Osaze Okunbo

Associate Product Manager, Operations & Automation

Summary

Product and operations analyst with a UCLA background, licensed Realtor domain experience, and a track record of translating business bottlenecks into automated workflows, internal tools, and revenue systems. I bridge user needs, operations, and technical execution across product discovery, requirements gathering, pricing logic, AI-assisted prototyping, stakeholder communication, and go-to-market support.

Professional Experience

SmartSoil Polymers, Inc.

Apr 2025 – Present

Associate Product Manager, Operations & Automation | Los Angeles, CA

  • Led product and automation initiatives across Sales and Operations for SmartSoil Hydrogel, translating manual business workflows into software requirements, pricing logic, and user-facing tools.
  • Built SmartSoil Estimator, a custom GIS mapping and pricing application that calculates land area, polymer pricing, and 5-year water-savings ROI from drawn map perimeters.
  • Reduced the sales quoting lifecycle by over 99%, cutting turnaround time from up to 48 hours to under 30 seconds while centralizing quote data for follow-up and pipeline tracking.
  • Supported go-to-market planning for a B2C residential vertical by developing residential pricing formulas and building the public-facing website before adapting the product workflow for commercial sales.

Real Technology

Dec 2022 – Present

Licensed Realtor | Los Angeles, CA

  • Advise residential clients through property search, pricing analysis, offer strategy, transaction coordination, and high-trust client communication.
  • Built firsthand PropTech domain knowledge across listing workflows, buyer and seller pain points, CRM follow-up, lead generation, and digital property marketing.

Independent Product Portfolio

2022 – Present

Product & Automation Consultant | Los Angeles, CA

  • Vantage: Owned product scope and launch execution for a local-first desktop trading terminal for macOS and Windows with broker sync, trading journal analytics, Vantage Money, risk controls, TradingView signal routing, Trade Copier workspaces, licensing, installers, and a launch/pricing website. joinvantage.live
  • TextPilot: Scoped and shipped an AI sales automation platform featuring AI voice calling, inbound reception, bulk SMS/iMessage outreach, CRM pipeline tracking, campaign management, call transcripts, and real-time analytics. textpilot.live
  • Curb Appeal: Created a virtual staging product for real estate workflows, helping agents transform vacant property photos into furnished listing assets.
  • Photo Processor: Built a native macOS utility for The Realtors Studio workflow, automating batch image renaming and resizing for listing media delivery.
  • LeadFlow AI: Developed an AI-enabled CRM that improves sales team efficiency through lead management, task tracking, Twilio communications, and automated outbound calling campaigns.
  • MyLynk: Led development of a link-in-bio platform with e-commerce and monetization features for creators.

Skills

Product & Strategy

Product Discovery, Requirements Gathering, Roadmapping, User Research, GTM Strategy, Workflow Automation, Pricing Logic

Product Tools & Automation

AI-Assisted Prototyping, API Integrations, Data Models, GIS Workflows, CRM Automation, Broker Sync Workflows, Dashboard Analytics, Twilio/AI Integrations, Electron/Next.js Product Delivery

Education

UCLA

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy

2022

Licensed Realtor