Anuoluwa Olutayo
Newark,NJ
Summary
Experienced program manager and certified scrum master with a proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality projects within tight deadlines. Skilled in agile methodologies, risk management, and strategic planning. Excellent communicator and problem solver, able to drive collaboration and efficiency across all levels of an organization. Committed to continuous improvement and driving business growth through effective project management.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Manager (Remote)
Cai Technologies
Trenton, NJ
07.2020 - Current
- Conducted extensive research and participated in networking events to meet prospects and identify areas of focus.
- Analyzed data from multiple sources in order to make recommendations on how best to improve program efficiency.
- Mapped dependencies and relationships between products, platforms, projects, resources, and technologies throughout software platform modifications and upgrades, ensuring seamless project execution.
- Led and managed all project phases, including technical analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation support.
- Created and maintained project documentation to ensure consistency of processes across the organization.
- Led teams to achieve operational standards and meet safety, quality, and delivery metrics.
- Conducted regular meetings with stakeholders to discuss project updates and provide status reports.
- Monitored team performance against established goals and objectives by providing coaching when necessary.
- Planned and led team meetings to review business results and communicate new and ongoing priorities.
- Developed and managed program plans, schedules, budgets, and performance metrics.
- Managed change requests related to scope changes or requested modifications during the course of a project.
- Reviewed project progress reports, identified areas of improvement, and provided feedback as needed.
Program Manager/Agile Scrum Master (Remote)
Kroger
Dallas, TX
09.2018 - 07.2020
- Created tactical relationships with teams to propel projects and attain results.
- Produced thorough, accurate and timely reports of project activities.
- Developed scorecards that tracked performance metrics related to customer satisfaction levels.
- Collaborated with teams across departments to develop effective strategies for executing programs.
- Proposed or approved modifications to project plans.
- Managed program budgets and timelines, ensuring projects stayed on track and within allocated resources.
- Prioritized tasks and managed teams throughout multiple projects.
- Mediated conflicts between employees and facilitated effective resolutions to disputes.
- Collaborated with functional managers to develop program resource plans and assign program resources.
- Spearheaded program management support for portfolio.
- Developed project plans, identified risks, set objectives and monitored progress towards completion.
- Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches.
- Assisted product owners in developing user stories and acceptance criteria for upcoming sprints.
- Acted as a primary contact between development teams, product owners, stakeholders and other external parties throughout the entire lifecycle of a project.
- Participated in daily Scrum meetings to update on project progress.
- Provided guidance on Agile Scrum principles, best practices and processes to ensure successful delivery of projects.
- Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation and implement risk reduction action plans.
- Coached and mentored team members, stakeholders and leadership on benefits of Agile and Scrum.
- Monitored milestones and deliverables to stay ahead of schedules and proactively spot potential roadblocks.
- Lead Agile team in development of data warehouse, business intelligence, data lake and cloud technologies within Agile environment.
- Participated in design discussions with architects and developers to ensure solutions meet customer requirements while adhering to established standards and best practices.
- Coordinated with stakeholders to prioritize backlog items and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Worked to gather customer requirements, clarify specifications and translate into product backlog.
- Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
- Monitored sprint performance metrics including velocity, defect rates, cycle times, to identify trends and opportunities for optimization.
- Delivered results using strong understanding of project management methodology and PMO standards.
- Defined release plans based on available resources, timelines and budget constraints while ensuring quality assurance is maintained throughout the process.
- Ensured compliance with applicable industry standards and regulations related to software development and delivery activities.
- Conducted application review meetings with end-users to document and gather business needs and translate into functional requirement documents.
- Procured software, hardware and infrastructure required to meet program demands.
- Developed technical infrastructure planning, data migration and integration services with third-party applications and platforms.
- Tracked project progress against goals using agile methodologies such as burndown charts, velocity tracking and task boards.
- Modified existing software systems to enhance performance and add new features.
Technical Program Manager (Remote)
Cardinal Health
Dallas, TX
10.2014 - 08.2018
- Developed forward-thinking solutions to expected technical issues.
- Offered decision-makers ROI and cost-benefit projections to guide project development and implementation.
- Improved services and technologies through continued analysis of system performance.
- Updated project manager twice weekly regarding status of open projects.
- Implemented network security improvements to prevent vulnerabilities.
- Collaborated with employees to evaluate new software performance and reach technical requirements.
- Operated video equipment and effects generators to meet fast-paced production demands.
- Developed processes to streamline software development life cycle activities such as planning, coding, testing and deployment.
- Prepared reports on project performance metrics and presented them at executive level meetings.
- Monitored project performance metrics including cost, schedule, scope change requests and quality assurance plans.
- Performed risk management by identifying potential risks associated with projects and developing mitigation strategies.
- Developed and maintained project plans, timelines and roadmaps for multiple projects.
- Coordinated resources across teams to resolve issues and execute projects efficiently.
- Conducted regular reviews with stakeholders to ensure that all deliverables are meeting expectations.
- Resolved conflicts between various stakeholders involved in the program by working collaboratively.
- Analyzed project processes and workflows to reduce risk.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams such as product management, UX and UI designers and QA testers on new feature development initiatives.
- Implemented best practices related to Agile methodology such as sprints, standups, resulting in improved efficiencies.
- Identified opportunities for improvement within existing processes and proposed solutions for same.
- Managed a team of engineers to ensure timely delivery of technical solutions.
Education
Associate of Science - Computer Science
Lagos State Polytechnic
LagosAssociate of Science - Nursing
Carleen Health Institute
Skills
- Data Analysis
- P&L Management
- Project Management
- Program Performance Analysis
- Revenue Growth
- Business Development
- Team Development
- Risk Analysis and Management
- Stakeholder Communications
- Problem-Solving
- Change Management
- Project Lifecycle
- Sprint Planning
- Leading Scrum Meetings
- Scrum Processes
- Software Process Management
- Backlog Management
- Resource Planning
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Conflict Resolution
- Scrum Methodology
- Jira, Smartsheets, AWS
- Azure DevOps, Confluence, ServiceNow, Power BI
- Python, Linux, Automation, Json Script
- Git/GitHUB, Gitlab, Docker & Kubernetes
- ServiceNow
Certification
- PMI
- CSM
- PMP
- Certified Safe Scrum Master
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Program Manager (Remote)
Cai Technologies
07.2020 - Current
Program Manager/Agile Scrum Master (Remote)
Kroger
09.2018 - 07.2020
Technical Program Manager (Remote)
Cardinal Health
10.2014 - 08.2018
Associate of Science - Computer Science
Lagos State Polytechnic
Associate of Science - Nursing
Carleen Health Institute