Robert Afari

At VIDA, I lead Sales and Strategic Partnerships, a role that closely mirrors product management within an Agile environment. I collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, co-create new offerings, and forge strategic partnerships that deliver meaningful value to our residents. My work involves facilitating alignment across departments, iterating on solutions based on user feedback, and ensuring a continuous delivery of value through adaptive planning and team empowerment.

• Facilitating Agile Processes: Lead Scrum events to ensure adherence to Agile principles and optimize team productivity
• Team Coaching: Mentor cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and self-organization for high performance
• Removing Impediments: Identify and address blockers, ensuring smooth workflows and timely deliveries
• Continuous Improvement: Encourage feedback and drive process improvements to enhance team efficiency and product quality
• Monitor progress of sprints, providing visibility into project status for stakeholders.
• Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.

At Drinkable, I leveraged data to drive informed decision-making, helping teams set sprint priorities based on market trends and insights. I collaborated closely with stakeholders to align requirements with business goals and continuously analyzed team performance to optimize workflows. By tracking key metrics, I supported continuous improvement and ensured the successful delivery of project objectives.

• Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilize data to identify trends and insights, guiding team priorities and sprint goals
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with stakeholders to gather requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Process Optimization: Analyze team performance and implement improvements to streamline workflows and enhance productivity
• Performance Tracking: Monitor progress and metrics to ensure continuous improvement and successful delivery of project goals

At Bioactify, I led high-performance teams (Cloud and Infrastructure), fostering a collaborative environment through Scrum.

• Provided guidance and support to team members, ensuring that they fulfilled their roles effectively.
• Managed stakeholder expectations with clear, consistent communication.
• Oversaw efficient development processes, and thorough testing, to ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Advocated for a user-centric design approach, delivering value to stakeholders, and end-users.
• Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Trello, to track project progress and milestones.
• Encouraged continuous process improvement initiatives through retrospectives.
• Identified risks associated with sprint goals and worked with the team to mitigate them.