Product Manager | Ethical AI | Lawyer

I turn ideas into revenue, products and global impact.

Hi 👋🏼, I am Mary-Esther Anele, a Product Manager, Ethical AI advocate, and Lawyer who helps startups build user-centered products from idea to launch through storytelling, research, and disciplined execution. I have built ventures serving 200K+ professionals across 40+ countries, spoken on 50+ stages, and shipped products that compound.

Open to AI Product Manager, Product Operations and Compliance roles
Portrait of Mary-Esther Anele
Open to AI Product Manager, Product Operations and Compliance, and Lawyer roles
Remote · Global
Outcome-first

Companies I have built, led & shipped with

Inclusively Remote
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Workbrook
UCA Caribbean
Afrisplash
KPMG
Deloitte
Inclusively Remote
Careers with Mary
Workbrook
UCA Caribbean
Afrisplash
KPMG
Deloitte
Professionals served
Continents reached
Stages spoken on
Ventures built
Mary-Esther Anele in legal robes and wig
My Story

I build products that solve human centered problems.

Hi, I am Mary-Esther, but you can call me M-E.

I am a lawyer, product manager, brand strategist, and entrepreneur.

At first glance, those paths may seem unrelated, but they are all connected by one thing: my passion for solving problems, creating opportunities, and helping people grow.

I have never been someone who fits neatly into a single box. Instead, I have spent my career exploring the intersection of business, technology, people, and impact, building solutions that create value while opening doors for others.

As a child, I dreamed of changing the world as the fourth Powerpuff Girl. While that dream evolved, the desire to make a meaningful impact never left me. It eventually led me to study law at the University of Lagos, Nigeria where I participated in international volunteer programs aimed at achieving the SDG 2030 and developed a strong foundation in critical thinking, advocacy, and problem-solving. Along the way, I discovered an equally strong passion for technology, product development, and building businesses.

Today, I work at the intersection of product, operations, compliance, and growth. I enjoy transforming ideas into solutions, simplifying complex problems, and building systems that help businesses and people thrive.

Experience

Where I Have Made Impact.

Inclusively Remote

HR Tech / Employability
Founder & Product Manager
April 2022 – Present
Remote
17K+
Monthly visitors
5K+
Jobs curated
1K+
Paid subscribers
20+
Events represented
  • Built a global talent platform attracting over 17,000 monthly visitors and connecting diverse professionals with remote-first companies.
  • Curated and vetted 5,000+ remote job opportunities from inclusive-hiring organizations.
  • Scaled to 1,000+ paid subscribers through a refined value proposition and onboarding.
  • Represented the brand at 20+ ecosystem events including French Embassy partnerships.

Workbrook

HR Tech
People & Product Operations Analyst
July 2022 – October 2022
Richmond, TX
300+
Records analyzed
Mid–Senior
Roles sourced
  • Led targeted candidate sourcing for mid- and senior-level roles.
  • Analyzed 300+ candidate data records to improve segmentation and decision-making.

AfriSplash Remotely

HR Tech / Compliance
Product & Compliance Associate
September 2021 – August 2022
London, UK
10K+
Community members
10+
Markets mapped
8+
Countries researched
  • Managed a Slack channel with over 10,000 professionals from 5+ time zones, sharing career and job openings.
  • Mapped end-to-end hiring journeys across 10+ international markets.
  • Conducted regulatory research across 8+ countries for compliant cross-border hiring.

KPMG

Big 4 Consulting
Advisory Intern, Workforce Strategy
June 2021 – August 2021
Remote
320+
Job descriptions analyzed
+25%
Hiring effectiveness
  • Analyzed 320+ job descriptions for role positioning gaps and market insights.
  • Contributed to a redesigned remuneration framework, improving hiring effectiveness by 25%.

Deloitte

Big 4 Consulting
Talent and Transformation Intern
November 2019 – January 2020
Lagos, Nigeria
450+
Employees impacted
Onboarding
Workflows streamlined
  • Supported workforce initiatives impacting 450+ employees.
  • Streamlined onboarding workflows and optimized HR database systems.
Technologies

Tools I work with.

Claude AILovableReplitDev.ShopifyGemini AIWordPressGoogle AnalyticsKimiFireFiles.aiMailPoetNotebookLMCursorCanvaGoogle LabsPerplexityLegoraSquareSpaceWestLaw
Projects

Products I have built.

