SUMMARY:

• 6+ years of experience as an accomplished Project Manager/Scrum Master(SSM), capable of delivering medium to large scale projects on time and on budget by TEMPeffectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and mentoring.
• Adept in efficiently transitioning of teams to TEMPeffective Agile implementation, removing impediments and promoting self - management.
• Active in motivating the teams, keeping them focused and collaboratively delivering success in quick evolving and dynamic environments.
• Outstanding presentation, negotiation, leadership and communication skills.
• Skilled in leading global cross-functional and offshore teams through collaborative, open communications, establishing clear objectives and accountabilities.
• Strong ability to grasp new concepts quickly and think outside the box to provide new outlook
• Knowledge on Remedy tool to open production tickets
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to understand architectural details and deploy artifacts
• Crisp communication skills and strong time management discipline to track tasks
• Successful delivery of multiple projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Agile Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for removing impediments, hence requiring constant, TEMPeffective communication to unblock the team and make sure the team remains on the task at hand. Facilitated Release Planning, Sprint
• Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Retrospective meetings Communicated team status/progress via Release/Sprint burndown charts, Story Acceptance rate, and defects and ensure stakeholders and executives are aligned. Communicated team status/progress via Release/Sprint burndown charts, Story Acceptance rate, and defects and ensure stakeholders and executives are aligned. Provided weekly status reports to leadership teams Worked wif Product Owner during the Sprint review sessions to make sure all stories met Definition of Done and get the stories accepted wifin the sprint. Responsible for overseeing a series of projects of high complexity across multiple departments across multiple business units.
• Assess and advise on improving process and methodologies of current program and project management implications throughout projects' timelines; including development of strategies, readiness assessment, development of and communications. Works wif project managers to identify redundancies and duplications of efforts across projects and eliminate. Acts as a mentor to project managers. Able to motivate project managers to build cooperative work teams. Able to identify, develop, and direct team members. strengths, technological resources and organizational processes to build teams. Advanced in the use of project management software/ concepts. Comprehensive noledge of business unit functions. Strong communication skills to work wif senior management to deliver requirements.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, quality management, and organizational skills. Comprehensive understanding of project management theory and team dynamics. Proven ability to TEMPeffectively collaborate wif others, initiate action and adapt to change. Proven ability to make tough decisions and accept challenging assignments. Demonstrated ability to accurately estimate costs and develop and implement project plans wifin budgetary guidelines.

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated product backlog refinement meetings wif Product Owner. Direct development teams from project initiation to successful release. Communicated team status via Sprint burndown charts, defect status and ensure stakeholders and executives are aligned. Drove cross - functional and cross-geographic development teams. Managed a bi-weekly sprint cadence for several scrum teams using Aha and Jira.
• Collaborated across Product, Engineering, and UX to ensure features met business KPIs and aligned wif product roadmap. Clearly commun icated problems and progress to upper management via engaging presentations. Coach teams to focus on Minimum Viable Product (MVP) when delivering intent wifin each sprint. Develop relationships wif Product Owner and Engineering to prioritize and determine business value.
• Proactively identify, vocalize and remove impediments to enhance delivery. Managed team leading as a Scrum Master leading daily Standups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Retrospective Agile ceremonies wif Product, Engineering, QA, and User Experience team.

Confidential

Team Lead / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Product lead for four primary products being migrated. Coordinate between business and technology partners for a flawless execution of projects, ensuring that all projects are delivered on time, wifin scope and wifin budget
• Define project scope and objectives and develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress Measure project performance and provide updates to management as needed Work in small iterations to ensure efficiency and margin of error. Establish and maintain relationship wif all stakeholders: sales & account teams, technology partners, fulfillment teams, and vendors Meet wif clients to clarify specific requirements and provide guidelines.
• Perform analysis of business and technology requests, provide recommendations for possible solutions and timeline Complete documentation for business requirements which guide application development efforts, working closely wif the development and business teams to ensure successful implementation of business requirements.
• Create and validate test cases. Perform post code deployment production validations. Analyze opportunities to improve tools to complete department goals in a more accurate and efficient manner.