Senior Scrum Master Resume

SUMMARY

Highly analytical, process - oriented and solutions-driven Scrum Master with 7+ years of experience in agile practices, coaching and leading cross-functional teams.
Successfully completed all projects within time and budget constraints by managing day-to-day project activities and resources. Highly skilled in the development, documentation and delivery of process innovations to pursue business goals.
Comprehensive understanding of business operations and analytical tools to identify improvement opportunities and transform company practices into fresh, cost-effective solutions.
High work ethic and commitment for compliance with professional codes, laws and organization’s requirements.
Creative with critical thinking to solve problems promptly and ensure smooth work flow
Strong analytical ability to effectively understand and interpret contractual agreements
Strong verbal and written communication skills with outstanding negotiation skills
Outstanding interpersonal and client relationship skills to establish positive business relations
Exceptional organization skills with ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Solid time management with high precision in delivery in a fast paced deadline oriented environment
Microsoft Office (Advanced Word, Excel + Financial, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
MS Excel data analysis and metrics (VLOOKUP’s, Pivot Tables, dashboard metrics and Visio)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Scrum/Agile/Kanban Planning & Execution Coaching & Mentoring
Reporting & Documentation Scheduling & facilitation Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Capacity planning Conflict resolution Servant Leader
Team building Quality Assurance Agile Methodologies
Mural, Confluence, Tableau Jira, Rally, SharePoint Scaled Agile Framework

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Scrum Master

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Working on financial readiness profile for military members to assist in (moving base, deployment, joining the military, becoming a parent) and spreading awareness of their current financial well-being and how to plan their budget, save for emergencies and manage their debt.
Enact change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of Scrum teams by 16% and the quality of deliverables by 22%.
Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
Scheduling and allocating work and resolving problems to meet technical performance and financial objectives.
Acting as mini RTE for the offshore teams, following up on change request, merges and story sign offs.
Utilize feedback and metrics (predictability, cycle time, burndown charts) to identify opportunity and improvement.
Liaising between developers & project stakeholders; fostering quality communication in engineering disciplines.
Striving for team efficiency by encouraging buddy merge requests, pair programming, WIP limits and buddy testing.
Coordinate with other scrum masters during the scrum of scrums to mitigate risks, reduce inter team dependencies.
Analyze, develop and document all test plans both in Jira and on our Q-test project.

Senior Scrum Master

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Worked on a very extensive project for wifi bug fixes and router maintenance.
Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase their velocity by 34% within one year.
Removed team impediments to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
Facilitated high complexity Agile rac sessions from initiation through release of the project.
Assisted in operational efficiency, reduce operational risk and optimized the rapid deployment of robotic automation.
Mentor and coach teams (including the Product Owner) in Agile practices and mindset.
Identified potential project risks and helped developed a mitigation plan to resolve potential issues.
Facilitated all team ceremonies including grooming, planning, demos, retrospectives, team effectiveness meetings.
Participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items.
Collaborated with members of the Product, Business & Engineering Teams to maintain Product backlogs.