# Stephen Mensah Stephen Mensah is a remote worker on Himalayas, Head of Product and Innovation at Comsys Groupe, based in Ghana. Source: https://himalayas.app/@stephenmensah1 ```text Product and innovation leader at Comsys Groupe, growing digital banking to 1.8 million active users. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | Ghana | | Authorized to work in | Ghana | | Salary expectations | 100k+ USD | | Job categories | Product Manager, Technology Innovation Manager, Digital Banking Engineering Manager, Solutions Architect, Digital Platform Engineer | | Skills | Product Strategy, Product Roadmap Management, Digital Banking, Payments, Core Banking, Oracle FLEXCUBE 14.7, API Architecture, Microservices Architecture, Enterprise Solution Architecture, Integration Architecture, Innovation Pipeline Design, AI Adoption, Go To Market Strategy, Commercialisation, Mobile Banking | | LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/Stephen-a-mensah | ## About ```text At Comsys Groupe, I own product and innovation end to end, from strategy and discovery through delivery and post-launch performance. I set the product vision and roadmap, and work with executive leaders, clients, and technology partners to shape commercially viable solutions. At Fidelity Bank Ghana, I led technology innovation and digital platform engineering. I grew the active digital banking user base from 170,000 to over 1.8 million, and led the integration of 90+ applications during the Oracle FLEXCUBE 11.1 to 14.7 migration. ``` ## Experience ### Head of Product and Innovation (current) Comsys Groupe. Jun 2026 - Present ```text Owns the product and innovation function end to end, from strategy and discovery through design, delivery, and post-launch performance. Sets product vision and multi-year roadmap, runs the innovation pipeline, and leads cross-functional teams. ``` Skills: Product-Strategy, Roadmapping, Innovation-Pipeline, Cross-functional-Leadership, Agile-Delivery, Stakeholder-Management ### Digital Platform Engineering & Interface Lead Fidelity Bank Ghana. Jul 2025 - May 2026 ```text Directed integration architecture and payments connectivity across enterprise banking systems, payment platforms, and core banking infrastructure. Led the integration of 90+ applications through the Oracle FLEXCUBE 11.1 to 14.7 migration and managed a multidisciplinary Agile team. ``` Skills: Integration-Architecture, Payments-Connectivity, Oracle-Flexcube, Agile, Security-Controls, Reliability ### Head, Technology Innovation & Emerging Solutions Fidelity Bank Ghana. Jul 2025 - May 2026 ```text Led the bank's innovation strategy and emerging technology agenda, focusing on operational efficiency, digital banking capability, and AI-enabled banking services. Established a structured innovation pipeline that drove automation and AI adoption, improving process efficiency from 25% to over 70%. ``` Skills: Innovation-Strategy, AI-Adoption, Process-Automation, Cloud-Transformation, AWS, Stakeholder-Management ### Manager, Digital Platform Engineering Fidelity Bank Ghana. Dec 2020 - Dec 2024 ```text Managed engineering teams behind mobile apps and digital payments infrastructure, growing digital payment platform adoption from 40% to 95%. Owned the product roadmap for mobile and web banking and translated business objectives into system requirements and release schedules. ``` Skills: Engineering-Management, Product-Roadmapping, Digital-Payments, APIs, UI-UX, Stakeholder-Management ### Solutions Architect Consultant Futurex. Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 ```text Deployed, configured, and troubleshot physical and cloud Hardware Security Modules (HSM) for tier-1 banking and payment institutions across Europe and North America. Configured key management architectures, database encryption layers, and tokenisation models protecting card payment infrastructure. ``` Skills: Hardware-Security-(Root-of-Trust-HSM-TPM), Key-Management, Database-Encryption, Tokenization, Card-Payment ### Digital Platform Engineer (Mobile & Web) Fidelity Bank Ghana. Jul 2018 - Dec 2020 ```text Scaled the active digital banking user base from 170,000 to over 1.8 million within 24 months. Built and maintained mobile banking platforms, payment integrations, and API services, and set up CI/CD pipelines using Docker, Jenkins, and Git, improving platform uptime from 65% to over 95%. ``` Skills: Mobile-Banking, Web-Banking, API-Integration, CI-CD, Docker, Jenkins, Git, REST, SOAP, Uptime-Optimization ### Digital Platform Engineer (Mobile & Web) Ecobank Group. Aug 2014 - Jun 2018 ```text Supported mobile and web banking platforms across 33 affiliates in the Group's 32-country ecosystem. Designed operational modules for deployment across all 32 countries, adapted to regional financial policy and local gateways, and resolved API and integration issues affecting live customer transactions. ``` Skills: Mobile-Banking, Web-Banking, API-Integration, Multi-Country-Deployment, Customer-Experience ## Education ### AWS AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Cloud Architecture ```text In progress: AWS Certified Solutions Architect. ``` ### TOGAF TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Foundation, Enterprise Architecture ```text In progress: TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Foundation. ``` ### Cloud Development Architecture & Cloud Development, Cloud Development ```text In progress: Architecture & Cloud Development. ``` ### Central University, Ghana Bachelor of Science, Banking and Finance ```text Pursued a Bachelor of Science in Banking and Finance. ``` ## Tech stack - Microsoft Azure - Jenkins - Spring Boot - Jira - JavaScript - Java - Kotlin - Confluence - Git - Docker To contact Stephen, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [alice User](https://himalayas.app/@aliceuser3): Technical Product Manager, Unified Payment Services Limited - [Joseph Atta Cobbinah](https://himalayas.app/@josephattacobbinah): Project Manager (Project Management Office), SecondSTAX Limited - [Enoch Mbir](https://himalayas.app/@enochmbir): Manager, Product Management, Ruarch Company Limited - [Prosper Nammal](https://himalayas.app/@prospernammal): Digital Content Manager, Margins ID Group - [joseph ansah adeaba](https://himalayas.app/@josephansahadeaba): Product & Engineering Lead, BantuHive Ltd - [Victor Adotey](https://himalayas.app/@victoradotey): Technical Project Lead, Andela - [ABASS KARIKARI](https://himalayas.app/@abasskarikari): Chief Delivery Officer, Orange Tech - [Nana Adjoa Anim](https://himalayas.app/@nanaadjoaanim): Technical Product Manager (Advisory), MyNursePal Inc. - [Collins Ayiku](https://himalayas.app/@collinsayiku): Product Manager, Hubtel - [Srivalli Nemani](https://himalayas.app/@srivallinemani): Principal Product Manager, Volta Breams Ltd.