Scrum Master Property Manager
Resume:
IBUKUN OLA
EXPERIENCED SCRUM MASTER, AGILE COACH, AND DELIVERY LEAD
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SUMMARY
As a servant leader, I have been able to successfully cultivate change and foster continuous improvement within a cross-functional environment. Strategic planning, problem analysis, and a visionary mindset have allowed me to add business value and track success. I drive change in business through coaching and servant leadership. I have excellent people skills enabling coaching and the constant removal of impediments. I can help increase a Dev team's productivity by fostering continuous improvement and adaptive processes. I am also a strategic communicator, team-builder, and servant-leader adept at coaching high-performing teams to foster an open, transparent environment. I am a keen advocate of quality and continuous improvement and believe Agile principles strongly support this. With vast experience in using different Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles, I am passionate about unlocking the potential within the team through training, mentoring, teaching, and coaching. Strong experience working on Waterfall and Agile software Projects. I experiment and am not afraid to try new approaches and practices that drive us forward.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES
Professional Scrum Master, Scrum Org
BSc. Estate Management, University of Lagos
EXPERTISE AND CORE SKILLS
oFacilitation
oServe & Lead
oConflict Mediator
oRisk Tracker & Remover (Impediment)
oGreat Relationship Builder
oChange Agent
oUnderstands People
oFriendly Communicator
oEmpiricism Approach
oScrum, XP, Lean and Kanban
oJira, Confluence, MS, Slack, & Miro
oCoach with an Attitude of Empowerment
oReporting Team’s Status
oScaled Agile – SAFe & Nexus
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
NatWest Banking Group Scrum Master (OCT 2019 – Present)
oWorking with distributed teams, set a cadence of events that help the team to communicate efficiently, execute on sprint goals and commitments, identify and action areas of improvement along with supporting an environment of psychological safety.
oDrove communities of practices that helped enable sharing of best practices across the organization.
oLed the collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritizing the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team.
oSupported the product manager and system architect in managing and scheduling the project roadmap, managing multiple work streams and conflicting priorities.
oLead the development of a culture where the development team and operations work together for continuous delivery of value using DevOps principles and practices
oUse a variety of Agile facilitation, mentoring, coaching, and teaching techniques in individual and team settings to help introduce/ improve on Agile mindset, practices, and tools
oSupports the product owner in product backlog refinements and drove stakeholders’ meetings.
oOrganized and coordinated the sprint ceremonies in an effective manner to achieve the desired result like backlog refinements, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups.
oFacilitate internal communication and effective collaboration and resolve conflicts and obstacles.
oHelp teams implement changes effectively.
oEnsure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
oSupported the Agile office to deliver agile training (SCRUM) to newly formed teams to ease their transition through the four phases and coaching on agile principles and roles.
oLead the scrum and development teams in self-organization
Berkeley Group Scrum Master (JAN 2016 – OCT 2019)
oCoordinates inter-team cooperation and helps the team operate well on the train.
oActed as a mirror to the team by revealing areas of the room for improvements or risks whilst not helping them resolve them so they can be empowered and make decisions by themselves.
oFacilitates Nexus Daily Scrum meetings for representatives of multiple teams working to deliver the same product to discuss dependencies issues and increment integration issues.
oConducted team agility assessments effectively to evaluate and drive potential improvement areas in the Agile teams.
oActively scans the external environment to stay abreast of, and create internal awareness of new trends in Agile frameworks, concepts, and capabilities.
oRemoved impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments
oHelped the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity
oAbility to convey information and key takeaways to the team and other key stakeholders in the organization and clients.
oTracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to all affected teams and management
oRemoved barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
oAct as a liaison between the Business Agility Office and the PMO to improve alignment across the product.
oPlan, coordinate, and facilitate quarterly planning across the product. Working with global scrum teams, engineering managers, product owners, and leads ensure dependencies are identified and tracked and stories are estimated.
GCHQ Team Leader/Project Coordinator Asst. (JUL 2014 – JAN 2016)
oProduced a project plan that identifies all project requirements and risks.
oManaged the project budgets to ensure delivery within approved parameters and completion within timescales as agreed with internal and external clients.
oAttended site meetings and monitored the Contractor’s performance including a focus on interrogating the Contractors cash flow to ensure timely and efficient financial drawdown.
oTook the lead on managing the handover process, in conjunction with external consultants, to ensure a smooth and efficient handover into management.
Housing Association, Stratford Property Manager (APR 2013 – JUL 2014)
oVoid management and ensuring all customer activity is recorded accurately.
oEnsured all health and safety regulations are adhered to.
oInvestigating all tenancy breaches thoroughly
oAssist in training new members of staff in best practices
oCoordinated maintenance repairs, and requests, and monitored portfolio performance.
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