Collins Idahosa Aghimien FCA, CPA, PMP, CBAP, MBA

Drove projects initiatives and effectively managed a variety of projects from initiation to closure across product and engineering groups; with a focus on milestones/deadlines, deliverables, budgets, resources, and key stakeholder relations. Translated product vision into a roadmap containing well-defined, prioritised features that realized product vision and value Led Ideation, development, and delivery of new products as well as managed portfolio of existing products for the business and uncovered areas of improvement which grew digital acquiring business by over 250% in less than one year Automated manual transaction processes and enhanced existing processes Provided product leadership and vision; formalize processes, procedures and quality control measures; developed and managed product resource plan and project dependencies. Elicited functional and non-functional business requirements and guided the team through scrum process/ceremonies and sprints with clear understanding of SDLC and agile processes and principles Coordinated various products/projects and proactively identified and fixed anything that would take projects off schedule as well as monitoring milestones, and ensured they were completed according to timelines and budgets. Led the design and deployment of customized digital solutions to clients within an Agile/Scrum environment. Managed the development and launch of web solutions, mobile app and Point of Sales acquiring solutions which drove uptake in user acquisition and digital acquiring sign-ups platforms Led and guided various cross-functional relevant stakeholders and ensured product requirements were clearly communicated to technical team to achieve set goals

Led the ideation, development, and delivery of new digital payment and e-collections products, while also managing the portfolio of existing digital products. Managed the lifecycle of multiple acquiring digital banking products and solutions from research, requirements gathering, documentation, development, testing, release, go-to-market, and maintenance. Facilitated meetings with user groups, Stakeholders for product/service requirement and evaluation of solutions using agile methodologies of the software development lifecycle Implemented and deployed digital mPoS and Mastercard contactless solution and was awarded mPOS Mastercard champion. Grew the Bank's PoS Business from 8th position to attain and maintain 1st position in the industry Conducted Observation of As-Is requirements and helped identify To-Be solution with project SMEs and Technical Teams Provided backlog management and value realisation for digital banking products Developed change management plans for products and change initiatives including managing change communication, training, engagement, adoption, and resistance management plans.