JENNIFER CHINASA AKOKOTA

Builder Product Manager & Business Analyst | Technical Product Management | AI Workflow Automation & Agentic AI | GTM & Growth Strategy

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About

Jennifer Chinasa Akokota is a dynamic Builder Product Manager and Business Analyst who excels at the intersection of business, customers, products, systems, and execution. She translates complex problems into high-impact product requirements, workflows, and growth initiatives, leveraging deep expertise in AI workflow automation, agentic AI concepts, and GTM strategy. Her multidisciplinary approach, strengthened by capabilities in Technical Product Management, Customer Success, and Business Operations, consistently drives digital transformation and delivers measurable value across diverse industries.

Work

ZidiCore

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Product Manager | Business Analyst | AI Workflow Automation

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Summary

Led product and business analysis across client and internal initiatives, translating business problems into product requirements, strategies, and delivery plans within a technology/product consulting environment.

Highlights

Directed product and business analysis for client and internal initiatives, translating complex business problems into structured product requirements, workflows, and actionable strategies.

Applied Builder and Technical Product Management practices, from discovery and requirements definition to UX/product flows, systems thinking, and integration requirements, across cross-functional delivery, testing/review, and launch planning.

Developed and executed GTM, market-entry, and launch strategies for selected products, ensuring alignment of product readiness with acquisition, onboarding, operational execution, and commercialisation.

Coordinated multidisciplinary contributors and supervised junior product/business-analysis team members, maintaining rigorous evidence boundaries between planned, designed, built, tested, deployed, and launched work.

Managed product initiatives across AI-enabled products, CRM/customer-lifecycle solutions, workflow automation, marketplaces, and renewable-energy products.

Propellent HR

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Product Operations Manager (Contract)

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Summary

Managed product operations for an AI-enabled HRTech/career platform, focusing on identifying friction and supporting product improvements to enhance user adoption and external connectivity.

Highlights

Analyzed onboarding, adoption, and product workflows to identify friction points and operational gaps, translating user and operational needs into structured product-improvement requirements for engineering and partner teams.

Supported skills-portfolio and external-connectivity work, including defining API/plugin integration requirements and coordinating implementation efforts.

Connected user-journey insights with product operations and cross-functional execution to support a more coherent adoption experience.

OneHux

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Product Manager (Contract)

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Summary

Managed product and delivery for two concurrent digital builds and an internship/business-operations vertical, focusing on coordination, process improvement, and operational strategies.

Highlights

Drafted the project communications plan and coordinated requirements and delivery communication across the development lifecycle for two concurrent digital builds.

Managed the development team across two concurrent builds (an internal volunteer platform and a client web project), supporting progress, clarification, and delivery coordination.

Initiated, developed, and coordinated the OneHux ODS internship programme.

Led Business Operations for the ODS vertical, supporting process improvement and operational strategies for sustainable programme delivery.

All Smiles Dental Clinic

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Customer Relationship & Business Development Manager | Data Product Analyst, CRM

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Summary

Managed customer relationships and business development, utilizing CRM/data and process improvement to enhance digital customer-service workflows in a dental clinic environment.

Highlights

Supported customer relationship, CRM/data, and business-development activities across the clinic's customer journey and service operations.

Contributed to digitising customer-facing processes, including QR-enabled registration and a consultation-booking workflow.

Worked with CRM and customer information to support follow-up, service coordination, and operational decision-making.

Contributed to process-improvement and digital-transformation initiatives, connecting customer needs with appointment/service workflows and internal operations.

MenuCard / MenuSwift

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Product Manager

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Summary

Managed product lifecycle for a QR-based restaurant ordering platform, overseeing discovery, requirements definition, and delivery coordination.

Highlights

Conducted comprehensive discovery through interviews, surveys, observation, usability work, and pilot feedback to understand customer and restaurant needs.

Translated findings into detailed business and functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, and end-to-end customer/restaurant workflows.

Defined and clarified product features, payment journeys, order/payment states, and third-party integration dependencies in collaboration with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Engineering, QA, DevOps, Sales, Marketing).

Supported sprint planning, backlog refinement, delivery clarification, QA, and pilot validation using product analytics and reporting tools.

Supported a pre-launch pilot involving 20+ restaurants, 100+ users, 180+ QR scans, 50+ orders, and 43+ payments, achieving a 65%+ menu-to-order conversion and a reported 40% reduction in order-completion time.

HNG Tech

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Product Management Intern

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Summary

Participated in a product management training and internship program, contributing to product discovery, requirements definition, and structured product documentation.

Highlights

Worked within a product team on product discovery, requirements, and structured product documentation.

Contributed to user stories/specifications and UX/process-flow definition for a payment-gateway product initiative.

Collaborated with team members through product review and mentor-feedback cycles, refining product thinking and delivery artefacts.

