Scrum Master Project Manager

AFEEZ SAVAGE

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SKILLS

Agile Scrum · Agile Project Management · Training · Conflict Resolution · Business Process Improvement · Communication · Change Management · Active Listening · Facilitation · SAFe · Scrum · Jira · Confluence · User Stories · Kanban · Servant Leadership · Risk Management · Stakeholder Management · Conflict Resolution · Microsoft Office Tools - Word, MS Team, Excel.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Lead City University, Ibadan

B.SC Mass Communication and Media Technology

Sep 2014

Scrum Alliance

Certified Agile Scrum Master

2021

Scaled Agile, Inc

SAFe 5.1 PO/PM

2022

Prosci

Change Management Practitioner

2022

WORK EXPERIENCE

Agile PM/Snr. Scrum Master

Feb 2020- Present

3rivers Credit Union, Fort Wayne Indiana

•Lead, support, and coach two cross functional teams in implementing and integrating salesforce on an enterprise level as company CRM tool .

•Assisting Product Owners in grooming and refining product backlogs leading to an increase in sprint readiness from 20% to 80%

•Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives.

•Coach team to practice sizing/estimating and adherence to agile / scrum ceremonies

•Teach, mentor, and coach teams, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners on emerging Agile and Lean methods.

•Supporting eight-member cross functional project team to create standard operating procedure documents for over 100 existing processes across several departments within the Bank. This led to reduction in error rates and troubleshooting calls have been cut by over 80%.

•Provide guidance and support in developing user stories, agile processes, and best practices.

•Continuously train and mentor team members on the best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and time management.

•Organize info-sessions, update meetings, and training for team members to ensure cross-functional team alignment and clarity on team responsibilities.

Scrum Master/ Agile Project Manager/ Product Owner Aug 2017- Feb 2020

Hewlett Packard, Plano Texas

•Led Supported Scrum teams responsible for digital marketing solution.

•Collaborated with team members and product teams to define solutions and drive team progress towards the delivery of the organizations marketing product goals.

•Interfaced with Product Owner to continuously refine and maintain a healthy product backlog.

•Collaborated with the stakeholders to align team with the product vision and sprint goals.

•Coached and guided scrum team to Identify, remove or escalate impediments to enable team success.

•Reinforced clear and actionable work by teaching and promoting user story acceptance criteria, the definition of ready, the definition of done, and refinement sessions.

•Organized and led scrum events.

Agile Project Manager Feb 2016 – Aug 2017

Sun Trust Bank New York., NY

•Led scrum team responsible for ddigital transformation project.

•Interfaced with Product Owner on an active basis to manage product backlog and sprint activities.

•Collaborated with cross–functional teams on several process improvement projects and initiatives.

•Facilitated scrum ceremonies to execute the product backlog.

•Assisted scrum team to Identify and remove impediments.

•Served as a change management agent, supported the adoption of new tools and processes, and strengthened partnerships across the organization.

Business Analyst/ Scrum Master Feb 2015 - Feb 2016

Sun Trust Bank New York., NY

•Educated and coached scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and stakeholders.

•Worked with the development team that developed a new banking application.

•Worked with Product Owner to continuously prioritize and groom user Stories in the Product Backlog.

•Facilitated sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinements.

•Gather requirements, Architect, and Design client-specific solutions.

•Gathered business requirements using appropriate elicitation techniques like user observation, brainstorming, client interviewing, and document analysis. Conducted JAD sessions with various stakeholders and the project team. Used Jira tool for gathering and managing requirements.

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