Phyian Karinge
Summary
Phyian Karinge is an award-winning techie and product manager with 4 years of experiences working customers to build SaaS B2B and B2C products. She has experience in managing end-to-end product lifecycles and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact technical projects. Phyian is adept at writing detailed functional specifications, proficient in Agile and Scrum methodologies and has a strong focus on achieving measurable business outcomes. Aside from her work with products, she is also the founder of YoungTechiez, a community making tech familiar in Africa. Her leadership in the tech industry has seen her speak at global events like the Google WomenTechMakers, the African Media Festival, WIDS by Microsoft, FEMSA Kenya, the UNSGA round table only to mention a few.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Manager
AgriBORA
09.2023 - Current
- Saved 30% of the development costs by building two complex products driven by strategy with validated features from users
- Reduced bug resolution from 1week to 2 days by creating an IT Service management system to efficiently report and resolve bugs according to severity.
- Managed a portfolio of technical projects including a credit recommendation engine and ensured timely delivery and alignment with company goals.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams across India and Syria to develop technical products , achieving a 10% reduction in time-to-market for new features.
- Created developer clarity by creating comprehensive functional specifications for technical projects, resulting in efficient project execution.
- Led the team to a successful investment milestone by European Space Agency following the successful development of a credit recommendation engine.
- Led the product development of two core products simultaneously from conception, research, validation, design, implementation, testing and launch to market.
- Developed a comprehensive product roadmap stemming from the product strategy which met user requirements and business requirements.
- Improved communication across the team by developing and nurturing stakeholder relationships to ensure work plan alignment and efficient collaboration.
Product Manager Consultant
Phindor
09.2022 - 02.2023
- Managing a team to conduct user research and identify consumer needs to derive product requirements for the MVP Prototype
- Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
- Creating the product vision, product strategy, success metrics, and milestones as well as possible growth opportunities for the product and organisation
- Creating the product backlog and feature prioritisation for LISA, a data and AI-driven mobile application built to organise and analyse SME data to support their growth through actionable insights.
Product Manager
TWAA Community
08.2020 - 01.2022
- Reduced the platform bounce rate by 10% through analysis on product usage by remedying issues like loading speed and UX gaps.
- Led the development of 5 key features from road mapping, conception, design, development up to launch and usage by over 5000 users across 25 countries
- Executed extensive product testing including stress and beta testing to ensure the successful launch and promotion to 25 countries
- Built and maintained relationships with key stakeholders and partners to help champion the mission of the platform, resulting in the growth of users to 5000+
- Conducted in-depth market analyses on customers' experiences on the platform, to address their specific pain points and improve their user experience
- Improved developer team performance by conducting weekly stand-ups to monitor and evaluate the users and the developers' challenges and progress.
Technology Consultant
Lumen Labs Limited
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Implementing the curriculum where the students were able to creatively solve community problems using Technology -
- Coordinating the training sessions, while actively interacting with the girls on the problems facing the community and the ways to solve them
- Overseeing the mobile surveys that were steered by the girls on the community for data collection on the problems they face
- Imparting basic technical skills in a creative way that would enable the girls to creatively solve community problems.
Education
Standard Query Language (SQL), Data Analysis -
W3 SCHOOLS
Product Management -
CareerFoundry
12.2022
Bachelor in Business and Information Technology - Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
04.2021
Skills
- Technical Product roadmapping
- Sprint planning and implementation
- Product validation
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Technical Project Management
- Writing Functional Specifications
- Agile and Scrum Methodologies
- Stakeholder management
- API Management
- UX/UI Design
- Product analytics
- Cloud Technologies
Accomplishments
Founder of YoungTechiez
Built a platform to educate and facilitate the uptake of technology for young people in Africa, with over 3000 people subscribed and 2 EduTech partners.
Global Award Winner - WomenInTech
I won a global award based on the achievement with the tech community built and nurtured since 2022
Technical Training Partnership
Through Youngtechiez, we managed to partner with Zindua School, to run upskilling programs in Data Analysis and Web Design. We have successfully trained over 150 students in 6 months.
Author of 'HER & HER'
A psychologically themed book based on MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) that has garnered 3000 reads and a feature article on millennial stars.
Timeline
Product Manager
AgriBORA
09.2023 - Current
Product Manager Consultant
Phindor
09.2022 - 02.2023
Product Manager
TWAA Community
08.2020 - 01.2022
Technology Consultant
Lumen Labs Limited
01.2020 - 03.2020
Standard Query Language (SQL), Data Analysis -
W3 SCHOOLS
Product Management -
CareerFoundry
Bachelor in Business and Information Technology - Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
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