Uchechi Ugboaja

Project Manager with 3+ years leading product strategy, roadmap ownership, and cross-functional delivery for early-stage startups, an agri-tech e-commerce platform, and a technology venture I helped scale. Skilled at translating market research and customer feedback into prioritised, data-backed roadmaps, writing clear PRDs, and driving products from concept through launch and post-launch iteration. Strong technical grounding in frontend engineering enables close, credible collaboration with engineering, design, and marketing teams.

Project/Product Manager at AbakalikiRice.com (2025-12 – Present)

• Leading product strategy and end-to-end delivery for a dual-sided agri-tech e-commerce platform, managing a 20-person cross-functional team comprising engineers, designers, agronomy advisors, community liaisons, and marketing specialists.
• Defined and owned the product roadmap from discovery through to public launch, aligning technical milestones with seasonal agricultural cycles and community impact objectives across Ebonyi State.
• Bridged communication between technical team members (frontend, backend, and QA engineers) and non-technical stakeholders (farmers, community advocates, and operations staff), establishing shared workflows that reduced miscommunication-related delays
• Authored and maintained all product documentation, including PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint plans, ensuring every team member, regardless of technical background, could understand and contribute to delivery goals.
• Coordinated vendor integrations for payment processing, logistics, and inventory management, reducing anticipated fulfilment friction for smallholder sellers at launch.
• Managed stakeholder reporting to founders and advisors, presenting fortnightly product health updates covering scope, risk, team velocity, and pre-launch KPIs.

Project Manager/Director of Operations at Safrta Innovations (2026-03 – Present)

• Scaled a technology company specialising in building MVPs and digital products for early-stage startups and businesses, growing.
• Defined and owned the product vision, strategy, and roadmap across all client engagements, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical delivery.
• Led cross-functional teams of designers, developers, and QA engineers, maintaining a project delivery rate of 85% on time and within budget.
• Introduced agile delivery frameworks (Scrum/Kanban) across all internal teams, reducing average product delivery cycles by 15% and improving sprint predictability.
• Established robust operational workflows and documentation standards, cutting onboarding time for new team members by 12%.
• Managed stakeholder relationships and client expectations directly, resulting in a 60% client retention rate and multiple referral-led engagements.
• Oversaw product discovery, user research, and competitive analysis for clients, enabling data-driven feature prioritisation that improved user retention by 50% on average post-launch.

Project/Product Manager at CodeInPixels (2024-10 – 2025-12)

• Managed a portfolio of 3 concurrent digital projects, delivering all within agreed timelines and scope.
• Led end-to-end product development lifecycle from requirements gathering and wireframing to UAT and post-launch iteration.
• Collaborated with engineering, design, marketing, and C-suite stakeholders to align product goals with company OKRs, increasing feature adoption within the first quarter post-release.
• Developed and maintained comprehensive project documentation, including PRDs, sprint plans, risk registers, and stakeholder reports, improving team transparency and accountability.
• Facilitated agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint planning) for a team of 8, sustaining a consistent velocity and reducing blockers by 10%.

Front-End Developer at AutoMagic (2023-10 – 2024-08)

• Collaborated with backend teams to establish efficient connections between frontend and backend systems.
• Developed interactive user interfaces that were responsive, easy to use and accessible.
• Conducted regular meetings with stakeholders to ensure the project aligns with business goals.
• Devised a comprehensive test suite to confirm functionality and performance of front-end applications.

Technical writer/Content engineer (Contract) at Moonshot Commons (2023-03 – 2023-09)

• Authored quality tutorials to guide developers in enhancing their software development skills.
• Developed learning roadmaps to streamline students’ learning pathways.

Code Reviewer(Part-time) at Microverse (2022-06 – 2023-01)

• Reduced 25% of errors that went unnoticed in the initial phase of development through methodical assessments of code.
• Improved performance of software products by 10% and reduced the number of vulnerabilities in code.
• Fostered a positive environment for constructive critiques and make sure my code reviews solved problems rather than cause them.

Full-Stack Developer at Microverse (2021-08 – 2022-04)

• Constructed a responsive user interface that increased user experience by 50%.
• Built an average of 10 new sites and product features per month.
• Collaborated with senior developers to build fully functional applications.
• Developed REST APIs and comprehensive backend solutions.

Bachelor of Science(BSc) in Computer Science – Miva University (2026-05)

High School Diploma – LongFord International School (2013-09 – 2019-07)