Clinical Product Manager · Abuja, Nigeria
Dr. Anthony Onyema OSAKWE
Medical Doctor (MBBS, UNILAG) & Certified Lead Project Management Professional with 10+ years at the intersection of clinical medicine, public health systems, and digital health product development. Building tools that bridge the gap between how health systems work and how they should work.
My Philosophy
I believe health systems should work for patients and clinicians — not against them. Every product I build starts at the bedside, where the gap between how things are and how they should be becomes painfully clear.
Background
Clinical Expertise Meets Product Thinking
I am a Nigerian-trained Medical Doctor with over ten years of experience across clinical medicine, public health programming, and project management — now channelling that depth into building scalable digital health products.
My clinical career has been shaped by working in resource-constrained, high-stakes environments where solving real problems fast is not optional. That instinct — identify the bottleneck, design a fix, measure the result — is the same mindset I bring to product work.
I hold a Masters in International Public Health (in progress, EUCLID University, USA) and have completed advanced training in Leadership & Management in Health, Project Management in Global Health, and Implementation Science — all through the University of Washington.
My transition into Product Management is not a departure from medicine. It is the most direct path to solving the health system problems I've spent a decade watching hurt patients and clinicians alike.
Measured Outcomes
Things I'm genuinely proud of
Career Timeline
The path that built my product instincts
— Present
- Managed multi-department outpatient and inpatient workflows unsupervised across GOPD, A&E, ANC, OBGYN, and Paediatric OPD.
- Designed and submitted a Solar Electrification Proposal to the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) — demonstrating end-to-end project ideation, problem definition, and cross-agency stakeholder communication.
— 2022
- Used data analysis (Excel + RADET) to drive biometric capture performance from 30% → 70% in 4 months — a 133% improvement.
- Maintained 98%+ ART Client Retention benchmarked by USAID Nigeria through strategic scheduling, proactive tracking, and client engagement frameworks.
- Represented the organisation in National Technical Working Groups, contributing to Nigeria's National PrEP Tool (NASCP/FMOH, 2021) and AHD Intervention Roll-out (FMOH/APIN, 2021).
- Designed and delivered instructional capacity-building materials for clinical and programme staff using Bloom's Taxonomy and adult learning principles.
— 2021
- Designed innovative operational strategies that improved ART Retention, eHR adoption, and client tracking across two zones — including communities accessible only by waterway.
- Developed SOPs, job aids, and clinical guidelines aligned with National and International best practices, translating policy into actionable workflows.
— 2019
- Performed 1,500+ hours of clinical ultrasound scanning and surgical procedures in a resource-limited environment.
— 2017
- Coordinated all doctors' rosters, CME planning, and hospital-wide information dissemination — demonstrating cross-functional team coordination and programme management.
- Deployed by the NCDC Ebola Emergency Operations Centre to conduct community-level surveys during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Nigeria.
Selected Work
Case studies that turn insight into outcome
Problem
Medical professionals lack structured, efficient systems for intensive study and certification preparation.
Problem
No centralised system exists for managing medical operations, study planning, and execution workflows in high-pressure clinical environments.
Credentials
Certifications & Training
Expertise
Core Competencies
Connect
Let's build meaningful health products together
Open to opportunities
in Digital Health
Whether you're building health infrastructure, looking for a clinical product perspective, or want to discuss ideas — I'd love to connect.