Program Manager/Scrum Master Resume Portland, OR - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Resourceful IT professional with 15+ years of experience leading rapid delivery of enterprise solutions using scaled Agile/Waterfall hybrid methodologies.
Transitioned multiple teams, including a 200+ person PMO, from Waterfall to Agile practices
Successful delivery of multi - year $50MM program to replace 47 legacy systems with a single vendor loan origination system during ‘sub-prime’ home mortgage crisis.

SKILLS:

IT Program/Project Management (15+ yrs)
Agile/Kanban/Scrum Master (5 yrs)
Client-facing Implementation Project Manager (7 yrs)
Strategic planning, budget planning & reporting (10+ yrs)
Team collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving & consensus building (10+ yrs)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies: Agile Methodology/Scrum/Kanban, Waterfall, PMI PMBOK and SDLC.

Certifications: PMP (Jul 2003) - Active, CSM (Oct 2018) - Active, ACC (Oct 2016) - Active

Training: Certified Scrum Master Training, Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects, Leading Complex Projects, MS Project Orange Belt

Tools: MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Smartsheet, Keynote, Slack, Clarity, MS Office

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Portland, OR

Program Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Implement a Digital Marketing Content Planning platform on an accelerated timeline using a Kanban/Waterfall hybrid program management approach (Budget: $5MM)
Use continuous risk mitigation strategies to ensure a successful cross-functional global rollout of 5 geographic regions during 3 concurrent marketing seasons
Transitioned 15-person team to Agile and Kanban/Scrum best practices and ceremonies to maximize business value while consistently implementing on a time-boxed release schedule

Confidential, Portland, OR

IT Program/Project Manager Consultant/Owner

Responsibilities:

Experienced Sr. IT Program/Project Manager implementing productivity and digital marketing solutions for small businesses
Incremental implementation of Digital Marketing strategies, tools and automation software with client teams and consultant specialists
Transitioning clients to Agile/Scrum & team collaboration concepts for rapid implementation of high-value business initiatives based on a strategic growth plan

Confidential, Portland, OR

Sr. Project Manager / Product Owner / PMO Head

Responsibilities:

Oversight of 3 cross-functional teams (25 on site, 15 offshore testers) delivering customized client-facing loan origination product.
Coached high-performing teams on Agile best practices and ceremonies, offshore communication strategies and continuous process improvement resulting in a 15% reduction in time-to-market.
Executed New Client Initiation and Set Up activities, Charter, Governance, Communication Strategy, SOW Change Management Strategy and Executive Status Reporting between Client and Executive Stakeholders.
Onsite at client for major multi-day release events, facilitated all onsite Client meetings for optimized knowledge transfers and success of implementation.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Sr. Program/Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Transitioned to Scrum Master with self-managing teams and ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Sprint Review, Retrospective).
Improved release delivery time from quarterly to monthly releases with an average increase of 40% more content per release.
Established systematic Stakeholder Request Pipeline for continuous input on prioritization of the Product Backlog for 30+ legacy systems and 6 Business Line stakeholders resulting in 30% reduction of duplicate requests.
Program Management of $50MM+ multi-year software development initiative to replace the Loan Origination System and supporting systems including creation of a consolidated Data Warehouse and Third Party applications.