Design Thinking in Product Management

Have you been doing user research the wrong way? Jubril Juma takes us on a short journey from the basics of what user experience entails and how to build up one's skills in that sector. He has experience working for  Google and Renmoney, leveraging user research insights for building great products. 

John Onifade thinks, eats, and breathes design thinking. He is a senior product manager at Venture Garden Group (VGG) and an expert when it comes to building products leveraging design thinking fundamentals. He shares his wealth of knowledge and experience on the field with us.

We are speaking with Babatunde Ogidan former VP (Digital Banking) at Team Apt, now  Principal officer at Digcore. Tunde talks about his journey up the Product Management(PM) Ladder. He shares 5 functional skills required to be a leader and tips to becoming more visible as a PM in your organization. 

Do you have plans of working at Facebook or Microsoft someday? listen as Isaac Nwokocha shares about his product management experience at Facebook and Microsoft: Recruitment processes, internal workflows, tools, etc...

This episode is the second part of the discussions with Tunde Adeniran, Group Head Products @ROAM Jobs.  We discussed a number of things ranging from challenges faced to leadership styles, supporting team members' growth, handling insubordination, and leadership styles. It's packed full with tips for anyone interested in leading product teams. ProductCentered Podcast

Meet Tunde Adeniran, Group Head Product Management ROAM Jobs. He has over 10 years of experience and he is very good at leading teams in achieving a common goal. You will get to hear about skills required to lead pm teams, how to get buy-in from top players through formal/ informal methods, and of course his product management journey. Product Centered Podcast

Meet Bunmi Wellington, Group Head Product Management and Development Etranzact.  She has reviewed over 9,000 resumes for product managers and hired a number of them.  We will be discussing product management(pm) interviews. You will get to hear about the skills interviewers are expecting from entry-level and experienced roles.   The do's & dont's and the unique selling points that will make you stand out during a pm job interview.  She also shares some tips for those who want to transition from an adjacent role into a Product Manager role.

Bunmi is one of the leading voices on Product Management in Nigeria and is currently the Group Head, Product Development & Management at Etranzact. We talk about her experience thus far, over 20 years of involvement in technology and finance. How she transitioned into product management and her most rewarding or challenging experiences. She concludes with advice to other product managers on leadership and stakeholder management.

This episode is the second part of the interview with Khadijah  Abu. Khadijah was the former Product Partnership Lead at Paystack, listen as we talk about Partnerships. As product managers, we don't always build from scratch. Khadijah talks about the importance of the right partnerships for faster launch and product validation. She also speaks on how to find the right partners?  What the key things to look out for are, and how to go about verifying the partners.  There is so much knowledge to glean from this episode.

Khadijah Abu, Head of Products at Paystack. Listen as  Khadijah talks  about her product management journey and general expectations from PM's in the fintech space. She elaborates on how fintech products work and the different parties involved. She also clears the air about some hiring myths and shares some personal challenges faced.  You want to listen to the end as she also gives  advice to people interested in becoming Fintech PM's.