Lola A.
4.7
Studied at Harvard University
Works at Stripe
Available tomorrow at 10:30 AM UTC
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About Lola
Lola is product and strategy professional who has pursued an international and multi-disciplinary generalist career. She started her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs as intern, before joining McKinsey and Company as a Business Analyst for 3 years. While at McKinsey, she worked with clients all around the world -- spending time in South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia during her tenure. She consistently received top reviews, was heavily involved in the on-campus recruiting process, and conducted interview coaching. After McKinsey, she pivoted to tech and moved internationally to join Deliveroo in Corporate Strategy. She received 3 promotions in 15 months and was consistently rated a top 5% performer. While at Deliveroo, she transitioned to Product Management, leading a team of 15 engineers, designers, and user researchers to deliver products that improved Deliveroo's consumer experience. Most recently, Lola joined Stripe to lead Product Strategy & Operations for their African business unit, Paystack (a startup acquired by Stripe in 2020). Within one year, she was promoted to manage a team of three and lead a new business unit as a Product Manager Lead. Throughout her career, Lola has also secured the following offers: + Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Analyst + Google Product Marketing Manager + Facebook Rotational Product Manager Lola is excited to help generalists, ex-consultants, or enthusiastic people in transition figure out how to tell their story and secure offers that are aligned with their goals. She has helped multiple people with resume preparation, interview coaching for consulting, strategy / bizops, product management interviews, and salary negotiation.
Why do I coach?
I've always valued peer coaching and mentorship in my professional and personal life! I've learned a lot from people slightly ahead of me in life, and have most benefitted from the tactical advice, unspoken rules, and mindset shifts shared with me. I love supporting those who are interested in paths that I've walked down and I'm keen to pay it forward through coaching.
Work Experience
Product Leader
Stripe
November 2022 - Present
Transitioned to Product Lead role for Paystack, Stripe's African acquisition
Strategy and Product
Stripe
September 2021 - November 2022
Lead Product Strategy and Operations for Stripe's African business unit, Paystack. Operate as business lead for core payments product area.
Product Manager
Deliveroo
January 2020 - September 2022
Briefly part of corporate strategy team, before transitioning to Product Management role leading consumer experience initiatives. Led a team of 15 including engineers, data scientists, designers, and user researchers. Successfully shipped dozens of experiments that drove incremental profit and order volume for the business.
Business Analyst
McKinsey & Company
2017 - 2020
Business Analyst at McKinsey - worked across Philadelphia, New York, DC, London, Copenhagen, and Helsinki offices. Led client teams across multiple sites in South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Academic Intern
The White House
August 2016 - December 2016
Intern for the National Economic Council, focused on economic and fintech policy.
Investment Banking Analyst
Goldman Sachs
May 2016 - August 2016
Summer banking analyst at Goldman Sachs. Ranked #1 in intern cohort, and received offer to return full-time.
Lola was also given offers to work at
Meta (Facebook)
Goldman Sachs
Google
Education
Harvard University
AB, Psychology
2013 - 2017
cum laude
Lola was also personally admitted to
Yale University
Princeton University
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Chicago
Brown University
Duke University
10 Reviews
Overall Rating
4.7
Knowledge
4.6
Value
4.4
Responsiveness
4.6
Supportiveness
4.4
Lola has helped clients get into these companies: