Egypt

Generalist Product Management

Product Design

Technical Product Management

Growth Product Management

Data Product Management

Platform Product Management

Group Product Management

Customer Success Management

Data Analysis

Business Transformation

Generative AI

AI Product Management

Ahmed Sharaf

Principal Product Manager

Usability Testing

Product analytics

Product strategy

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Data visualisation

LinkedIn writing

User research

Product roadmap

Trello

Canva

ChatGPT

Figma

Glassdoor

Jira

Lucidchart

Miro

Monday

Notion

Confluence

Google Analytics

Zendesk

Mural

Cursor

Project management

Conversational AI

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

How to maintain trust, commitment, accountability deliver results while handling conflict

Avoiding common dysfunctions

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to set up product analytics and metrics to track success?

Leveraging Product Analytics

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

What is a successful user onboarding flow and how to achieve it?

Onboarding new users

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

Learn the career path and progression for product managers.

Product management career path

At Youxel Technology in Cairo from July 2023 to March 2024, served as Product Manager for CHECK, an in-house developed B2B SaaS application for auditing and inspections targeting large enterprises and governmental sectors. Established and maintained key stakeholder relationships to align the product with business objectives, while developing customer segmentation models to identify needs and opportunities. Defined the product vision, mission, and strategy OKRs, monetizing features through a fully customizable app with a CI/CD-driven model to enhance market share, customer experience, and growth. Collaborated closely with engineering teams for quick time-to-market and optimal resource use, filling product gaps and generating ideas that drove innovation

At Jumia Group in Cairo from February 2022 to July 2023, served as Senior Product Owner within the Central Tech team, leading product efforts across 10 African markets to revolutionize the e-commerce experience. Managed stakeholders and fostered internal/external relationships to drive alignment, while defining and executing product strategy, planning, scoping, and release plans that empowered teams and delivered scalable solutions. Revolutionized pan-African e-commerce by prioritizing high-impact features, ensuring seamless execution, and aligning initiatives with market demands for enhanced user adoption and business growth.

At Nagwa in Cairo from June 2019 to January 2022, served as Senior Product Owner, creating and maintaining the product backlog by prioritizing elements based on business value, ROI, and needs for support functions and advertising. Provided guidance on product development, placement, and launches while assisting senior management; demonstrated features to stakeholders with high quality and maintained comprehensive lifecycle documentation. Monitored request progress, adjusted for timely completion, evaluated outcomes, and reported recommendations to ensure continuous alignment with company strategy and product

At Apple Inc. in Dubai from February 2016 to June 2019, served as Project Coordinator in Software Operations, creating timelines for requirements discussions to identify and close gaps in documentation while developing Functional Design Documents for engineering teams. Ensured accessibility and security requirements were integrated, planned project playbacks for stakeholders, and demonstrated innovative problem-solving with leadership to foster cross-functional relationships. Analyzed large datasets to build visual narratives via spreadsheets, charts, and graphs, representing current and future plans to drive operational efficiency and project success

At Vodafone UK in Cairo from October 2014 to February 2016, served as Customer Relations Specialist, tracking and analyzing complaints data to present actionable summaries focused on continuous improvement and enhanced customer experience. Identified dissatisfaction drivers, collaborated with stakeholders to resolve escalations, optimize journeys, processes, help articles, and self-service—transforming negative perceptions into brand advocacy. Delivered first-class service by managing expectations, providing timely resolutions, briefing on compliance/security updates, and supporting operational teams to meet quality standards and policies.

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