Experienced product management professional well-versed in Agile and Scrum methodologies and principles of product development. Comfortable making key decisions for team to move products efficiently through pre-production and production timelines. Expertise in development tools such as Jira and Design Thinking.
Hi, I’m
Clement Farah
Product Manager
Laval,Canada
Summary
Overview
23
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education
3
Languages
Work History
Alithya canadaMontreal, QC
Product Manager
09.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Collaborate with scrum team and stakeholders to ensure that the website aligns with brand strategy and meets the organization’s standards.
- Ensure the Product roadmap is on track and communicate adjustments to stakeholders
- Ensures that workflows are in place and understood
- Run Weekly sprints to ensure that there is a delivery every week.
- Evaluate product Progress
- Set product objectives for every increment
- Refine and prioritize the backlog
- Communication around the business value of the prioritized items in the backlog
- Communication and review of the product vision
- Responsible for writing user stories
- Refinement meetings for MVP elements to facilitate estimation
- Establish product metrics for the project
- Coach our client VPs on Agility and Scrum
Reveel entertainment IncDelaware, USA
Product Manager
04.2021 - 08.2021
Job overview
- Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
- Released 6 apps in 3 month which increased user retention by 60% and conversion rate by 40%.
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
- Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where and when each component would work.
- Suggested enhancements to product design that would improve user experience.
- Assessed vendor products and maintained positive vendor relations which resulted in 50% on cost for services.
- Coordinated design meetings and decisions across 4 internal departments and teams.
MindMatter AgencyTallinn, Estonia
Founder and Managing Director
09.2015 - 04.2021
Job overview
- Creating more efficient interactions for websites and mobile applications through behavioral psychology research and development, and gathering of background relevant data.
- Developing catchy and fast loading websites and engaging apps, while maintaining advanced technologies and modern mind set.
- Providing digital products and consulting services.
- Studied market to determine optimal pricing of goods and services and to capitalize on emerging opportunities.
- Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
- Investigated and addressed business development challenges to proactively mitigate problems.
- Attracted major client, generating Euro 20,000 in annual net profit from first year.
- Negotiated terms of business acquisitions to increase business base, solidify market presence and diversify offerings.
LITS sarlBeirut, Lebanon
Product Owner / Strategist
06.2010 - 09.2020
Job overview
- Owned and prioritized product backlog.
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
- Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where and when each component would work.
- Focused on building critical features up front in order to identify constraints and technical challenges.
- Testing products through customers’ interview and user interaction testing, performing market assessments, and defining success metrics.
- Managing design projects and processes to ensure positive user involvement, improved product velocity, quality, and high level customers experience.
- Increased ads income from $24,000 to $82,000 through strategy and new partnerships.
- Responsible for pricing, revenue modeling, marketing, and support of product and being involved with product-market fits.
Petrofac ltdSharjah, UAE
IT Project Coordinator
01.2004 - 01.2010
Job overview
- Participating in project design’s meetings, proposing improvements, evaluating potential problems and technical hitches, and developing solutions.
- Planning and managing teams’ goals, projecting schedules and new information, supervising projects, and coordinating with all team members.
- Supervised multiple $3 million+ projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.
- Tracked all hours and expenses to keep project on task and within budgetary parameters.
- Worked closely with management teams to plan, develop, coordinate and execute technical strategies aligned to client's vision, mission and purpose.
- Liaised effectively with others to promote on-going network design, reevaluation and optimization that resulted in creating hybrid linux and windows infrastructure and reduced licensing cost by over $2million per year.
- Delivered effective integrations of warehouse management system software applications to centrally manage employee inventory which resulted in 50% decrease in consumables.
- Reviewed and assessed network design, implementation, testing and deployment needs to identify project requirements and costs.
Education
McGill UniversityMontreal, QC
MBA from Executive Development
03.2022 - Current
University Overview
GoogleRichmond St W, Toronto, Canada
Certificate from UX Designer
05.2021 - 08.2021
University Overview
Scrum Alliance7401 Church Ranch Blvd. Suite 210, Westminster,USA
Certificate from Certified Scrum Product Owner
01.2021 - 03.2021
University Overview
New HorizonsBeirut, Lebanon
Certified Internet Webmaster from Internet, SEO, Networking, Programing
09.1998 - 03.2000
University Overview
Saint Joseph Business SchoolBeirut, Lebanon
Technical Baccalaureate from Commercial Sciences
09.1995 - 06.1998
University Overview
Skills
Problem identification
Agile frameworks
Mockups and prototypes
Design process
Leadership
Risk Assessments
Stakeholder relationship management
Research and trend analysis
Digital Marketing
Budgeting
Product development
Strategic planning
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- Certificates.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Alliance 2021.
- Product Management: Customer Development, LinkedIn 2020.
- Becoming an AI- First Product Leader, LinkedIn 2020.
- Apple Teacher, Apple 2018.
- Facebook Monetization, Facebook 2018.
Additional Information
Additional Information
- Awards and Recognitions , Bristol Who's Who Honors, Professional Accomplishment 2015 Facebook award winner, Best App Integration, Pan Arab 2014 Best Media Strategic Award, Pan Arab 2012
Timeline
McGill University
MBA from Executive Development
03.2022 - Current
Product Manager
Alithya canada
09.2021 - Current
Google
Certificate from UX Designer
05.2021 - 08.2021
Product Manager
Reveel entertainment Inc
04.2021 - 08.2021
Scrum Alliance
Certificate from Certified Scrum Product Owner
01.2021 - 03.2021
Founder and Managing Director
MindMatter Agency
09.2015 - 04.2021
Product Owner / Strategist
LITS sarl
06.2010 - 09.2020
IT Project Coordinator
Petrofac ltd
01.2004 - 01.2010
New Horizons
Certified Internet Webmaster from Internet, SEO, Networking, Programing
09.1998 - 03.2000
Saint Joseph Business School
Technical Baccalaureate from Commercial Sciences
09.1995 - 06.1998