Sr. Scrum Master Resume Richmond, VA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Senior Agile Project Management professional, expertise in agile and traditional SDLC methodologies, hands - on development experience along with data analytical skills. Led teams in delivering small to large scale projects, experience in cross-functional environments, managing multiple teams and served as single point of contact, portfolio management, people management, performed under tight project schedules and complex projects.
Expertise in agile development methodologies, coaching and facilitating all the agile ceremonies - release planning, grooming product backlog, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review & retrospectives and sprint demo, resolving impediments, Scrum of Scrum (S2) meetings.
Performed in Banking, Healthcare, Insurance, eCommerce, Manufacturing and Retail domains

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Scrum Master

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Responsibilities:

Facilitated all the scrum ceremonies for scrum and Kanban teams - Release planning, sprint planning, daily scrum, tracking velocity, daily burn-down charts, story point estimation, sprint review, sprint demo and sprint retrospective
Actively engaged in resolving impediments and improved team velocity
Represented team in Scrum of Scrum (S2) meetings
Worked closely with Product Owner for building product backlog
Successfully guided teams through transition from waterfall to agile development process
Closely monitored and tracked burn down, WIP and threshold limits, issues/impediments and project progress using VersionOne and JIRA tools
Constantly looked for team improvement areas in agile and coached them
Protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity
Encouraged and implemented process improvements
Prepared and presented metrics to senior level management, all the stakeholders
Resolved complex issues by creating and utilizing a professional network of Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Technical Leads
Performed other duties as assigned by my manager or needed for project success

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Initiated projects by creating project charters / statement of work / business cases
Built and managed work plans throughout the project life cycle
Actively involved in developing and review of technical requirements, technical design and test design & plans
Identified and reviewed project risks at regular intervals and designed & tracked mitigation plans. Also, escalated project issues and impediments to all the stake holders at appropriate time
Test Management - Test strategy preparation and test scenarios reviews
Actively participated in change management meetings to discuss over the change requests and determining the impacts of the schedule, time and cost of the project. Ensured version control process and engaged in release management activities
Delivered project status report to senior level management, all the stake holders and participated in review meetings
Continuously monitored and analyzed project metrics
Managed staffing needs in a matrix environment, project budgets, scope, schedules, and delivery of all assigned projects as part of a centralized Project Management Office (PMO).
Built and managed key project / work stream interdependencies and critical path milestones
Suggested and implemented process improvements, developed templates and guidelines as needed to the project
Contributed to a positive work environment and encouraged team building activities

Developer and Asst. Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Did a project study, prepared a project plan and successfully transitioned from onshore to offshore
Built and managed work plans throughout the project life cycle
Led the software development and overseen the work performed by team at regular frequency
Assisted in preparing project status report to senior level management
Identified risks / issues and determined mitigation plans & tracked them.
Developed application requirements
Developed and tested Y2K conversion programs, GE maintenance applications
Prepared test scenarios, test cases and executed
Reviewed peer team member test results
Performed other duties as assigned by my manager or needed for project success