MARGRET OLUMUYIWA

Maryland 443-***-**** adwz0c@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

As a Functional Agile Coach and Senior Scrum Master, I possess a wealth of knowledge and experience in agile methodologies. My proven track record in creating and refining agile processes within teams and organizations speaks to my expertise in this field. I am a collaborative team player who takes responsibility for defining agile transformation strategies and building strong relationships to facilitate smooth communication and lead the ART to achieve business goals. With exceptional SAFe agile practices and strong interpersonal skills, I have successfully coached and mentored Scrum masters, teams, colleagues, and organizations to excel and reach their full potential.

Skills

Strategic Planning Agile Methodologies/Scrum practices/Kanban Lean, SDLC/TDD/BDD/CICD

MS Office Scaled Agile Framework Agile Project Management Prioritizing Teamwork Oriented

Good Communication Leadership Agile Coach

Time Management Continuous improvement

Coach / Mentor

Process Improvement (Value Stream Mapping)

Data Migration / Database

Jira Confluence Azure DevOps Rally

AWS

Investment Banking

Process Improvement

Project coordination

Software Development

ETL

Project Management

Cloud Infrastructure

MS Office Scaled Agile Framework Agile Project Management Prioritizing Teamwork Oriented

Good Communication Leadership Agile Coach

Time Management Process Improvement

PI planning

Continuous improvement

Data Migration / Database

Cloud Computing (AWS)

Jira Confluence Azure DevOps Rally

Jira Confluence Azure DevOps Rally

AWS

Investment Banking

Process Improvement

Project coordination

Software Development

ETL

Project Management

Cloud Infrastructure

Education

BA: English Language

University of Lagos

Licenses & Certifications

SAFe Scrum Master

Professional Scrum Master 1

AWS Cloud Practitioner

PMI-ACP

SAFe Agilist

SAFe Program Consultant

Career Experience

Sr Scrum Master/Agile Coach December 2021 – Current

Zensar – Cisco .

Participate in creating the implementation plan, team lunch, guided by value streams, communicate changes and established metrics for the program, during the transition phase.

Coach and Mentor new hires to implement agile best practices leveraging its Values and Principles

Supporting the entire program to Improve company’s software and systems development processes..

Lead BoT management project, Integrations and Embedded Apps teams to enact the scrum process in SAFe environment.

Guide the release management team on incremental feature deliveries.

Work as a Scrum Master for Team, product owner and Business owners within the Organization.

Coach new team members and Scrum Masters through Jira cloud, align and confluence usage after platform migration.

Create and use dashboard gadgets for daily progress tracker and metrics

Mentor business focused team on consistent Agile values and Scrum Practices in a fast-paced environment.

Facilitate practical goal oriented and interactive scrum ceremonies including Sprint planning, daily stand up, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective to its required essence.

Foster collaboration amongst teams in this virtual world we found ourselves, we make the most of it as a team to deliver value in good time.

Sr Scrum Master/Jira Admin May 2021 – December 2021

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INC, REMOTE, NEW JERSEY

Achieve Agile transformation by implementing the following in an ERP/ SAP Project.

Leading Multiple SAP platform teams, local and distributed to build new solutions, Implement new functionalities and Data migration test.

Work as a Scrum Master for Team, product owner and Business.

Coach new team members on Jira and confluence usage.

Create and use dashboard gadgets for daily progress tracker.

Mentor business focused team on consistent Agile values and Scrum Practices in a fast-paced environment.

Facilitate practical goal oriented and interactive scrum ceremonies including Sprint planning, daily stand up, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective.

Start lunch and learn sessions to create a reasonable environment where teams could gain knowledge and a workshop of communication and collaboration.

Manage and improve team's performance through positive and enhance dynamics. Track and monitor work progress in JIRA and upload documents in confluence.

Involved all levels including senior management that influence decision-making beyond area of responsibility.

Scrum Master Agile Coach January 2020 – April 2021

RTG LLC, MARYLAND

Achieved Agile transformation by implementing the following in a Software Development Project in various Environments, Banking, Health and Government Parastatals.