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Talent · SaaS

Inclusively Remote

A remote work platform connecting underrepresented talent in Africa to global opportunities. Featured across 15+ publications.

  • Built and scaled a digital employment platform serving 6,000+ weekly users and a 70,000+ professional community across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Synthesized feedback from 500+ users to identify policy gaps and ship platform improvements.
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User journey
Discover the platform via search or referral, browse vetted roles by region and function, subscribe for weekly curated jobs, then apply directly with a tailored application kit.
Personas
Underrepresented African talent (women, non-tech professionals, career switchers) seeking global remote roles, and inclusive employers hiring across borders.
Customer interviews
Ran 30+ interviews with African job seekers and 10+ with inclusive-hiring recruiters to map friction between talent and vetted remote opportunities.
AI prompts
Used LLM prompts to classify job listings by inclusivity signals, auto-tag roles by function and seniority, and draft weekly newsletter briefs from the vetted queue.
Success metrics
Monthly visitors, paid subscriber conversion, newsletter open and click rate, curated-jobs-per-week, and community NPS.
Product validation
Validated demand with a manual newsletter MVP before automating; only invested in platform features after hitting 500 paid subscribers organically.
Feature prioritization
RICE-scored features against subscriber retention and applications-per-user; deprioritized employer dashboards until talent-side loops were compounding.
Growth strategy
Grew to 17K+ monthly visitors, 1,000+ paid subscribers and a 70K+ community via SEO, embassy and ecosystem partnerships, and 15+ media features.
WordPressCloudflareHTMLCSS
📰 Featured in 15+ media outlets, see Media & Publications
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Community · Edu

Careers with Mary

Career acceleration community helping professionals land remote, global and high-impact roles. 70+ job placements in Fortune 500 companies and grew the TikTok page from 0 to 12,000 followers in 3 months.

  • Generated ₦5M in profit without paid ads through organic storytelling and community-building.
  • Grew TikTok from 0 to 14k followers in 4 months by posting daily and optimizing content experimentation.
  • Supported 70+ professionals with career coaching, securing interviews and roles at Fortune 500 companies.
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User journey
Follow short-form content, join the free community, opt into a coaching cohort or template pack, then land interviews with a repeatable application system.
Personas
Early-career African professionals targeting Fortune 500 and global remote roles, plus mid-career switchers rebranding for international opportunities.
Customer interviews
Interviewed 40+ community members to isolate the top rejection reasons, then rebuilt the coaching curriculum around those gaps.
AI prompts
Deployed prompts for resume rewriting to job descriptions, interview simulation with role-specific rubrics, and content ideation from live community questions.
Success metrics
Job placements, interview-to-offer rate, TikTok follower growth, community engagement rate, and coaching cohort completion.
Product validation
Ran three paid coaching pilots before productizing; only scaled the playbook once placement rate crossed a repeatable threshold.
Feature prioritization
Prioritized assets that unlocked interviews (resume tear-downs, mock interviews) over passive content, based on placement attribution.
Growth strategy
70+ Fortune 500 placements, 0 to 12K TikTok followers in 3 months, and ₦5M profit with zero paid acquisition.
LovableClaude CodeChatGPT
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EdTech · AI

Pass My TCF

EdTech platform helping learners master French and pass the TCF exam with AI-guided practice.

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User journey
Sign up, take a diagnostic, get a personalized study plan across the four TCF skills, practice with AI feedback, then track readiness against exam constraints.
Personas
Francophone-track migrants and students preparing for TCF Canada or TCF-ANF within a 6 to 12 week window on a tight budget.
Customer interviews
Interviewed 15+ past TCF candidates to map where they lost points and which resources they wasted money on.
AI prompts
Prompt chains score writing and speaking against the TCF rubric, generate exam-aligned listening and reading passages, and give targeted remediation.
Success metrics
Diagnostic-to-active-user conversion, weekly practice sessions per user, score improvement between mock exams, and pass rate.
Product validation
Validated with a manual WhatsApp cohort scoring writing samples by hand before building the AI grader.
Feature prioritization
Shipped speaking and writing first because those are where candidates lose the most points; reading and listening followed once the grader was stable.
Growth strategy
MVP live with early candidates self-pacing their prep; growth loop planned around pass-rate testimonials and referral discounts.
LovableClaude CodeChatGPT
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AI · Growth

LinkedIn Boost

Agentic AI that creates high-performing LinkedIn content on autopilot for operators and builders.

