KIKI AREMU

: 682-***-**** Dallas, TX ***** : ad195f@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Dedicated, self-motivated, and diligent Senior Scrum Master and Agile Coach with solid experience in training product development team, developing and implementing Agile methodologies for solving primary problems, catalyzing improvements, promoting awareness, boosting ownership, developing competencies, and facilitating barrier removal.

Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments, and fostering self-management. Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VersionOne MS Suite MS Project Trello MS Visio Jira Service Now Confluence JQL Miro Mural

CORE COMPETENCIES

Agile Methodologies & Principles

Software Development Lifecycle

Tasking Meetings/Retrospectives

Agile Project Management

Story-Based Development

Iteration/Sprint Planning Meetings

Agile Software Development

Conflict Resolution

Agile Coaching

Application Development

Risk Mitigation & Management

Scaled Agile Framework

Product Backlog Grooming

Waterfall-to-Agile Migration

Continuous Development

Integration and Monitoring knowledge

Lean Implementation

Enterprise Agile Transformation

CAREER HISTORY

Snr Scrum Master April. 2022 – Present

US Bank, Atlanta

Drive continuous improvement initiatives and the adoption of agile best practices in the organization by implementing agile principles and scrum practices for improved project execution.

Evaluate the Scrum Maturity of the team; coaches the team to achieve higher levels of maturity and at a pace that is sustainable for the organization.

Fast-tracked delivery by coaching team in user story slicing and focusing on business value, using INVEST and coaching OKRs

Perform initial Agile team assessments and recommend and assist with the implementation of Agile team structure for the teams and associated resources.

Support a Salesforce Kanban team (DeVops) which specializes in supporting Copado pipeline integration to maintain and support the pipeline by doing Copado upgrades, Copado promotion, user permission.

Working together with the integrators and sales force developers to ensure that they are responsible for their code promotions.

Notable Achievements

Supported two cross-functional data teams in Scrum and Kanban practices, performing portfolio-increment (PI) planning sessions/reviews, and organizing retrospectives.

Increased Scrum team productivity by 15% and quality of deliverables by 24%.

Supported two team squads through Agile Ways of Working (AWOW) by coaching on end-to-end product delivery, behavior-driven development, customer outcomes and reducing waste by effectively facilitating key scrum ceremonies.

Supported and coached two cross functional teams from forming to performing by introducing team agreements, health checks and promoting psychological safety.

Scrum Master March. 2021 – April. 2022

PepsiCo, TX

Coached the scrum teams to deliver done-high-quality products by ensuring execution is most efficient and well-coordinated, possible through continuous coaching and mentoring of the team members in the Agile principles, practices, and values.

Facilitated high complexity Agile initiatives from initiation through release, provided oversight to ensure alignment with Agile/Scrum practices, including but not limited to, project kick-off, sprint, release, and deployment planning.

Created and managed a realistic, detailed plan to ensure medium to large-scale projects are executed on time, on budget, and in scope.

Boosted velocity by hosting and facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and promoting psych safety.

Utilized JIRA to track and effectively communicate team velocity, burn down charts and sprint/release progress to the team.

Notable Achievements

Successfully migrated Y-Speak / Voice-Speak Supply Chain operations running in 337 distribution centers in North America, 337 sites that were transferred into Azure cloud. Productively migrated both the first and second phase of a total of 337 sites into Azure Cloud, faced list trouble and supported all rollups.

Secured a 30% increase in deployments by supporting the team to ensure prioritized stories by removing impediments and fostering continuous improvement.

Accelerated product delivery by strategically organizing user story workshops and backlog refinement ceremonies.

Scrum Master Jan 2018 – Feb 2021

Omotayo CPA, TX

Assisted scrum teams and management remove identified impediments and minimize distractions to support the development team’s sprint goals.

Ensured outcome of retrospectives was-implemented towards continuous team improvement.

Successfully developed and coordinated Agile Community of Practice resulting in the more effective adoption of agile practices.

Facilitated user story estimation workshops using the Planning Poker technique.

Facilitated the creation and documentation of working agreement, the definition of ready and definition of done and ensured it is visible and live in team meetings.

Project Manager Oct 2015 – July 2017

Transsion holding (Tecno mobile), Lagos.

Developed project plans including timelines, milestones, dependencies, resource allocation, etc., which are used by management to track progress against key performance indicators (KPIs).

Provided support during implementation of projects through training sessions for users on new systems and processes as well as post-implementation support when needed.

Planned and monitored project spending/budgeting, and guided projects to completion on time, within scope, and on budget.

Created and maintained project documentation, plans and progress report.

Managed internal and external contractors and staffs throughout project life cycle.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals in a timely and effective manner.

Developed key project goals and worked collaboratively with teams to meet those goals.

Facilitated discussion, decision making and conflict resolution.

Built a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame or being judged.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

RTE – Release Train Engineer

ICP-ACC – Agile Coach

Certified Scrum Professional- Scrum Alliance

Kanban System Design

Certified Agile Leadership -CAL E/O

Certified Agile Leadership for Organizations

SAFe – Scaled Agile Framework

Certified Scrum Master

Chicago school of Professional Psychology, USA

PHD in Organizational Leadership (In View)

Coventry University, London

Master of Arts in Public relations, Advertising and Applied Communication

University of Ibadan

Master of Arts in History

Babcock University – Ogun State, Nigeria

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations

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