Chinonso N.
Strategic Operator | GTM: Product - Marketing - Sales - Process Excellence | Turning Complexity Into Clarity
I’m an executive leader with 15+ years of experience operating at the intersection of product, strategy, and go-to-market - turning complex capabilities into revenue-driving market execution.
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I lead cross-functional teams to drive adoption, positioning, and growth across global organizations and I've done this in financial services, technology, and regulated I began my career in brand and communications, leading large-scale brand initiatives, agency partnerships, and stakeholder engagement in financial services and impact-driven organizations. Over time, I expanded into global product marketing and GTM strategy, applying the same foundational principles - clarity, positioning, and audience truth - to enterprise platforms and ecosystems. The through-line has always been the same: connecting strategy to storytelling in ways that resonate with both the market and the Alongside my corporate work, I’m deeply interested in career acceleration, executive development, and how professionals - particularly women - navigate senior leadership with intention. I share reflections on career growth, navigating corporate environments, education as leverage (including the MBA journey), and building multi-hyphenate lives without dilution or My perspective is shaped by experience and grounded in what actually works.
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- CROSSGEMINIJOB
- Lead Partner3Y 7M
Lead Partner
CrossGemini LLC
Training, Speaking, Coaching, Mentorship.
- SEMAFOR WORLD ECONOMYJOB
- Principal8M
Principal
Semafor World Economy
- J.P. MORGANJOB
- VP, GTM Strategy & Enablem…2Y 6M
Vice President, GTM Strategy & Enablement, Merchant Services
J.P. Morgan
- SALESFORCEJOB
- Senior Mgr, PMM1Y 6M
Senior Manager, Product Marketing
Salesforce
- Banking GTM lead responsible for global industry GTM strategy, messaging & positioning and influencing the product and solutions roadmap for MuleSoft in Financial Services. - Matrix leader overseeing cross-functional collaborations on project teams of 20+ across sales, marketing, engineering and product for product launches, industry events and sales enablement. - Conducted market research and uncovered market insights that informed product strategy and solutions roadmap. - Drove joint GTM motions with other Salesforce clouds, Tableau, Slack, ISV/SI partners and external stakeholders for Banking and Payments customers.
- CITIJOB
- Product Mgr, Retail Produc…1Y 4M
Product Manager, Retail Products & Segments
Citi
Drove ideation, strategy implementation and conversion planning for a 30-person product transformation project impacting B2C retail banking products.
- PMM, Management Associate1M
Product Marketing, Management Associate
Citi
Management Associate in the Global Consumer Banking Group, designing marketing strategies to grow the emerging affluent portfolio of the US retail bank.
- GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYJOB
- Mktg Communications6M
Marketing Communications at Georgetown Environment Initiative
Georgetown University
Managed marketing communications strategy and implementation for Georgetown Environment Initiative across web, email and social media.
- JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NIGERIAJOB
- Head, Mktg and Communicati…1Y 2M
Head, Marketing and Communications
Junior Achievement Nigeria
Led marketing team of 5 responsible for growing JA's brand equity and attracting support for the organization's mission. Oversaw all aspects of brand management, marketing communications, program implementation, strategic partnerships and stakeholder engagement. Notable achievements: - Implemented six high-visibility programs which established JA as a category leader in financial literacy and entrepreneurship education in Nigeria - Designed engagement strategy that saw JA emerge as one of twelve recipients of the Google Impact Challenge awards in Nigeria. - Grew fund-related partnerships by 300%, in line with enabling JA’s sustainability in Nigeria
- SKYE BANKJOB
- Digital Mktg Mgr2Y 5M
Digital Marketing Manager
Skye Bank Plc
Owned corporate and product marketing across the Bank's digital media platforms including the corporate website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Managed a creative team of 3 and led cross-functional collaborations with the core product and technology teams to drive the digitization agenda of the Bank. Notable achievements: - Designed and executed the complete redesign and launch of the Bank's corporate website. This resulted in increased site traffic, and improved national ratings, from 18th to 4th position over two years - Designed and implemented social media campaigns for "The Skye Is Big Enough" and "Reach For The Skye Millionaire Promo" nationwide product marketing…
- Brand Advertising & Agency…2Y 3M
Brand Advertising & Agency Relations
Skye Bank Plc
Oversaw integrated marketing campaigns for the corporate and product brands, led cross-functional collaborations with core product teams and managed external creative and media agency relationships. Notable achievements - Saved over 40% of annual marketing budget - Executed 6 key integrated marketing campaigns that grew NPS score by 50% - Supported the planning and execution of 3 signature events, 2 TVCs and 2 radio commercials for the launch of 2 new products
- Retail Banking Officer10M
Retail Banking Officer
Skye Bank Plc
Responsible for growing the local branch's retail account portfolio of mass market, emerging affluent and high-networth individuals.
- ETISALAT NIGERIAJOB
- Customer Service Analyst,…8M
Customer Service Analyst, Commercial Division
Etisalat Nigeria
Responsible for delivering seamless service and exceeding customer expectations. Up-selling and cross-selling consumers on products and services, making appropriate recommendations to enhance user experience and escalating queries for resolution. The exciting part of this role was seeing how data on the service issues we received and resolved provided insights for the product teams to develop better products, revamp existing products and tweak promotions and marketing campaigns.