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User journey
Connect voice samples and goals, generate a week of drafts, review and edit in one pass, then schedule or publish with performance feedback looped back.
Personas
Solo founders, operators, and consultants who know LinkedIn drives pipeline but cannot sustain a daily posting cadence.
Customer interviews
Interviewed 12 operators to understand exactly where their content workflow breaks: ideation, drafting, or the courage to hit publish.
AI prompts
Agentic prompt chain learns voice from prior posts, applies proven hook frameworks, and iterates drafts against engagement heuristics.
Success metrics
Posts published per week, time-to-publish, engagement lift versus baseline, and inbound leads attributed to LinkedIn.
Product validation
Manually ghostwrote for 5 operators to codify what worked before automating the workflow.
Feature prioritization
Prioritized voice-matching and hook quality over scheduling and analytics; distribution features come only after drafts feel unmistakably human.
Growth strategy
Compresses a 2-hour content session into a 10-minute review-and-publish loop; growth loop is testimonial-driven referrals from active operators.
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Career Strengths

Competencies

Product Building

Taking ideas from zero to one, designing, shipping, and scaling digital products and e-commerce brands.

Brand Strategy

Crafting narratives and positioning that resonate with audiences and differentiate in crowded markets.

Marketing & Growth

Growing audiences organically through strategic content, community building, and authentic storytelling.

People Operations

Building inclusive hiring pipelines, onboarding systems, and workforce strategies that put people first.

Regulatory Compliance

Navigating cross-border hiring regulations and ensuring compliant operations across 8+ international markets.

Impact Creation

Empowering job seekers through free resources, tools, and content that have helped people land life-changing roles.

Impact

How I Make Impact.

Impact isn't a word on my resume, it's the heartbeat of everything I build.

Sharing Knowledge

Free resume templates, interview prep guides, and career tips that have helped hundreds land roles at PwC, KPMG and remote-first startups.

Building Tools

Created platforms like InclusivelyRemote that connect diverse talent to opportunities, and study materials that directly help people pass assessments.

Creating Access

Championing equal opportunity for Africans, women, and non-tech professionals in the remote economy. Making the invisible visible.

1,000+
Lives impacted, and counting.
Social Impact

Leading, writing and showing up.

A snapshot of the volunteer roles, talks and writing I have invested in beyond product work.

Vice Chair, UNICEF Committee at the Lagos Model United Nations (LMUN)
Deputy Director for SDG 13 at the Youth Sustainable Development Council (YSDC)
Wrote 100+ career development articles read by professionals across Africa
Member of HerSpace, fostering women empowerment
Panelist at Women Techmakers 2024
Panelist at the Naomi Lucas Career Bootcamp
Author of the Remote Salary Handbook for Remote Workers
Panelist at Law Ladies Day 2024
Education

Top-of-class academic record.

Barrister at Law (BL)

Nigerian Law School
Top 16% of a class of 7,602

LL.B (Bachelor of Laws)

University of Lagos
Top 8%, 38th of 496 students
Mary-Esther holding her LLB dissertation
LLB Dissertation

Protection of Remote Gig Workers in Nigeria: Imperative for Legal Intervention

A research paper exploring the legal gaps affecting remote gig workers in Nigeria and proposing frameworks for their protection. Born from years of building inclusive remote work platforms, this dissertation bridges my legal training with my work in the future of work.

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Certifications

Professional Trainings

Memberships

Associations

Advisory Board, PAGE Africa Initiative
Member, AiCarb UK
Member, ForbesBLK Community
Alumni, McKinsey Forward Program
Interests

Off the clock.

Career Content Creation
Vibecoding
Movies
Listening to Podcasts
Testimonials

Real words, real impact.

"I just want to thank you for the resume and interview prep posts you make. I used your PPF format for my interview and I got the job. I didn't believe it myself, when it comes to interviews I used to have this fear. It went so well and I'm grateful."
L
Luwa
Job seeker · Careers with Mary community

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Hire a Product Manager, Ethical AI advocate, and Lawyer who guarantees outcomes. Open to AI Product Manager, Product Operations and Compliance roles. I have done this before and I am ready to do it again. From shipping products and shaping policy to driving growth and building operational systems, I bring a track record of turning ideas into measurable outcomes.