Agile Project Manager

Adurayemi Akintomide

317-***-**** *********@*****.***

Project manager/Scrum master

Dynamic and results-oriented Agile Coach with extensive 8years of experience in fostering high-performance teams and guiding them through Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and Built-in-Quality. Adept at enhancing team competencies, promoting a culture of continuous improvement, and facilitating key Scrum activities. Proven track record in creating and maintaining a safe and collaborative team environment, coaching on Agile practices, and driving successful outcomes through effective leadership and conflict resolution.

Skills

Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Built-in-Quality

Coaching & Mentoring: Team competencies, Agile mindset, continuous improvement

Facilitation: Scrum events, ART alignment, workshops (User Story mapping, prioritization)

Metrics & Reporting: Dashboard creation, status reporting, risk management

Tools & Technologies: Jira, Agile ALM tools, software development practices

Leadership: Conflict management, negotiation, interpersonal communication, virtual team management

Achievements

Participated and facilitated in Scrum of Scrum meetings to coordinate dependencies and mitigating risks across various Scrum teams.

Widely known as a relentless servant leader dedicated to bridging silos and promoting alignment amongst all teams.

Strong ability to adapt and promote stability within teams while shielding them from outside distractions.

Proactive and assertive Agile guardian, dedicating to encouraging innovation, stability, team engagement and team mental health.

Full knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Devops with efficiency in using team collaboration tools like Jira, Miro, Confluence, etc.

EXPERIENCE

Agile project manager: Globe life liberty national, March 2021 - Current

Showcase and manage team coaching competencies to build high-performing teams, ensuring adherence to Agile processes and practices.

Foster physiological safety and trust within teams, embodying Lean Agile Values to support a positive and productive team culture.

Facilitate Scrum events and represent the team in Agile Release Train (ART) events to ensure alignment and effective communication.

Coach development teams on Agile mindsets, Scrum framework, continuous improvement practices, and team culture, leveraging gamification and Kaizen techniques to enhance performance and velocity.

Remove impediments and roadblocks, coordinating with cross-functional teams and various leads to ensure smooth project execution.

Guide teams through Agile practices, mentoring them to meet daily and sprint objectives while aligning with team standards.

Develop and maintain dashboards and metrics, reporting status, risks, and impediments to ensure transparency and informed decision-making.

Establish strong inter-team relationships to identify dependencies, align priorities, and facilitate collaborative solutions.

Assist teams in enhancing engineering and automation practices, leveraging knowledge of software development fundamentals.

Support teams in utilizing Agile ALM tools such as Jira, and drive improvements in Agile tool usage and processes.

Report directly to the Global Agile Practice Director, collaborating with an Agile Release Train Engineer (RTE) to drive Agile transformation.

Scrum master: IU Health, Data Management. January 2018 – February 2021

Communicated the progress of projects to senior management through 'burndown Charts, Velocity and other metrics

Partnered closely with product owners to drive backlog story grooming and to ensure backlog items are properly and fully defined prior to acceptance into a sprint.

Identified, managed, and assisted in the elimination of dependencies across teams. leading to faster delivery and improved collaboration.

Mentored teams, to be self-organizing with accountability, decision making, conflict resolution, and transparency. While facilitating scrum ceremonies.

Motivated team focused on the sprint priorities, objectives, business values, and protecting the team from overcommitting.

Encouraged improvements to teams’ Agile knowledge through hands on coaching and knowledge transfer sessions, while implementing Agile best practices such as continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency

Collaborate with the product owner to create and maintain the product backlog

Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives

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Customer Service Representative: MTN. Nigeria

Manage incoming calls & customer service inquires

Distribute sales leads from online orders to Sales reps

Enter orders submitted by sales or customer

Ensure proper margins are in place

Communicate effectively with customers, vendors & sales

Documenting and uploading documents in doc management system

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Mathematics, Adeyemi of College of Education (affiliate OAU), May 2015

Certification

Professional scrum master (PSM1)

SAFE Scrum Master 6.0

Cisco Certified network associate (CCNA)

Licensed Insurance Agent (LIA

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