Scrum Master Project Manager
Resume:
Okwori Ojum
Professional Summary
Performance-driven and service-focused professional with extensive project management experience and a proven track record of developing and implementing successful business systems utilizing various IT methodologies such as Scrum, and SDLC. Certified Scrum Master proficient in initiating business process improvements and re-engineering, product delivery, integration, and implementation in various domains. Dependable and highly analytical exercises independent judgment and decision-making abilities in establishing technical standards, ensuring adherence in evaluating technology problems, and creating manageable solutions.
Work History
Navy Marine Corp Relief Society - Project Manager/Scrum Master
New Orleans, LA
05/2022 - Current
Act as go-to resource for engineering team, providing clarity on tasks, gathering missing assets or requirements and handling project changes.
Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
Drafted project reports to identify successful outcomes, insights and future recommendations.
Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
Drive Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
Work across teams outside of engineering to find solutions and answers to issues encountered by engineering personnel.
Contribute to process improvement as part of an ongoing Agile transformation.
Encourage best engineering practice like Definition of Done, Coding standards and compliance, automation, pair programming.
American Red Cross - Project Manager/Scrum Master
New Orleans, LA
05/2017 - 04/2022
Creating and maintaining a consolidated timeline/schedule highlighting the major milestones and associated dates for project activities.
Identifying and communicating project dependencies and impacts; Putting mechanisms in place to ensure on-going control of the project.
Define project governance, outlining roles, responsibilities, decision rights and clearly defined escalation path.
Responsible for overall coordination, status reporting and stability of project-oriented work efforts.
Led conflict resolution and will drive the team forward to achieve the sprint goals leveraging business and interpersonal experience to remove project roadblocks.
Ensured milestones are reached and deadlines are met throughout project lifecycle.
Built excellent relationships with stakeholders, application users, and program owners.
Worked with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.
Resolved team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
Contributed to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
Federal Inland Revenue Service - Project Manager
NG
12/2012 - 11/2017
Ensured success criteria defined upfront to promote alignment and actively manage to project outcomes.
Managed one or more cross-functional projects of medium to high complexity.
Provided leadership and key stakeholders with the information and venues to make effective, timely decisions.
Assisted Program Manager(s) in partnering with senior management and business development to identify and prioritize opportunities to achieve the strategic goals of the enterprise..
Assessed business requirements to forecast annual budgetary operational costs.
Established work plans and staffing for each phase of the projects and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel as required/necessary.
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Belle Chasse, LA 70037
Skills
JIRA/Confluence
Risk Management
Process Improvement
Scrum/Kanban
Conflict Resolution
Facilitator
Project Management
Project Budgeting
Waterfall Methodology
Stakeholder Engagement
Software Development (SDLC)
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Education
University of Maryland - Global Campus
Baltimore, MD
MBA: Business Administration
University of Maiduguri
Nigeria
Bachelor of Science: Political Science
Certification
Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)
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