OLANREWAJU ADELEKE

Canyon Country, CA ***** 818-***-**** ad3opf@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Certified, result driven, Project Manager & Scrum Master with over 9 Years of experience leading projects during various stages of the Software Development Life Cycle, utilizing the concepts of continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment (CI/CD) in numerous projects over the years. I’ve collaborated with various offshore teams across the world working on multiple projects simultaneously. I am proficient in Agile, Waterfall, and Scrum methodologies. Draw on excellent communication skills to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders based on confidence and trust. I’m able to deliver value by developing strategies to solve complex system problems in fast-paced client-facing environments and accomplish corporate goals through self-motivation, entrepreneurial ability, initiative, and creativity. .

Key Strengths:

●Agile & SAFE

●Program management

●Excel (gap analysis & pivot table)

●Agile Release Train (ART)

●Product management/ development

●Facilitating scrum ceremonies

●Remediating Risks & impediments

●Conflict management

●Agile Estimation and Planning

●Joint Application Development (JAD)

●Integration management

●Problem management

●Change and People management.

●Agile Coach

●Managing many different personalities to lead a team.

●Traceability matrix (RTM)

●Documenting and Tracking System Defects

●Client and End user support

Methodologies & Tools:

CI/CD SDLC, Kanban, Hybrid, Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, SAfe, Business Objects, Azure DevOps/TFS, EcoSystem Azure Devops, XML, UML, Use Cases, User Stories, MS Office Suite, MS, Visio, HP Quality Center, ALM, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, MS Project, Salesforce, Wireframe, Data Lake, Text Analytics, SharePoint, JIRA, Spark, ETL, MURAL, Rally, Confluence, Lucid chart, Confluence, Wiki, Rational ClearQuest, Quality Center, Slack, Version One, WebEx/MS Teams/Zoom.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Covius - Remote

Project Manager/Scrum Master April 2021 to June 2023

●Lead and managed several agile scrum teams simultaneously, some comprising up to 10 developers.

●Managed assigned tasks to completion within the schedule, budget, and scope of the project.

●Worked on managing both retail and Wholesale Lending Credit risk initiatives, portfolio monitoring for lending activities, & managing investment-grade related credit exposure.

●Facilitated contextual adoption of the Scrum Framework, including daily scrum, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint review, retrospectives, and other related team and intra-team meetings.

●Worked on and managed an agile release train consisting of a large team of professionals, facilitating the incremental release of products across the organization.

●Used JIRA to track features, utilizing stories and epics for multiple project projections.

●Helped to prepare and support teams in implementing the organizational changes.

●Used a portfolio governance system and process to monitor and manage projects.

●Defined, developed, and actively managed project plans & risks.

●Presented to leadership, stakeholders and/or governance groups, the vision and strategy of the project, utilizing a roadmap of planned deliveries and capabilities to be delivered in each release.

●Lead onshore and offshore communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.

●Supported and educated the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining or grooming to manage the product backlog.

●Removed impediments and guided the team through blockers by chasing the right personnel to remove those blockers.

●Conducted cross-organizational coordination as required to support project delivery.

●Expedited and coordinated services to assist in managing complex enterprise projects.

●Provided routine reporting of project milestones, risks, impediments/blockers, and escalation requirements.

●Managed the full lifecycle of applications/systems projects for an Event Management (EM) Division from intake to customer delivery.

●Lead and managed Agile SCRUM teams, products, and processes across the lifecycle of the project

●Evaluated, determined, and documented specific requirements related to EM projects and translated those requirements into a roadmap with target release dates for accomplishment.

PNC Bank - Remote

Project Manager/Scrum Master April 2019 to March 2021

●Provided hands-on facilitation of major scrum ceremonies across multiple development teams; consulted and coached teams to support a smooth transformation to scrum practices.

●Coordinated and lead activities that span across functional teams to complete deliverables that fulfilled corporate strategic initiative roadmap.

●Managed multiple scrum teams from initiation to the execution phase, monitoring project stories and tasks using JIRA to ensure the completion of WIPs, deliver value, and optimize business needs and performance.

●Enabled continuous improvements and organizational effectiveness by identifying process gaps, finding solutions for technical blockers or impediments as they arise.

●Lead and support the scrum team during program iterations, planning to create a healthy product backlog, identify risks & dependencies, and to articulate SMART Program Increment goals and objectives.

●Facilitated backlog grooming meetings, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings.

●Collaborated with both the members of a team and the enterprise stakeholders of the business and technology groups to ensure the digitization of a project is on track.

●Ensured that risks associated with business activities were effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled.

●Coached team members on Agile principles and provided general guidance on the methodology.

Icon Health – Remote

Project Manager/Scrum Master July 2016 to March 2019

●Elicited business requirements relating to new business solutions to build a digital software platform for services rendered and translated them into clear functional and technical specifications.

●Worked across multiple online initiatives, overseeing them from initiation to completion, developing and sharing project plans, schedule and budgets, managing scope, allocating tasks and communicating deadlines to team members

●Coordinated multiple Agile and Waterfall projects to ensure tasks and deliverables are completed on time and within budget to meet programs and client’s objective.

●Evaluated risks related to requirements implementation, testing processes (Requirement Traceability Matrix), project communications, and training saving the company a lot of money.

●Reviewed Ideation & discovery requests. Conducted interviews, surveys, client visits, focus groups, workshops and JAD sessions to gather requirements to understand current and desired functionalities.

●Consistently met project deadlines which led to successful implementation of programs.

●Analyzing existing systems and recommending enhancements to improve efficiency.

●Worked closely with product owners in the management and prioritization of product backlogs which involves various modifications usually triggered by a change in requirements.

●Developed UML diagrams (Activity Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, and Business Context Diagrams) to document business activity and flow of information.

Clayton – San Diego, CA

Project Manager/SME May 2014 to June 2016

●Meeting with stakeholders, facilitating requirements gathering sessions to elicit requirements and translate them into clear functional specifications.

●Developed clear and comprehensible Business Requirements Documents (BRD), roadmaps, use cases, user stories, process flow diagrams and other technical documentation on time.

●Acted as effective liaison between business owners and technical teams to minimize the gap between the expectation of business users and final deliverable.

●Designed, wrote and executed test plans and test cases to validate requirements.

●Facilitated consensus on project scope, risks, assumptions, and constraints amongst stakeholders.

HMRC UK

Junior Project Manager /BA September 2012 to March 2014

● Gathered business requirements through processes of document analysis, interviews, workshops, and workflow analysis.

●Created test scripts, use cases, and performed UAT testing to ensure that specifications are met.

●Work closely with the Stakeholder and the entire Product Team including Scrum Master, Developers, and QA to support delivery of high-value business Initiatives.

●Defined end-to-end program plans for strategic initiatives including process, deliverables, operating model, operating cadence.

●Facilitated contract negotiations by clearly articulating shared understanding of the end goal, ensuring the right stakeholders are involved, and developing an approach with the team.

●Provided leverage to the Product Marketing leaders by assisting with creation of or providing critical feedback on business deliverables.

EDUCATION

Cardiff Metropolitan University

●Master of Business Administration (MBA) IN Finance 2012

London School of Commerce

● Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management 2011

Benson Idahosa University

● Bachelor OF Computer Science 2008

CERTIFICATIONS

● Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Scrum.org.

● Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum.org.

● Accredited Project Manager Certification™ (APRM™)

● Prince 2 Foundation

● Certified Lean Six Sigma

● Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE).

● BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice

● Project Management Professional (PMP) in view

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