Worked as a Scrum Master for Teams, product owners and Business.

Supported Organizations in Agile transformation and with sustainable agile best practices.

Built a highly collaborative and energetic self-organized teams by demonstrating flexibility, Diplomacy, persistence, servant leadership and mentorship in executing Product goal.

Mentored business focused teams on consistent Agile values and Scrum Practices increasing productivity and overall team satisfaction by an average of 9%.

Supported CI/CD configured monitoring to support design and deployment.

Helped the teams to develop, capture and analyze metrics to facilitate team improvements resulting in the automation of manual reports that saved 10 hours monthly in JIRA and Confluence.

Facilitated practical goal oriented and interactive scrum ceremonies including Sprint planning, daily stand up, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective resulting in on-time delivery rate of 96%.

Started lunch and learn sessions to create a reasonable environment where teams could gain knowledge and a workshop of communication and collaboration that availed the organization budget reduction by 8%.

Worked closely with the product owners to organize and facilitate backlog refinement for prioritized user stories ready for the next sprint.

Improved team performance by identifying, managing, and supporting resolution of teams’ impediments.

Interacted with all levels including senior management and influence decision-making beyond area of responsibility.

Scrum Master Agile Coach November 2019 - December 2019

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INC, NEW JERSEY

Helped team stay focus to continually integrate Business Quality in an Agile environment for the Data Analytics Department BI Supply Chain Project.

Facilitated all Iteration ceremonies including Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, Iteration Retrospective, and backlog refinement meetings.

Identified and removed impediments that interfered with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal resulting in meeting sprint goals 99% of the sprints.

Identified, analyzed, tracked dependencies, risk and opportunities while implementing best practices.

Assisted team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition and feature selection.

Provided a platform for cross-functional team collaboration and planning, highlighted dependencies and addressed points of integration during the scrum of the scrum.

Collaborated with product owners facilitating Product Backlog refinement to actively prioritize the backlog for two sprints ahead resulting in saving more hours to teams’ efforts.

Tracked and reported development progress to key stakeholders via Release/Sprint Burndown, velocity target updates, schedules, and dependencies with Jira.

Facilitated team demo sessions, progress, and challenges with others at the Scrum of Scrums.

Scrum Master April 2017 - September 2019

GIC MARKETS LLC – REMOTE, NEW YORK

Transitioned, Coached, and lead cross-functional teams on System Modernization and Cloud Data Migration Project.

Effectively Facilitated all Iteration ceremonies: Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, Iteration Retrospective.

Provided a platform for cross-team collaboration and planning, highlighting dependencies addressing points of integration or conflict during the scrum of the scrum.

Rigorously reviewed, managed backlog and in-progress items ensuring an on-time feature delivery rate of 97%.

Collaborated with product owner to actively prioritize the backlog and ensuring a ready state.

Tracked and reported progress to key stakeholders via KPI's like Release/Sprint Burndown, velocity target updates and dependencies with JIRA.

Assisted team to resolve impediments on time and escalate to the RTE as needed.

Tracked and shared team progress and challenges with others at the Scrum of Scrums.

Scrum Master May 2014 - December 2016

IMPERIAL HILLS LIMITED – Lagos

Successfully Developed agile based SDLC for a startups company.

Eliminated project setbacks by participating in all major phases of project from scope definition risk analysis.

Successfully organized and facilitated daily scrum, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint, and release planning for Investment banking startup company.

Improved communication and collaboration among Development Teams and Stakeholders.

Collaborated closely with the product owner on backlog grooming, kept product backlog relevant and prioritized, ensured acceptance criteria were agreed upon, and stories were ready for sizing.

Administrative Specialist / Project Analyst September 2012 – April 2014

POVO-MEK GROUPS – Rivers

Developed Project strategy plans based on logical framework approaches.

Maintained Project timeframes, Objectives, and communications.

Identified the goals and requirements for the project.

Performed data entry tasks to enter the project's accurate information in the database, updated client file records.

Prepared a comprehensive list of the items in shortage and placed monthly orders with the vendor.

Managed Various Manufacturing projects.

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