Evidence Review Help - Exceptional Promise - Product Manager

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Please, I need all the feedback I can get.

Note: I am a

  1. Co-founder, product manager/product owner at Company A. (Digital Review Platform - B2C/B2B) - Yebo Kenny - South Africa/Nigeria (Product has 400+ subscribers in SA and about 100 in Nigeria)

  2. Product Manager at Company B (Payment Infrastructure company - B2C/B2B) - Fintech

  3. Product manager at Company C (Property Technology Company- B2C) - Property technology company

  4. Product manager/Subject matter expert at Company D (Edtech - B2C) - Active in over 8 African countries with over 2 million downloads on the app store.

LOR - All recommenders have known me and my work for more than a year.

  1. CEO of Edtech company
  2. CEO of Fintech Company
  3. Head of Innovation at a leading African payment solutions company that I partnered with to deploy a payment gateway for Company A

MC

  1. MC1_Evidence that I led the growth of a product-led digital technology company, product, or team inside a digital technology company - - (Product Leadership) - Company B - Fintech: Documents - ✓ Insurance Module PRD ✓ Product Roadmap Q3-Q4 2024 ✓ Referral Programme PRD ✓ Post-MVP Update PRD

  2. MC2_Professional_Credentials_Leadership.pdf" Evidence to Include: Documents - ✓ CSPO Certificate (Scrum Alliance) - Valid through: November 30, 2027 - Full certificate image, ✓ SAFe 6 POPM Certificate (Scaled Agile) - Valid through: December 1, 2026 - “AI-Empowered” designation - Full certificate image

  3. MC3_Evidence of Employment and Product Contribution at a Globally Recognised Digital Technology Company - Company D - Edtech, ✓ Employment Contract ✓ Curriculum Production Tracker ✓ Product Development Document (Pressure Groups) ✓ Live app screenshots (3 exam boards) ✓ Google Play Store (2M+ downloads) ✓ TIME Magazine ranking

  4. MC4_MC4: Additional Employment Evidence or Leadership Contribution - Company A. Evidence to Include: ✓ Co-founder Agreement (30% equity stake) ✓ Company Registration (YeboKenny Media Pty Ltd, South Africa) ✓ Share Certificate ✓ Google Play listing (100+ downloads) ✓ Website

OC1
OC1-1: Payment Infrastructure Innovation at Company B - Fintech

Innovation Claims: 1. PCI DSS Compliant Infrastructure (first at this scale in Nigeria) 2. Automated Bill Payment System (virtual cards, auto-funding) 3. Real-Time Transaction Monitoring (60% MTTR reduction) 4. Multi-Channel Payment Orchestration (bank, card, mobile money)

Evidence to Include: ✓ PCI DSS Compliance Certificate ✓ Confluence Documentation - Bill Plans Feature ✓ JIRA Sprint Management (251 work items) ✓ Daily Standup Documentation ✓ Payment Method Selection UI screenshot ✓ Product Roadmap 2023 from Jira

Supporting Documents: - PCI_DSS_Certificate_Lint_Finance.pdf, Bill_Plans_Confluence_Documentation.pdf, JIRA_Sprint_Board_Screenshot.pdf

OC1-2: PropTech Innovation at Company C
Innovation Claims:

PART 1 - Company CRM: - African-built CRM for real estate operations - Integrated ERP (Sales, Finance, HR, Tasks, Projects) - B2B SaaS commercialization model - Real-time business intelligence

PART 2 - MATTRACK: - Real-time material tracking (store → site → house) - Replaced manual Excel system - 80% wastage reduction (25% → 5%) - 465+ material types tracked

Evidence to Include: ✓ CRM website screenshot ✓ CRM Sales Dashboard (₦19.42B tracked) ✓ MATTRACK “Before” screenshot (Excel chaos) ✓ MATTRACK “After” screenshot (465 records, digital system) ✓ CEO confirmation letter

OC3
OC3-1: Company A - Entrepreneurial Commercial Success

Commercial Achievement: - Screenshot of dashboard showing 430+ subscribers - 100+ app downloads (Google Play) - Multi-market operation (SA + Nigeria) - 4 subscription tiers (Free, Silver R85/m, Gold R210/q, Platinum R720/y)

Evidence to Include: ✓ Subscription Revenue Model screenshot (pricing page) ✓ Product Dashboard (430 subscribers visible) ✓ Google Play Store listing (100+ downloads) ✓ Multi-market evidence (SA + Nigeria visible) ✓ Paystack payment integration screenshot

OC3-2: Company B - Fintech - Revenue & Scale Impact
Commercial Achievement: - 4,952 paying subscribers - 4.47% month-over-month growth - 87% transaction success rate - 2,225 successful transactions monthly - 99.5%+ uptime

Evidence to Include: ✓ Subscriber Base screenshot (4,952 subscribers visible) ✓ Transaction Success Metrics (87% success rate) ✓ User Growth Dashboard (active users chart) ✓ Referral Programme PRD screenshot

@Francisca_Chiedu @Akash_Joshi

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@MeshachAdams You are eligible to apply as an Experienced Product manager, however you have to be working in a technological company, which appears you are.

For a clearer narrative, I will suggest you stick with the Co-Founder/Product manager.

Your LOR authors appear to be okay, but you want to check their LinkedIn profile to be sure they have a strong career trajectory in the tech sector.

MC

From experience, it’s a bit challenging to technically or commercially show how you led the growth of a product-led digital technology company as a Product manager, since you not building the product nor marketing it, you can however show product growth, most times this is not compelling enough for MC

Professional certification can give credibility or enhance your narrative, however, they are not accepted as evidence.

Employment Contract, Curriculum Production Tracker, Product Development Document and what have we, are not convincing evidence sets to show contribution in a company. Google Play Store (2M+ downloads) can not be attributed to you as a Product Manger, it’s as a result of the company’s product built by the team.

Also, Co-founder Agreement (30% equity stake), Company Registration (YeboKenny Media Pty Ltd, South Africa) and so, are good sets of documents but will still not show leadership or contribution.

OC1
Do you have a registered patent for PCI DSS Compliant Infrastructure (first at this scale in Nigeria)? Other things listed are not new in the payment domain. Also compliance certificate does not make it innovative, just that it meets the required standard for operation.

OC3
From recent feedbacks, dashboards evidence without external validation are termed as being self authored. Subscribers, downloads and what have you, you need to show how you own these, ownership - So it’s not termed as company or team success, even at that, most of the evidence listing in OC3 are not unique, evidence sets need to be.

Overall, you are eligible as an experienced product manager/co-founder. However, you evidence is weak.

All the best.

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