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TARIRO NANCY GWEJA

TARIRO NANCY GWEJA

Sandton

Summary

Senior Strategic Product Operations and Partnerships professional with experience driving commercial growth, building scalable operational systems, and aligning cross-functional teams across fintech and embedded insurance environments. Proven track record in progressing enterprise deals to commercial stage, designing financial and capacity models, and working with executive leadership to deliver high-impact outcomes.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Product Operations & Strategic Partnerships

Box UK
Johannesburg, South Africa
11.2025 - Current

•Partnered directly with C-level leadership (CEO, CTO, CPO, COO) to align commercial strategy, product delivery, and operational execution
• Led financial modelling and forecasting initiatives to track revenue performance and validate commercial assumptions
• Established governance frameworks across delivery, working with senior project managers across in-house and outsourced teams
• Designed and implemented operational reporting systems including capacity vs demand and financial dashboards
• Supported enterprise deal progression across clients including Ubuntu Global, Bryte Botswana, Metropolitan Botswana and Telkom
• Re-engaged strategic partners such as Guardrisk to unlock new commercial opportunities

Project Delivery Manager

InQuba
Sandton, Johannesburg
03.2025 - 02.2026

Product Owner - Google & Odoo

Sarebi
10.2024 - 02.2025
  • Responsible for project management, delivery, and service operations, change management, delivery to existing customer CX, and Journey programmes.
  • Driving projects and client operational change requests from planning to UAT, and delivery.
  • Managing the QA of reporting deliverables.
  • Ensuring customer accounts in the Customer Experience space are managed effectively and efficiently.
  • Working with customers to ensure that CX programmes are obtaining optimum results and that the relevant programmes continue to evolve through analysis of reports and insight.
  • Led customer experience initiatives by collaborating closely with stakeholders to define and refine the product vision for seamless integration between Google and Odoo, enhancing user engagement and overall satisfaction.
  • Conducted in-depth user research, identifying key customer needs, pain points, and preferences, and used this data to inform product decisions.

Software Project Manager & Product Manager/Product Owner

Bridge Labs
Remote
06.2023 - 06.2024
  • Managing a development team of up to 15 developers (Solution Architects, Junior, Mid and Senior).
  • Attending daily stand-ups with the development team.
  • Partner with developers to manage quality, time and scope of deliverables whilst tracking progress and velocity.
  • Be a key contributor to the overall project delivery schedule in conjunction with the lead developer.
  • Cooperating with engineering teams to define and maintain estimates and plans, track progress and manage project issues, risks and opportunities.
  • Organize and lead regular status meetings to keep all stakeholders informed about project progress, issues, and resolutions.
  • Monitor and manage project budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources.
  • Assist other teams directly with SQL requirements / and or have them facilitated by the development team.
  • Facilitate the interaction of other team members with the client.
  • Obtain supporting information to complete the initiation documents.
  • Provide end-to-end project management throughout the lifecycle of the project, manage ongoing monitoring, reporting and control activities on the project.
  • Facilitate the decision-making process with stakeholders and document accordingly.
  • Produce and maintain the following documents: Project Exception Log (Issues, change requests, Decision, Action logs), Project status reports, Meeting agendas and minutes, Risk log, Change request form, Traceability matrix.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to design, develop and implement digital projects.
  • Deliver projects on time ensuring quality standards are met.
  • Coordinate and conduct activities with the main stakeholders to obtain information and decisions required to draw up (and maintain) the project planning documents.
  • Communicate with the team and ensure all members are on board with delegated tasks.
  • Highlight potential risks or malfunctions and act proactively to resolve issues.
  • Ensure tracking systems are up to date and sites receive timeous feedback.
  • Contract internal moderators aligned with specifications as per policy (where required).
  • Prioritized and maintained the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder needs.
  • Collaborated with the development team to refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications.
  • Developed and maintained a detailed product roadmap, aligning technical features and capabilities with long-term business objectives.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of technical milestones.
  • Acted as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating business requirements into technical specifications.
  • Led regular sprint reviews and product demos to showcase technical progress to stakeholders.
  • Conducted in-depth analysis of user requirements, translating them into detailed technical documentation and user stories.
  • Worked closely with UX/UI teams to ensure that product designs were technically feasible and met user needs.
  • Prioritized and addressed technical debt, balancing the need for new features with the maintenance of existing systems.
  • Collaborated with engineers to identify areas for refactoring and system optimization.
  • Defined acceptance criteria and worked closely with QA teams to ensure thorough testing of new features and bug fixes.