Hiematech Systems

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Branch Business Operations Manager | Associate Business Analyst

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Summary

Managed branch business operations and supported business analysis and customer success activities in an electrical-technology services business.

Highlights

Managed branch business operations while supporting business analysis and customer success activities across technology-service engagements.

Clarified customer and business requirements, analyzed operational processes, and identified gaps affecting service delivery and coordination.

Connected customer needs with technical/service teams, supporting stakeholder alignment, communication, and technology-enabled service delivery.

Utilized operational and customer information to support process improvement and business decision-making.

Kornerstone Counselling Centre

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Programs Coordinator [working title]

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Summary

Planned and coordinated community programmes across education, youth development, and social welfare, supporting administration, operations, and stakeholder engagement.

Highlights

Planned and coordinated community programmes across education, youth development, and social welfare, supporting programme administration, operations, communications, and stakeholder engagement.

Coordinated an Education Initiative for underserved and academically struggling young people across Victoria Island, Lekki, and Ajah, focusing on Mathematics, STEM, entrepreneurial, learning/study, and etiquette skills.

Initiated and coordinated an African Child Day programme focused on awareness and protection of vulnerable children, coordinating speakers, panellists, stakeholders, communications, and execution.

Applied early needs-analysis and operational-planning practices to understand programme requirements, coordinate people/resources, and support structured programme delivery.

Supported additional Community Feeding and Prison Outreach initiatives; exact scope and quantified outcomes remain subject to evidence enrichment.

Education

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

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BSc Computer Science

Languages

English

Certificates

Data Analytics

Cisco

Workflow Specialist

Asana

Product Management Certification

HNG

Product Management

Betechified

Agile Project Management

HP LIFE

Google African Developers Program

Google

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements Engineering, Process & Workflow Analysis, Current/Future-State Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Business Rules, Requirements Traceability, Business-to-Technical Translation.

Product Management

Product Discovery, Product Strategy, PRDs, Roadmaps, Prioritisation, Product Delivery, Product Operations, Product Launch, GTM, Market Entry, Validation, Product Definition, Cross-functional Delivery.

Technical Product & Systems

Systems Thinking, System Design Thinking, Product Architecture, System & User Flows, API/Integration Requirements, Technical Translation, Dependencies, QA/Review, 0→1 Discovery, Product/System Flows, Technical Collaboration.

AI & Automation

AI Product Strategy, AI Workflow Automation, Conversational Workflows, CRM Automation, Agentic AI Concepts, Workflow Design, AI Product Requirements, Workflow Optimisation.

Growth & GTM Strategy

GTM Strategy, Market Entry, Launch Planning, Adoption, Commercialisation, Growth Thinking.

Customer & Operations

Customer Success, Customer Experience, Customer Journey Mapping, Onboarding, Adoption, CRM/Customer Lifecycle, Process Improvement, Business Operations, Customer Operations, Programme Coordination, Retention/Re-engagement Thinking, Service Improvement, Operational Coordination, Decision Support, Governance.

Programme Management

Programme Planning, Workstreams, Stakeholder Coordination, Timelines, Dependencies, Programme Operations, Programme Delivery, Execution Support.

Analytics & Product Tools

Excel, Power BI, Mixpanel, Google Analytics / GA4, Figma, Google Sheets, SurveyMonkey, Miro.

Projects

AI Training School

Summary

Supporting evidence for AI Product Strategy and digital-product thinking.

SolarConnect / UcheKings Solar

Summary

Mobile-first solar lifecycle platform spanning design, supply, installation, maintenance, upgrades, and financing.

Agary / Doppelherz Revenue Engine

Summary

Digital revenue engine requiring translation of commercial and operational needs into product/functional requirements and technical design.

CheckinBliss

Summary

Property acquisition, validation, onboarding, and launch readiness for the Lagos market.

Zimlocks

Summary

Strategic synthesis of current-state findings into strategic themes and recommendations, translated into a Power BI decision-support framework.

Serene & Co

Summary

WhatsApp-led customer-management problem translated into business/product requirements, customer-lifecycle logic, and a CRM/automation/WhatsApp interaction model.

Lorc AI

Summary

AI knowledge assistant targeting use cases in healthcare, education, and agriculture.

WhatsApp AI Agent Suite

Summary

AI Product Strategy, modular agent architecture, conversational workflows, CRM requirements, and integration/tool requirements established at product/solution-design level.

Zidi Mini AI

Summary

Technical Product Management evidence across product planning, requirements, feature definition, product/UX flows, technical coordination, testing/review, and deployment-related activity.

Freelance Jobs Search Automation

Summary

Supporting evidence for workflow analysis, process optimisation, automation, and Product Operations.

MenuCard / MenuSwift

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Summary

QR-based restaurant ordering product supporting menu discovery, ordering, payment, and fulfilment workflows for restaurants and customers.