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Afolake Odubote

London,United Kingdom

Summary

Driven professional with knack for strategic thinking and collaboration, excelling in stakeholder management and agile methodologies. Demonstrates strong analytical skills coupled with keen ability to prioritise tasks effectively. Poised to drive product development and deliver impactful results in a product owner role.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Product Owner

Lovebox Africa
Lagos, Nigeria
06.2023 - 08.2025
  • Architected and managed multi-provider payment integration system connecting 8+ payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Flutterwave) through unified RESTful API layer, processing secure data sharing between international payment networks, local banking systems, and merchant platforms while maintaining PCI DSS compliance standards.
  • Built reusable payment integration components using event-driven messaging patterns that enabled 3 new product features across gift delivery, subscription services, and B2B corporate solutions, reducing future integration development time by 60% through standardized API contracts.
  • Simultaneously managed technical teams (10+ engineers), C-level executives, and external payment partners during critical system migrations, translating complex integration challenges into business impact metrics and securing buy-in for 150K+ GBP infrastructure investments.


Product Designer

Torus Mara
Delaware, U.S.A
05.2022 - 06.2023


  • Managed development and launch of card feature to cater to Designed and launched "Omni" - a sophisticated multi-currency payment integration platform connecting cryptocurrency exchanges, traditional banking networks, and merchant payment systems through micro-services architecture and event-driven messaging, processing $20M+ monthly transaction volume across 15+ integrated financial institutions with 99.9% uptime.
  • Established reusable integration patterns and API design standards used across 5 distinct financial products, creating standardised authentication, error handling, and data format protocols that reduced new product integration time from 12 weeks to 4 weeks.
  • Built and led technical design team from 2 to 6 members while establishing integration best practices, creating comprehensive technical documentation on Confluence that improved team productivity by 40% and became company-wide standard for API integration projects.
  • Pioneered cryptocurrency-fiat payment bridge technology, solving complex technical challenges around real-time currency conversion, regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, and seamless user experience design, establishing Torus Mara as early leader in crypto-traditional finance integration space.
  • Created admin dashboard for seamless data management, improving operational efficiency by 60% and efficient management of pending KYC while giving customers seamless onboarding process.


UI/UX Intern

Alerzo
Ibadan
04.2021 - 07.2022
  • Company Overview: The operating system powering businesses in Africa
  • Led qualitative and quantitative market research and competitor product analysis for the digital health industry to inform the development & implementation of go-to-market strategies for expansion across Europe.
  • Created and co-delivered multiple presentations to company senior executives and business stakeholders on marketplace analysis, providing strategic insights and business recommendations.
  • The operating system powering businesses in Africa

Education

Master of Science - Business with Business Analysis

Northumbria University
London, United Kingdom
05.2023 - 09.2024

Bachelor of Science - Entrepreneurial Studies

Federal University of Agriculture
Nigeria
09.2019 - 01.2021

Skills


  • Product lifecycle management
  • Agile and scrum methodologies
  • Product design & management
  • User research
  • Market research
  • Data analysis
  • User testing
  • Stakeholder management
  • Strategic roadmapping
  • Technical documentation
  • JIRA
  • Figma
  • Confluence
  • Kanban
  • Notion
  • Miro


Affiliations

Women Coding Community London

Open Source Contributor & Interaction Designer January 2025 – Present

● Open-source contributor to the Women Coding Community (WCC) website.

● Implementing features and creating solution centered designs to enhance user experience.


Her Story Nigeria Nigeria

Team Lead February 2023 – Present

● Leading impactful initiatives, empowering business women with skills and tools while addressing critical community challenges.


Aleto Foundation London, UK

Delegate & Buddy July 2024 – June 2025

● Worked closely with professionals from DMG media to tackle the issues of media consumption and provide solutions for sustainability around media growth by 2030.

Certification

The AI-Driven Product Designer

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/d498e1022ac61ce4b6777bf855b3d2aad54bff597883aed0dc7690693c7b9b3a


Summer Leadership Programme by Aleto Foundation x Dmg media x Community Fund


User Interface & User Experience Design by Impressive for Good x 14G Training.

Interest

Product Impact, Reading, Speaking, SDGs, cooking and painting.


Timeline

Product Owner

Lovebox Africa
06.2023 - 08.2025

Master of Science - Business with Business Analysis

Northumbria University
05.2023 - 09.2024

Product Designer

Torus Mara
05.2022 - 06.2023

UI/UX Intern

Alerzo
04.2021 - 07.2022

Bachelor of Science - Entrepreneurial Studies

Federal University of Agriculture
09.2019 - 01.2021

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