PRODUCT MANAGER

Timothy Ojo

MBA Candidate @ USC Marshall School of Business

Previously: Product Manager @ RBC | Senior Product Designer @ Guusto

Experience

July 2025 — Present

MBA Candidate

USC Marshall School of Business

Focusing on product strategy and innovation at the intersection of health tech and business. Active member of Blockchain@USC, exploring emerging technologies and their applications in healthcare and finance.

AVP of Tech Graduate International Student Club, fostering community and professional development for international students pursuing careers in technology.

Product Strategy Health Tech Innovation Leadership

Jan 2024 — July 2025

Product Manager

Royal Bank of Canada

Led three major digital transformation initiatives that consolidated fragmented insurance platforms serving thousands of advisors. Built a unified Salesforce platform that reduced application processing time by 50% (2 hours to 1 hour), driving a 25% growth in applications from brokerage advisors.

Modernized legacy illustration software for 2,500 advisors by developing a strategic vendor partnership framework that balanced security, compliance, and IP protection. Designed cross-departmental widget architecture that resolved Banking-Insurance collaboration bottlenecks and enabled independent team iteration while maintaining seamless user experience.

Product Management UX Design Enterprise Software Insurance Tech Problem Solving

Mar 2021 — Dec 2023

Senior Product Designer

Guusto (Employee recognition platform)

Led the redesign of the recognition platform's core web and app experiences, contributing to its recognition as the #1 highest-rated solution in the employee recognition space by G2 and Capterra.

Built and scaled a modular design system in Figma, partnering with engineering to implement components in Storybook and reducing design-to-dev handoff time by 40%.

Product Design Design Systems User Research SaaS Growth

Mar 2018 — Feb 2021

Product Designer

Alphafox Media (Design agency)

Transitioned from healthcare to tech, leading the design of a proof-of-concept mobile app to improve medication adherence in young adults with chronic disease, using user research and behavioral psychology insights to build gamification, community, and peer-support features that addressed motivation barriers.

Synthesized complex medical research into digestible visual platforms such as diagrams, patient experience maps, and visual frameworks, enabling clients like Servier, GSK, and Sanofi to communicate insights clearly and engage with stakeholders.

Product Design Healthcare User Research Medical Visualization

Nov 2016 — Feb 2018

Pharmacist

O.A.U Teaching Hospital

Provided medication therapy management and counseling for 40+ patients weekly across internal medicine and infectious disease units, improving safety, adherence, and treatment outcomes through tailored education and close collaboration with physicians.

Analyzed medication adherence data to uncover missed-dose patterns, driving targeted interventions that increased compliance.

Healthcare Patient Care Data Analysis Medication Management

Selected Projects

During my time at RBC Insurance, I led the development of three major digital initiatives that transformed how advisors and clients interact with insurance products.

RBC Insurance eApplication Home Page

Reducing Insurance Application Time by 50% Through Platform Consolidation

Led product strategy and cross-functional development of a unified Salesforce platform consolidating Critical Illness, Life, and Disability insurance products. Defined requirements for a dynamic rules engine and modular architecture that eliminated data silos.

Impact

Reduced processing time by 50% (2 hours to 1 hour) and achieved 25% growth in brokerage applications

Key Areas

Salesforce
API Integration
Rules Engine
Modular Architecture
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Insurance Illustration Software Modernization

Insurance Illustration Software Modernization

Led the modernization of RBC's legacy insurance illustration software serving 2,500 advisors. Developed a strategic vendor partnership framework with Novinsoft, balancing security, compliance, and IP protection while delivering a cloud-enabled platform.

Impact

Improved user satisfaction scores by 60% and reduced training time for new advisors

Key Areas

Legacy Modernization
Design System Integration
Partner Management
Delivery Management
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Creditor Insurance Widget - Streamlining Insurance Enrollment

Streamlining Insurance Enrollment in Banking Flows

Designed a self-contained creditor insurance widget that integrates seamlessly into banking flows. Conducted comprehensive analysis of placement strategies, balancing technical complexity, user experience, and business requirements.

Impact

Enabled insurance team autonomy to iterate independently, eliminated dependency bottlenecks, and optimized revenue through strategic in-flow placement

Key Areas

Inter-departmental Collaboration
Widget Architecture
Revenue Optimization
Integration Strategy
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