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Angeline Muga Awiti

Dublin,Ireland

Summary

Experienced professional focused on product management with track record of driving product development from concept to launch. Capable of aligning cross-functional teams to achieve strategic goals, leveraging strengths in market analysis and stakeholder management. Skilled in utilising agile and waterfall methodologies to enhance product lifecycle and deliver consumer-centric solutions.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Product Manager II

Microsoft
Dublin, Ireland
10.2022 - 06.2025
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with engineering, user research, and data science teams to develop customer-centric features and solutions.
  • Design and implement AI-powered experiences, ensuring seamless integration for all customers.
  • Monitor key performance metrics to measure product effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
  • Managed key stakeholder relationships for strategic partnerships across different business units in the company.
  • Managed product life cycle from concept through to post-launch evaluation

Key Achievements

  • Spearheaded the launch of Anti-Fraud features, delivering $10M+ in savings in FY24 and $15M in FY25.
  • Developed the strategy for account recovery, working closely with engineering to build consumer-centric secure solutions
  • Successfully shipped two protection features within the account sign-up flow, preventing fraudulent account creation and reinforcing security measures

Senior Product Manager

One Acre Fund
Kigali, Rwanda
03.2021 - 10.2022
  • Managed stakeholder engagement with internal sales, finance, and operations teams to assess impact and enhance efficiency for over 2 million farmers through targeted technology solutions, including a CRM.
  • Managed benchmarks, product demonstrations, and performance evaluation testimonials and prioritized roadmap to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Led design meetings and strategic decision-making across business owners, engineering and design teams, facilitating collaboration and stakeholder alignment.
  • Developed comprehensive product documentation, clearly communicating upcoming features to internal teams and leadership.
  • Liaised with end users and clients to gain a deeper understanding of the current market landscape and business needs.

Key Achievements

  • Managed the development of an internal, launching an upgraded Admin Portal for program configuration, user management, and client data management supporting over 4 million clients.
  • Oversaw SAP and Odoo customisations, ensuring seamless third-party CRM integrations to optimize business workflows
  • Successfully shipped a Point of Sale System, now utilized in retail programs, servicing over 2 million farmers across all operational regions.

Product Manager

One Acre Fund
Kigali, Rwanda
04.2020 - 03.2021
  • Led the development and delivery of mobile applications using Agile methodologies, ensuring seamless transition from product deployment to usage.
  • Managed stakeholder communications, aligning cross-functional teams for efficient collaboration in the creation of data-driven software solutions .
  • Developed detailed product documentation, ensuring clear communication of upcoming features to internal teams.
  • Defined and documented user stories, specifications, and product requirements to guide development workflow.
  • Translated complex technical information into easily comprehensible language for non-technical stakeholders.

Key Achievements

  • Contributed to the standardization of process technology development in 10 countries in Africa and Asia, optimizing efficiency.
  • Overcame pandemic-related challenges to launch 3 products, including USSD Services, Mobile Dashboard, and Reporting Tools in 6 months, enabling seamless operations and assisting over 1 million farmers enroll and pay for farm inputs.
  • Launched the organizations' first ever IVR service, now used by 200,000+ farmers in Kenya to access nutrition information.
  • Spearheaded strategy formation to deliver data needs across 10 countries and over 20 teams.

Product Manager

Spark MicroGrants
Kampala, Uganda
06.2018 - 07.2019
  • Optimized product development by leveraging customer data insights, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance usability and functionality.
  • Managed a software development team, defined standard processes to create and launch technology products across the organization, and hired talent as needed.
  • Surveyed users to collect usability and functionality feedback and develop new technology features.
  • Designed innovative software systems for the organization and its partners and liaised between a software technology team and organization management.
  • Compiled status reports and represented the department in high-level meetings.
  • Designed innovative software systems for the organization and its partners and liaised between a software technology team and organization management.
  • Compiled status reports and represented the department in high-level meetings.
  • Managed a budget and directed planning, budgeting, vendor selection, and quality assurance efforts.
  • Coordinated with field teams to launch products on time and within budgets across different countries.

Key Achievements

  • Spearheaded the development and scaling of two mobile applications, expanding operational capacity from 30 to 500+ partner staff.
  • Implemented Waterfall methodology to successfully launch an internal CRM system, improving community data management and field staff performance tracking as well as reporting.
  • Thrived in fast-paced, highly adept teams, contributing to the development and prioritization of product features, along with strategic product roadmaps.

Project Manager

BabyScope Project
Kampala, Uganda
09.2016 - 06.2018
  • Planned, designed and scheduled project phases with managerial responsibility of the entire product lifecycle, including strategic planning for BabyScope.
  • Identified successful outcomes and insights, provided future recommendations, and drafted reports.
  • Collaborated with an engineering team to design and test various prototypes.

Key Achievements

  • Completed and tested successful proof of concept for BabyScope utilizing customer information.
  • Published and presented a paper at the IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Information (BHI) in 2016.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Makerere University

Skills

  • Stakeholder management
  • CRM software management
  • Agile methodology mastery
  • Software development understanding
  • Product lifecycle mastery
  • Product development process
  • User experience design
  • Communication proficiency
  • Project management and delivery
  • Performance metrics analysis

Certification

  • Professional Scrum Product Owner I, 01/01/21
  • Microsoft Interns4Africa Program, 01/01/17

Accomplishments

  • Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Cohort 14 Fellow
  • Global Innovation through Science & Technology 2016 Semi-Finalist (Android-Based Digital Fetoscope)
  • 1st Runner Up, Ericsson Challenge (Android-Based Digital Fetoscope)
  • Google Zawadi Scholarship
  • Zawadi Africa Fund, Best Innovation 2013

PUBLICATIONS

Design and implementation of an Android based digital fetoscope, Angeline Muga Awiti, et. al., Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), 05/21/16

Timeline

Product Manager II

Microsoft
10.2022 - 06.2025

Senior Product Manager

One Acre Fund
03.2021 - 10.2022

Product Manager

One Acre Fund
04.2020 - 03.2021

Product Manager

Spark MicroGrants
06.2018 - 07.2019

Project Manager

BabyScope Project
09.2016 - 06.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Makerere University
Angeline Muga Awiti