- FARMEX MEYER LTD, NIGERIAJOB
- Quality Control Analyst11M
Quality Control Analyst
Farmex Meyer Ltd, Nigeria
Responsible for quality control analysis (chemical and microbial) on raw materials and finished products to ensure adherence to set standards in the USP, BP and IP. Supervised 50-member production and packaging teams to ensure quality compliance.
- Job: Citi — Product Manager, Retail Products & Segments · 2020-07 – 2021-11 · 1y 4mo — Drove ideation, strategy implementation and conversion planning for a 30-person product transformation project impacting B2C retail banking products.
- Job: CrossGemini LLC — Lead Partner · 2023-03 – present · 3y 5mo — Training, Speaking, Coaching, Mentorship.
- Job: Farmex Meyer Ltd, Nigeria — Quality Control Analyst · 2010-03 – 2011-02 · 11 mo — Responsible for quality control analysis (chemical and microbial) on raw materials and finished products to ensure adherence to set standards in the USP, BP and IP. Supervised 50-member production and packaging teams to ensure quality compliance.
- Job: Semafor World Economy — Principal · 2026-02 – present · 6 mo
- Job: Junior Achievement Nigeria — Head, Marketing and Communications · 2018-01 – 2019-03 · 1y 2mo — Led marketing team of 5 responsible for growing JA's brand equity and attracting support for the organization's mission. Oversaw all aspects of brand management, marketing communications, program implementation, strategic partnerships and stakeholder engagement. Notable achievements: - Implemented six high-visibility programs which established JA as a category leader in financial literacy and entrepreneurship education in Nigeria - Designed engagement strategy that saw JA emerge as one of twelve recipients of the Google Impact Challenge awards in Nigeria. - Grew fund-related partnerships by 300%, in line with enabling JA’s sustainability in Nigeria
- Job: Salesforce — Senior Manager, Product Marketing · 2021-11 – 2023-05 · 1y 6mo — - Banking GTM lead responsible for global industry GTM strategy, messaging & positioning and influencing the product and solutions roadmap for MuleSoft in Financial Services. - Matrix leader overseeing cross-functional collaborations on project teams of 20+ across sales, marketing, engineering and product for product launches, industry events and sales enablement. - Conducted market research and uncovered market insights that informed product strategy and solutions roadmap. - Drove joint GTM motions with other Salesforce clouds, Tableau, Slack, ISV/SI partners and external stakeholders for Banking and Payments customers.
- Job: Skye Bank Plc — Brand Advertising & Agency Relations · 2013-05 – 2015-08 · 2y 3mo — Oversaw integrated marketing campaigns for the corporate and product brands, led cross-functional collaborations with core product teams and managed external creative and media agency relationships. Notable achievements - Saved over 40% of annual marketing budget - Executed 6 key integrated marketing campaigns that grew NPS score by 50% - Supported the planning and execution of 3 signature events, 2 TVCs and 2 radio commercials for the launch of 2 new products
- Job: Skye Bank Plc — Digital Marketing Manager · 2015-08 – 2018-01 · 2y 5mo — Owned corporate and product marketing across the Bank's digital media platforms including the corporate website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Managed a creative team of 3 and led cross-functional collaborations with the core product and technology teams to drive the digitization agenda of the Bank. Notable achievements: - Designed and executed the complete redesign and launch of the Bank's corporate website. This resulted in increased site traffic, and improved national ratings, from 18th to 4th position over two years - Designed and implemented social media campaigns for "The Skye Is Big Enough" and "Reach For The Skye Millionaire Promo" nationwide product marketing…
- Job: Georgetown University — Marketing Communications at Georgetown Environment Initiative · 2019-10 – 2020-04 · 6 mo — Managed marketing communications strategy and implementation for Georgetown Environment Initiative across web, email and social media.
- Job: Etisalat Nigeria — Customer Service Analyst, Commercial Division · 2011-11 – 2012-07 · 8 mo — Responsible for delivering seamless service and exceeding customer expectations. Up-selling and cross-selling consumers on products and services, making appropriate recommendations to enhance user experience and escalating queries for resolution. The exciting part of this role was seeing how data on the service issues we received and resolved provided insights for the product teams to develop better products, revamp existing products and tweak promotions and marketing campaigns.
- Job: J.P. Morgan — Vice President, GTM Strategy & Enablement, Merchant Services · 2024-04 – present · 2y 4mo
- Job: Skye Bank Plc — Retail Banking Officer · 2012-07 – 2013-05 · 10 mo — Responsible for growing the local branch's retail account portfolio of mass market, emerging affluent and high-networth individuals.
- Job: Citi — Product Marketing, Management Associate · 2020-07 – 2020-08 · 1 mo — Management Associate in the Global Consumer Banking Group, designing marketing strategies to grow the emerging affluent portfolio of the US retail bank.
- School: Georgetown University McDonough School of Business — Master of Business Administration - MBA, STEM Designation, Certificate in Consumer Analytics and Insights
- School: Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management — AI Strategies for Business Transformation
- School: Correlation One — Data Science For All Program, Certificate in Data Analytics
- School: Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University — Certificate Course, Non-Profit Leadership and Management
- School: CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing — Professional Certificate in Marketing, Marketing, Internal Communications and Digital Marketing
- School: Madonna University — B.Sc, Biochemistry
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