Mbotidem is the Program Coordinator at the Policy Innovation Center (PIC). Before joining the PIC, he functioned as the Grants Operations Officer and Technical Anchor for the Mining and Manufacturing Policy Commission of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), where he supports all programmes and projects, including the building of the policy repository, the drafting of the implementation framework for the Economic and Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) for Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics, a Mini Executive MBA in Business and Leadership and a Master's in Business Administration.