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PRODUCT OWNER & SECURITY COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST

Agile Methodologies Product Management Business Analysis

Driving Workforce Excellence Through Strategic Continuous Improvement and Regulatory Compliance

Accomplished Product Owner and Compliance Specialist with extensive experience in driving Agile transformations, optimizing backlog management, and accelerating product innovation. Adept at leading cross-functional teams, refining Agile workflows, and enhancing stakeholder collaboration to ensure seamless product delivery. Proven ability to implement compliance-driven solutions, streamline communication frameworks, and enhance Agile maturity across organizations. Skilled in integrating security and privacy regulations into product development while fostering continuous improvement. Passionate about mentoring teams, improving sprint efficiency, and aligning product roadmaps with business objectives. A strategic leader committed to delivering high-impact solutions that enhance operational effectiveness, user engagement, and business agility.

Signature Strengths & Competencies

Product Strategy

Cyber Security

Stakeholder Engagement

Product Development

Roadmap Planning

Market Research

Requirement Analysis

Business Requirements

Product Lifecycle Management

Regulatory Compliance

Software Product Management

Jira & Scrum

Executive Experiences

CGI, USDA Recreation.Gov Charlotte, NC 09/24 - Present

Product Manager – Senior Consultant

Optimized product backlog by refining and prioritizing 500+ user stories, reducing feature delivery time by 30% while ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory compliance.

Led Agile teams through 5+ PI planning cycles, achieving a 95% sprint completion rate and enhancing delivery predictability across multiple product iterations.

Implemented security and privacy enhancements, ensuring 100% FedRAMP, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance, which reduced audit findings by 40% and strengthened risk mitigation.

Drove collaboration across 10+ cross-functional teams, aligning product development with compliance and engineering teams, reducing defects by 25%, and improving product scalability.

Managed third-party vendor integrations and SaaS applications, optimizing system performance while reducing operational costs by 20% through strategic contract negotiations.

Automated compliance tracking and reporting processes, cutting manual effort by 50%, improving reporting accuracy, and enhancing audit readiness for regulatory assessments.

Enhanced agile adoption by increasing SAFe framework implementation by 60%, leading to improved sprint efficiency and faster time-to-market for critical features.

Leveraged JIRA, Confluence, and SAFe metrics to streamline backlog tracking and issue resolution, increasing sprint efficiency and resolution speed by 35%

Bank of America 04/24 - 09/24

Technical Product Owner – Channel Servicing & Onboarding Tech (CSOT)

Owned and maintained a prioritized team backlog aligned with business and customer needs; ensured all stories met the Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD) through close collaboration with developers and QA.

Led iteration planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives; collaborated with engineering teams to write clear, actionable user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria to support scalable and accessible cloud security features

Maintained high-quality Jira data in compliance with MRA2 (Matter Requiring Attention) standards and ensured traceability and accuracy across all Agile artifacts.

Partnered with Product Managers to align and prioritize epics, track dependencies, and deliver on PI (Program Increment) objectives; coordinated system demos and drove stakeholder engagement through clear communication and roadmap alignment.

Supported User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production validation by developing and managing comprehensive test scripts; actively validated production releases to maintain platform stability and integrity.

Championed product vision and long-term roadmap in collaboration with leadership; ensured the delivery of features and enablers aligned with broader enterprise cloud security objectives.

Investigated and integrated accessibility best practices to meet regulatory and customer experience standards.

Leveraged JIRA, Confluence, and SAFe metrics to streamline backlog tracking and issue resolution, increasing sprint efficiency and resolution speed by 35%

Aeyon, USDA R1S - Recreation.Gov 12/21 - 03/24

Product Owner – Cyber Security, Senior Privacy Risk & Compliance Consultant

Developed a comprehensive compliance framework by conducting 50+ privacy impact assessments (PIA) and 30+ system of records notices (SORN) to strengthen USDA’s data governance and ensure adherence to federal privacy regulations.

Led the product strategy and vision for enterprise cloud security solutions, aligning product roadmaps with business priorities and cybersecurity objectives across multiple lines of business.

Integrated security controls as code across multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), reducing vulnerability exposure and enabling automated compliance.

Partnered with DevOps and engineering teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines, enhancing deployment speed while maintaining robust protection standards.

Governed cloud compliance through the development of dashboards, risk assessments, and internal control documentation aligned to NIST, CIS, and ISO frameworks.

Directed FedRAMP authorization initiatives, achieving 100% compliance for USDA’s cloud service providers and reducing security vulnerabilities by 35% through the implementation of standardized security controls.

Executed rigorous security assessments and risk evaluations, ensuring the successful renewal of ATO for Recreation.gov, protecting 10M+ user records, and maintaining federal security compliance.

Orchestrated agile product development efforts, refining 200+ backlog items and ensuring alignment between security, privacy, and user needs for compliance-driven product enhancements.

