ALIYU BAPPA
Hyattsville,MD
Summary
Results-driven and accomplished Product Owner/Manager with 10 years of Agile experience and managing cross functional teams across different time zones to deliver 94% of products ahead of deadline.
With expertise ranging from data visualization and technical documentation, to product and project management, enterprise architecture, continuous process improvement, risk mitigation, product roadmapping, and data analytics to time management, mentoring, team leadership, and collaboration to build key relationships.
These fine-tune my ability to forecast and remove impediments, define team processes and deliver strategic initiatives from initiation to launch.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Product Owner, Data Products
Signify Health
Dallas, Texas
09.2023 - 06.2024
- Oversaw product development lifecycle and managed Enterprise Data Monitoring and Reporting Team backlog, ensuring alignment with overarching business goals
- Coached and mentored team members on Agile best practices, serving as SME for Technical Product Management within Data Products and Data Governance
- Created, managed, and monitored the team's Kanban board on JIRA, increasing productivity by 23% in 180 days
- Built Power BI reports, and user documents on Confluence to communicate product features and step-by-step guides to stakeholders and business teams
- Trained colleagues on specific product functionalities via Product Demos and "churn the butter" sessions
- Facilitated and hosted interview sessions and scrum ceremonies which improved cross functional communication, resulting in a 16% increase in project completion rate
- Analyzed and approved team members’ timesheets on JIRA and expenses on Concur
- Integrated Enterprise Data Monitoring Pipeline Datasets and source codes into GitHub and Azure Repository for User Acceptance Testing
- Managed budget plans, product roadmaps, workflow diagrams, capacity, and dependency plans using JIRA Align
- Consistently delivered products and reports on time and within budget, achieving a 97% product success rate.
Product Owner / Project Manager
PNC Financial Services
Newark, New Jersey
10.2018 - 07.2023
- Facilitated daily scrum and monthly review meetings, sprint retrospectives, sprint planning, release planning, sprint review, and followed up on action items for continuous improvement and collaboration
- Implemented the team’s transition to Agile methodologies, prioritizing the Kanban board for enhancements and defect management
- Planned and prioritized internal CI automation scope system, providing API for CI/CD improvements
- Managed product backlog to monitor progress and deliver features providing business value and quick ROI
- Supported organizational transition to Agile by coaching and training teams on Agile practices
- Led the creation and implementation of project plans and roadmaps while collaborating with TPO in creating user stories for the HYTK project
- Coached/consulted on Agile principles across multiple DevOps teams, focusing on ROAM-based risk management model training.
Senior Business Analyst / Scrum Master
PNC Financial Services Group
McLean, Virginia
09.2016 - 09.2018
- Gathered, analyzed, and documented business and technical requirements from stakeholders
- Designed and implemented models for financial analysis, creating dashboards on Excel, Power BI, and Tableau
- Performed GAP analysis to identify system improvements, and prepared ratio analysis and time series analysis to identify competitive strengths
- Developed product transfer group to translate requirements from marketing and engineering to manufacturing, reducing project costs by 23%.
Business Systems Analyst
Blanchard Valley Health System
Findlay, Ohio
06.2014 - 08.2016
- Developed project plan for implementing a new EHR system
- Assisted with workflow mapping and proposed changes to enhance the current EHR system (SYSTOC)
- Facilitated user interviews and workshops to gather and analyze user stories
- Conducted GAP analysis and modified key business processes to improve efficiency
- Created BRDs, Use Cases, and User Stories from high-level requirements gathered from stakeholders.
Education
B.S., Healthcare Management and Biology -
University of Findlay
Findlay, OhioM.S., Information Systems, Health Informatics -
University of Findlay
Findlay, OhioSkills
- Critical thinking and decision making
- Agile Project Management Scrum/KanBan/SAFe
- Product specifications and requirements
- Strategic Planning
- Revenue cycle management
- Product management
- End User Documentation
- Product Development Life Cycle
- Performance Tuning
- Product Backlog prioritization
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team Leadership & presentation
- User Stories
- User Experience
- Risk Assessment & Root Cause Analysis
- Continuous Process Improvement
- Negotiation and conflict resolution
- ERP Systems
- Performance Metrics Analysis
- Electronic Health Records
- Clinical Trial Data
- User Acceptance Testing
- PI Planning
- Budgeting
- TOOLS JIRA Confluence PowerBI Snowflake Microsoft Office GitHub LucidChart & LucidSpark Azure DevOps
Extracurricular Interests
- Senator Sherrod Brown Propel Ohio Student Ambassador, 2017-2019
- Findlay African Students Association President, 2017-2019
- One Amazing Place Mentor, 2017-present
- Soccer •Afrobeats
Certification
- CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner)-Scrum Alliance
- PMP (Project Management Professional)-PMI
- Agile Certified Professional-PMI
- CSM (Certified Scrum Master)
- Google Analytics Certification
- Technical Writing; End User Documentation
- Aviatrix Certified Engineer, Multi-Cloud Network
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
References
- Available upon request
Timeline
Technical Product Owner, Data Products
Signify Health
09.2023 - 06.2024
Product Owner / Project Manager
PNC Financial Services
10.2018 - 07.2023
Senior Business Analyst / Scrum Master
PNC Financial Services Group
09.2016 - 09.2018
Business Systems Analyst
Blanchard Valley Health System
06.2014 - 08.2016
B.S., Healthcare Management and Biology -
University of Findlay
M.S., Information Systems, Health Informatics -
University of Findlay