Product Owner
Resume:
Henry ADEDAYO (* Harlestone Court, Milton Keynes, England)
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Hands-on Product Owner with strong communication and stakeholder management skills that allow an interface between business and technical teams. Successfully worked on multiple high-paced projects utilising the full Software Development Life Cycle using Agile Scrum methodologies. Work Experience
(UCB Pharma, Belgium) Digital Product Owner(2019-Present)
• Worked with the Product Management team to define the product roadmap from a digital perspective, driving delivery of regular improvements to performance, usability, and customer experience
• Created and maintained a prioritised backlog based on business need, data/analytics, customer feedback, competition, and stakeholder input
• Took an active role in our Product Owner community, collaborating and sharing product ownership/digital expertise with the wider group.
• Used customer research and data to create proof-of-concept prototypes (working with the wider Digital team) for user testing and iteration
• Collaborated with external third-party partners, business stakeholders and product teams to ensure delivery timelines for dependencies
• Maintained a deep understanding of customer experience and market competition to identify and fill gaps, and generate new ideas that improve customer experience and drive growth across the business
(Sophos, Oxford, UK) Digital Business Analyst (2017-2019)
• Heavily contributed to Vision and Program Backlog.
• Owned team backlog and implementation.
• Owned the implementation and delivery plans to ensure benefits are realised by our customers as early as possible.
• Took a lead role in planning our program increments.
• Gathered and clarified business ideas/requirements and employed innovative approaches to develop these into design concepts.
• Took responsibility for business analysis, where the advice given, and decisions made will have a measurable impact on the profitability or effectiveness of the organisation.
• Analysed the characteristics of users and their tasks, the technical, organisational, and physical environment in which products or systems will operate.
• Drove Sprint goals and Sprint content via prioritized stories.
• Accepted Sprint increments.
• Established story acceptance criteria, accept stories into the baseline.
• Formally assessed the usability of new or existing products or services.
(Jaguar land Rover, Coventry, UK) Product Owner (2015-2017)
• Worked with the Product leadership and other Product Managers on aligning to the platform vision and strategy.
• Relayed the product vision clearly and concisely to the Engineering team
• Collaborated with Product Management to understand customer and user needs,
• Sought out new opportunities and established actionable insights to form a concise product backlog
• Balanced the needs of the business, the customer, and technology to make timely, validated, and clear decisions regarding the product (including sometimes saying "no" or "not now" as the right answer)
• Contributed to the wider product roadmap planning and co-ordination effort to ensure a holistic customer experience, and professional operations
• Prioritized the backlog to focus on product impact, health, and objectives
• Explained the product and its roadmap to business stakeholders including Marketing and Business Development when necessary
• Worked with the Design and Engineering teams to clearly define requirements and acceptance criteria, to deliver the most value to our users
(Document Logistix UK) Scrum Product Owner (2013-2015)
• Built a relationship with the Design team to establish and maintain our collective understanding of the user.
• Worked with the colleagues in Product to communicate the release of new features and encouraged effective adoption amongst customer bases.
• Served as the voice of the client.
• Worked with internal and external customers to analyse the needs and aligned the product roadmap to strategic goals.
• Developed scope and defined backlog items (epics/features/user stories) that guided the Agile software development team.
• Possessed a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies.
• Assessed value, develop cases, and prioritised stories, epics, and themes to ensure work focused on those with a maximum value that are aligned with our product strategy.
(AIC Group, Lueneburg, Germany) BI Analyst/Scrum Master (2010-2013)
• Prioritised the development backlog across all Digital Transformation products.
• Worked with key stakeholders to understand and deliver new business needs
• Created and manage the technical roadmap to deliver the product vision
• Instilled best-practice agile methodologies, coaching internal stakeholders where necessary to improve business understanding of the lifecycle.
• Worked with the Product Management team to define the product roadmap from a digital perspective, driving delivery of regular improvements to performance, usability, and customer experience
• Created and maintain a prioritised backlog based on business need, data/analytics, customer feedback, competition, and stakeholder input
• Used customer research and data to create proof-of-concept prototypes (working with the wider Digital team) for user testing and iteration
• Created buy-in to solutions and approaches both internally and with key external partners Dydon Technologies (UK) (Product Designer) 2005-2010
• Collaborated with external third-party partners, business stakeholders and product teams to ensure delivery timelines for dependencies
• Maintained a deep understanding of customer experience and market competition to identify and fill gaps, and generate new ideas that improve customer experience and drive growth across the business
• Prioritised activities based on business goals, objectives, and customer impact
• Drove and presented product / feature launches working with stakeholders
• Acted as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding
• Sought learning from the product community and shared findings with the business
• Kept stakeholders and the wider business informed of progress of the product, vision, and goals of the product
Courses & Certifications
• B.Sc. Physics (1985-1989)
• B.Sc. Business Information Technology (1992-1996)
• ISEB Software Testing
• MicroStrategy BI & Analytics
• Cloud Applications
• Project Management
• Professional Scrum Master
• Requirements Engineering
• MCSA
Core Proficiencies
Product development
Strategic Planning
Process documentation
Software as a Service
Agile/Scrum/Waterfall Methodologies/SAFe
Quality Assurance
Process improvement
Cloud computing
SDLC
Release management
Continuous improvement
Consulting
Project management
Business Analysis
Business Intelligence
Continuous delivery & integration
Skills
Conceptual Skills
Agile & Scrum
User-Centred design Processes
Design quality standards
Service & Product design methodologies
Conducting design sprints
User validation
Analytical skills
Critical thinking
Problem solving
Time management
Leadership Skills
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Miro, Balsamiq, Gliffy, Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio, Smaply, Uxpressia, projectmanager, Roadmusk, Product Plan, Zendesk, Amplitude, Airtable, Airfocus Interests
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Digital Transformation
• Robotics
• Photography
• German
References available upon Request
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