Software Project Manager

The Code Group
Port Elizabeth
11.2022 - 06.2023
  • Monitored key performance metrics post-launch to ensure product stability and performance.
  • Led sprint planning meetings, defined sprint goals, and worked closely with the development team to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of features.
  • Developed and maintained the product's technical roadmap, aligning it with business objectives and technical dependencies.
  • Translated business requirements into detailed user stories, including acceptance criteria, to guide the development team.
  • Worked closely with the development team, UX/UI designers, and QA engineers to ensure smooth integration of features, user experience, and quality.
  • Identified potential risks and technical challenges early in the development process and worked proactively with the team to mitigate them.
  • Implemented feedback loops with the development team to refine processes, improve efficiency, and ensure that the product meets the highest standards.

E-Learning Designer

Valenture Institute
Cape Town
03.2022 - 10.2022

Learning Designer

TeachMe2
Cape Town
11.2020 - 03.2022
  • Developed a streamlined task system to provide more effective workflows for both peers and management staff.
  • Mentored and motivated IT teams to support key business objective delivery.
  • Quality assurance and administration related to the transfer of developed content.
  • Reformatting of developed content according to specific style guides.
  • Implementing proofing changes for nine different modules.
  • Coordination of module specification and upload to the learning management system.
  • Tracking the components needed for completion of a module development.
  • Assist learning designers and Senior Learning designer with administrative tasks related to module development, as well as course reporting.
  • Review of module build on the learning management system.
  • Applied problem solving and analytical skills in developing project deliverables, balancing all angles.
  • Studied business processes to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement.
  • Requested weekly project status from team members to stay abreast with developments and update project management file.
  • Helped senior project managers to manage schedule, timeline and milestones, maintaining organised workflow.
  • Assisted project manager to implement and improve the project management mechanisms, avoiding disruptions and meeting timely deadlines.
  • Identified tasks and projects to weigh priorities and timetables.
  • Formulated and submitted reports to relay info regarding milestones, completed tasks and developments.

Education

BTech - Industrial Engineering

Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, EC, South Africa
12-2021

Skills

  • PMP Candidate
  • Prince2 Foundation and Practitioner
  • CAPM Candidate
  • ITIL v4 Foundation
  • Dynamics 365 Sales
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Software Product Management
  • Agile/Scrum Methodology
  • Peer training and mentorship
  • Quality Assurance (QA)
  • Software life cycles
  • Odoo expertise
  • Jira/Confluence Proficient
  • Asana - Proficient
  • Mondaycom - Intermediate
  • Click-Up - Intermediate
  • Gemini - Intermediate

Certification

  • Supply Chain Planning MIT (Online learning)
  • Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile
  • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Accomplishments

  • ABSA Home Loans Journey: Absa | Own your own home sooner with My Home Loan
  • Alexforbes Referral Program: Alexforbes Individual | Trusted partners, real impact.
  • Worth/ Discovery Journey: The power of Worth financial education! Discovery Bank - Discovery

Affiliations

Member, Project Management Professional and Candidate

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Timeline

Senior Product Operations & Strategic Partnerships

Box UK
11.2025 - Current

Project Delivery Manager

InQuba
03.2025 - 02.2026

Product Owner - Google & Odoo

Sarebi
10.2024 - 02.2025

Software Project Manager & Product Manager/Product Owner

Bridge Labs
06.2023 - 06.2024

Software Project Manager

The Code Group
11.2022 - 06.2023

E-Learning Designer

Valenture Institute
03.2022 - 10.2022

Learning Designer

TeachMe2
11.2020 - 03.2022

BTech - Industrial Engineering

Nelson Mandela University
TARIRO NANCY GWEJA