Developed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production validation plans to ensure secure, high-quality releases into critical cloud environments.

Facilitated SAFe and Scrum ceremonies, improving compliance team efficiency by 40%, accelerating risk assessments, and ensuring timely execution of security and regulatory requirements.

Spearheaded risk management initiatives, identifying and mitigating 20+ high-risk security vulnerabilities, reinforcing USDA’s cybersecurity resilience against emerging threats and regulatory scrutiny.

Streamlined FISMA security controls and compliance processes, achieving 100% audit readiness, and ensuring federal information systems met stringent security and privacy mandates.

Enhanced vendor security evaluations by strengthening third-party risk assessments, reducing compliance gaps by 30%, and improving supplier security posture across critical USDA systems.

Amazon Charlotte, NC 03/21 - 12/21

Amazon Scrum Master IC/QA/CS – Inventory Control, Quality Assurance

Increased feature delivery rate by 98% by restructuring backlog prioritization and refining sprint execution, ensuring seamless alignment with business objectives and quality compliance standards.

Accelerated sprint completion by 15% through process optimization, Agile coaching, and proactive impediment resolution, enhancing overall team efficiency and delivery timelines.

Orchestrated cross-functional collaboration, driving a 4M-user adoption increase by streamlining sprint planning, backlog refinement, and stakeholder engagement for seamless feature implementation.

Improved Agile workflow predictability, achieving 99% adherence to project deadlines, ensuring consistent and rapid software delivery while maintaining high-quality standards.

Reduced development bottlenecks by 30%, enhancing backlog execution and sprint velocity through improved coordination between business, development, and quality assurance teams.

Strengthened inventory control and quality assurance processes, minimizing compliance risks and optimizing operational efficiency across two Agile teams, ensuring regulatory and business alignment.

Browns Group PYT LTD Johannesburg, SA 11/18 - 02/21

Scrum Master/Agile Coach/Business Intelligent Analyst

Championed Agile transformations, spearheading the prototyping and delivery of 25+ innovative product features annually, significantly reducing time-to-market and driving continuous product evolution.

Elevated customer engagement by 21% through strategic stakeholder alignment, proactive requirement gathering, and the seamless execution of user-centric product enhancements.

Revolutionized Agile workflows, ensuring a 99% adherence to project deadlines, which strengthened operational efficiency and accelerated high-quality software releases.

Empowered and trained 10+ Agile teams, instilling advanced SAFe and Scrum methodologies that enhanced sprint velocity, Agile adoption, and cross-team collaboration.

Engineered a strategic communication framework to eliminate project misalignment, resulting in $900K in cost savings through streamlined stakeholder coordination and decision-making.

Refined backlog management and prioritization strategies, boosting sprint execution efficiency and accelerating the delivery of high-impact business intelligence solutions.

Orchestrated cross-functional collaboration between development, business, and data analytics teams, optimizing workflows and driving measurable improvements in Agile execution and product delivery.

Additional Experiences

Business Analyst Planet Analyst/Prtv Randburg, SA 04/04 - 05/18

Internal Auditor/Administrative Manager Mikemary Enterprises Import Ltd Lagos, NG 01/01 - 02/04

Professional Affiliations

Project Management Institute, USA - PMI Certified Member

International Institute of Business Analysis, USA - IIBA Certified Member

Education

International Diploma – Accounting & Finance – Business & Management Cambridge International College United Kingdom

Advance Program – Sourcing & Supply Chain Management University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

Higher National Diploma Yaba College of Technology Lagos, Nigeria

Certifications

University of Maryland - Applied Scrum for Agile Project

The Scrum Academy - International DevOps Practitioner Foundation IDPF International Kanban Master Foundation International Agile Test Foundation Prince 2 Awareness International Scrum Team Member Awareness

International Scrum Assembly - International Scrum Master, ISM International Scrum Product Owner, ISPO International Agile Leader, IAL, Certified SAFe® 6 Scrum Master, Scaled Agile, Inc., Certified SAFe® 5 Release Train Engineer, Scaled Agile, Inc, Certified Project Manager (PMP), Project Management Institute, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, Adopting an Inclusion Mindset at Work, Skillsoft, Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner, IBM, FinTech Security and Regulation (RegTech), Coursera, Google IT Support Specialization, Coursera

Technical Acumen

Project Management Tools: Jira, Trello, Asana, Monday.com, VersionOne

Agile Tools: Confluence, Miro, Rally

Business Intelligence & Analytics: Power BI

Security & IT Support Tools: Cisco, Firewalls, Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)

Collaboration Tools: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom

Design & Prototyping: Figma, Balsamiq, Adobe XD

Cloud-based Platforms: Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure

Clarity, Jira, Rally, PHP, Java, Python, SQL

Tunde Sobowale (PMP CSM CSPO)

Charlotte, NC 704-***-**** *************@******.*** Linkedin.com/in/tunde-sobowale-48658b14/

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