Scaled Agile Transformation Consulting Manager

CHINENYE NWOKENNA SCALED AGILE CONSULTING MANAGER

CHINENYE NWOKENNA

SCALED AGILE TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM DELIVERY AGILE COACHING

Los Angeles, CA

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Enterprise Agile and transformation leader with 7+ years of experience guiding complex initiatives across technology, operations, HR, legal, finance, and business functions. Certified SAFe Program Consultant, Certified Scrum Master, SAFe Scrum Master, and PMP with experience facilitating Agile delivery, coaching cross functional teams, improving delivery predictability, managing dependencies, and communicating with senior stakeholders. Strong working knowledge of software delivery environments, DevOps collaboration, Agile metrics, risk management, and organizational change. CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Scaled Agile and SAFe Agile Coaching and Facilitation Program and Portfolio Delivery SDLC and DevOps Collaboration Executive Stakeholder Management Risk and Dependency Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior HR Operations & Agile Project Manager McKesson Apr 2022 to Present

• Led enterprise Agile transformation initiatives across HR, legal, finance, technology, and business teams, aligning delivery practices with organizational priorities and improving operational efficiency by 15%.

• Coached cross functional teams and business leaders on Agile ways of working, delivery expectations, accountability, and continuous improvement across complex transformation programs.

• Maintained program plans, Agile artifacts, workflows, risks, dependencies, decisions, and status reporting to strengthen transparency across concurrent initiatives.

• Partnered with senior leaders to assess capacity, prioritize work, coordinate dependencies, and align execution with business objectives and delivery commitments.

• Conducted proactive risk assessments and escalated delivery issues early, contributing to a 25% improvement in project predictability.

• Worked within technology enabled delivery environments using Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Smartsheet, Jenkins, Git based tools, AWS, and Microsoft Azure.

Scrum Master BCBS Oct 2019 to Mar 2022

• Facilitated sprint planning, daily Scrum, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives for cross functional teams delivering transformation and operational initiatives.

• Developed Agile adoption frameworks and coached teams on Scrum, Kanban, SAFe practices, iterative delivery, and continuous improvement, increasing team velocity by 20%.

• Partnered with product owners to refine backlogs, clarify priorities, define delivery goals, and maintain alignment between business needs and team execution.

• Tracked velocity, burndown, delivery trends, blockers, risks, and dependencies to improve planning accuracy and provide leaders with actionable delivery insight.

• Removed impediments by coordinating cross functional dependencies and facilitating decisions among product, business, technology, and operational stakeholders.

• Supported program level coordination across teams by reinforcing Agile discipline, surfacing delivery risks, and aligning work to broader transformation objectives.

CHINENYE NWOKENNA SCALED AGILE CONSULTING MANAGER HR Project Manager Epsilon Jan 2017 to Sep 2019

• Led digital transformation initiatives including implementation of a cloud based HRIS platform that reduced administrative workload by 25%.

• Built and maintained integrated project plans covering scope, milestones, ownership, dependencies, risks, stakeholder communications, and change activities.

• Coordinated business and technology stakeholders during system rollouts, process standardization, testing support, implementation readiness, and employee transition activities.

• Facilitated change programs and stakeholder engagement to improve adoption while protecting operational continuity during transformation.

• Provided leadership with project status, risk analysis, workforce planning insight, and compliance considerations, reducing risk exposure by 15%.

• Escalated schedule, dependency, and implementation risks early to keep transformation milestones aligned with business commitments.

TECHNOLOGY AND DELIVERY TOOLS

Agile and PM: Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Trello, Asana, Monday.com, Wrike, ClickUp DevOps and Cloud: Jenkins, Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Microsoft Azure Collaboration: Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, Webex, Miro, SharePoint Reporting: Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Salesforce Reports CERTIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION

CERTIFICATIONS

SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) • Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master (SSM) • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) • Project Management Professional (PMP) EDUCATION

Business Administration

Lagos State University, 2004

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