Product Management & Ownership
An IT professional that considers himself to be flexible with the ability to perform a range of concurrent roles. Mujahid's key strengths lie in his ability to analyse, monitor and innovatively provide improvement opportunities whilst ensuring its delivery is matched with the highest levels of service. Coupled with this is a strong ability to Lead, design, implement and monitor products, features and functionality efficiently in any professional setting.
As a Product Owner with 6+ years' experience in Business Analysis and Product Management in small start-up business environments to large corporations, He is an effective driver of all products or services and its development through agile lifecycles from concept to delivery.
Utilizing clear and accurate communication and collaboration skills and with a proven history of improving business operations to support corporate growth and revenue. Majority of his experiences have been within agile environments that align well to his own value system, management style and core belief in the agile methodologies.
He is enthusiastic about building digital products that consist of designing product roadmaps, user stories / journeys, backlog management, and overall, owning the product life cycle, product growth with the aim of increasing the consumer satisfaction.
Possessing an in-depth understanding of software development products specifically within the Retail, EdTech and Financial Service industries. Ready to offer 7 years of experience and take on a dynamic new position.
Higher Diploma
Post Graduate Degree
Bachelors Degree
Joining as a senior business analyst/Product Owner, on the Integrated Experience Blueprint (IXB) Initiative. The focus of the role is to understand technology landscape within allocated IT area and lead translation of business requirements into effective IT solutions. Other duties and responsibilities include:
As a senior business analyst, in the Digital Solution Delivery space, responsible for the delivery of the Capitec Mobile Application. I have been involved in project with the associated duties and tasks:
Joined as a General Store Manager to provide managerial assistance to all staff and ensuring the successful operation of all functions within the franchise store and assist in IT operations in store. Other duties performed included.
• Setting effective store schedules based on forecasted customer levels, individual employee knowledge and service requirements.
• Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational performance.
• Coached sales associates in product specifications, sales incentives and selling techniques, significantly increasing customer satisfaction ratings.
• Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions, and forecast needs.
• Managed weekly inventory transactions by creating templates to track optimal food and beverage stock.
• Promoted team collaboration, performance and efficiency by fostering healthy environments focused on mutual success.
• Supervised and effectively trained 25 employees to decrease process lags and boost productivity.
• Promoted business strategy by implementing improvements based on guest feedback.
• Analyzed and interpreted store trends to facilitate planning.
I established and maintained relationships with Business to provide the most effective solutions to requirements of all 2U student platforms in an iterative approach. Daily duties included;
As a BA/QA operating within the Custom Development Department, I was tasked and delivered on duties such as:
My core role was to handle feature support JIRA tickets and Hybris service desk calls to address customer inquiries and concerns. I handled all incoming business systems improvement requests through investigation and analysis.
Additionally, I was tasked to evaluate viable and resourceful solutions to business problems within the
• Online Shopping (SAP Hybris)
• Mobile (Android App, IOS App & Mobisite)
• Kiosk
Project Duties:
• Conduct workshops with internal and external Stakeholders, Product Owners and all business stakeholders to gather business requirements
• Compile business requirement and functional specification document which includes but not limited to:
• Business Requirements (Functional and Non-Functional Requirements)
• Business Rules
• Customer Journey
• Process Flows
• System interaction diagrams
• Sequence diagrams
• Screen design/Wireframes Interfaces required
• Data requirements
Agile Duties:
• Participate in daily stand-up sessions
• Participate in project grooming
• Participate in sprint retrospectives
• Creating and defining EPICs and User Stories
• Running backlog refinement workshops with the Mobile team
• Maintaining the project backlog
Focus Areas:
• Pick n Pay Retail Training (Whistle Stop Tour)
• ABAP Mobility Team Developer
• Digital Online and Mobile Systems Analyst
• Supply Chain -Demand Planning
• Duties entailed:
• Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns.
• Eliminated downtime and maximized revenue by providing top project quality control.
• Developed team communications and information for meetings.
• Delivered exceptional level of service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions.
• Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.
• Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.
• Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
• Participated in projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
As an Intern during my Honors studies. I successfully adopted the role of a Business Analyst\SCRUM Master and Product Owner in the development of a Mobile application called UPLIFT, inspiring people to achieve their goals and educate underprivileged communities. The tasks I undertook consisted of:
Available upon request.
Date of birth: 02/11/1990
Nationality: South African
Marital status: Married
Product Management & Ownership
Product Vision & Strategy
Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Hypothesis Formulation and Testing
Impact Analysis
Requirements Definition & documentation
Project Management
Stakeholder Management: SteerCo Presentation
Market Research
Process Design and Optimization
SCRUM, SAFe, Kanban
Product Support & Operations
OKR Framework
KYC Framework
Story Mapping
Operational Budgeting
BPMN & UML
Backlog Management
Empirical Research (Thesis) Publication - Dec 2016 / CAPE TOWN
Thesis topic: E-Government in Africa: Perceived Concerns of Person with Disabilities (PWDs) in South Africa with regards to accessibilities of Services.
Represented UCT and received an award after presenting at the International Conference of e-Government in Lisbon in 2017 in collaboration with a fellow PHD student
Golden Key Award International Honors Society - Nov 2015
Achieved a spot in the top 15% of academic achievers at the University of the Western Cape.
17th European Conference on Digital Government ECDG 2017: e-Government In Africa: Perceived Concerns of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in South Africa with Regards to Accessibilities of Services - Jan 2017
MICTSETA CERTIFICATION, ADBA , FTI, March 2021
FinTech
Mobile Application Technologies
EdTech
Banking
Digital Product Management
Consulting SMMEs and Start-Up Companies: Jan 2018 - Present
Offering informal Business and Information Technology knowledge and consultation service to young Entrepreneurs.
Companies: House of Forestry & Co, Smokey & Co, Liq-kamva
MICTSETA CERTIFICATION, ADBA , FTI, March 2021