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ARIF AZHAR

ARIF AZHAR

Phoenix,USA

Summary

Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Proton Technologies
06.2021 - Current
  • Serve as a Scrum Master for one or more Agile development teams, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and practices.
  • Facilitate all Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders, and development teams to define project scope, goals, and deliverables.
  • Remove any obstacles or impediments that may hinder the team's progress and escalate issues when necessary.
  • Tracked and report project progress, ensuring transparency and visibility to stakeholders and management.
  • Promoted a positive and collaborative work environment, fostering open communication and trust among team members.
  • Stay up to date with industry best practices and emerging Agile trends, sharing knowledge and insights with the team.
    Guided the teams to follow Agile and Scrum practices to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint
  • Optimized team velocity to identify improvement opportunities to achieve higher levels of team performance
  • Coach individuals and teams (including scrum masters and product owners) to facilitate adoption and improvement in agile methodologies and principles
  • Establish and ensure adoption of standards, ceremonies, and best practices for agile ways of working
  • Identify potential risks to the completion of the Sprints, including resources, costs, and systems. Recommend appropriate solutions
  • Manage change in sprint priorities
  • Help identify and remove impediments to agile teams' success
  • Monitor and communicate progress of agile team's key metrics on regular basis
  • Tangible solutions for our consumers, customers, and the enterprise.
  • Championed change management initiatives, guiding teams through successful transitions to new methodologies and techniques.
  • Resolved impediments to team progress by proactively identifying issues and facilitating effective solutions.
  • Successfully led multi-disciplinary teams towards achieving project milestones while adhering to established budgets and timelines.
  • Enhanced team productivity by implementing Agile methodologies and improving communication between cross-functional teams.

Scrum Manager

Mind Sight
03.2017 - 06.2021

● Managed and led project team to achieve outstanding project outcomes

● Project financial management including estimate upload, cost control, productivity tracking, monthly forecasting, and billings

● Detailed, hands-on knowledge of project scope

● Collaborated with company safety director and superintendent to develop and implement a project-specific safety culture and plan

● Identified and managed project risks

● Understood owner contract requirements and ensure compliance

● Create and maintain overall project schedule while working with the project superintendent

● Complete scope and bid package review including trade partner buy-out and ongoing cost management

● Supported and advanced Company initiatives involving innovation and Lean project delivery

● Assisted with Bouten team member career development and conduct performance management reviews

● Supported self-perform work

● Led the preconstruction effort with support from the Company preconstruction services team

● Assisted with targeted business development/marketing strategies and assumes key role in SOQ and project interview process with support from Company marketing team

● Took complete control/ownership of project and all its requirements.

● Review of the construction schedules, procurement, meeting minutes, RFI's, COR's, etc.

● Develops the project's specific scope schedule as it pertains to SIC and communicates with the team on project deliveries and objectives.

● Developed full understanding of the scope and interdependence of all contract documents.

● Managed effective document control mechanisms for the project.

Evaluated change order requests including design changes, specifications and drawing releases and reports status.

Senior Mortgage Manager – Elite Banking

National Bank of Abu Dhabi
  • Securing new to bank quality clients for Mortgages, and cross selling wealth management, investments and other premium retail banking products like platinum credit cards, privilege savings accounts, Fixed Deposits, and NR products to generate maximum revenue
  • Understanding the customer needs, and offering tailor-made banking & financial solutions & personalize service levels to meet customer expectations
  • Maintaining high customer service standards at all times - successful in garnering several customer service accolades during the tenure
  • Develop and maintain a healthy partnership with affluent mortgage brokers and real estate companies channel to increase the pool of lead for sales.

Sales Manager –Retail (Mortgage & Auto Finance)

Islamic Finance Company AAFAQ
  • Core job is to enhance Mortgage asset acquisition with a mandate of increasing market share of the product in the industry
  • To develop strategies and plan aligned with business risks appetite and additionally channelizing and provide leadership and direction to the front end
  • Closely work with policy and product in designing of the product and policy of the company
  • Develop and maintain a healthy partnership with affluent mortgage brokers and real estate companies channel to increase the pool of lead for sales.

Relationship Manager – Mortgages & Bancassurance

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
  • Develop and cultivate flourish business relationship with affluent client base
  • Conceptualize strategic financial plans for clients based on result of comprehensive needs and assessments
  • Recommend community banking products and banking deposits and investments and consumer credit solutions
  • Collaborate with other departments regarding development and implementation of cross selling.

Senior Relationship Officer – Retail Banking Group

Mashreq Bank Dubai
  • The position circumferences extensive client servicing and customer service needs along with creating awareness and selling all banking products which included, Accounts opening, Personal Loan, Credit Card and Over Draft Facilities
  • Responsible for handling specific Corporate Accounts and servicing all personal banking products and services to the employees of the organization.

Education

BS-Hons. Computer Sciences -

University of Punjab
01.2006

Skills

  • Building positive relationships
  • Self-motivated
  • Enthusiastic and committed to professional excellence
  • Ability to work as a part of a team
  • High adaptability
  • Perseverance and Integrity to Work
  • Optimistic
  • Time Management Efficiency
  • Team Leadership Qualities
  • Mortgage Underwriting Expertise
  • Attention to Detail Focus
  • Real Estate Market Awareness
  • Risk Assessment Abilities
  • Analytical Thinking Approach

Certification

  • Successfully completed the training workshop on ‘Islamic Banking’.
  • Successfully completed and passed the Wealth Management Course through ADCB.
  • Successfully complete Enhanced Product and Management Skills training at Islamic Finance Company AAFAQ.
  • Successfully completed Advanced Management Skills Program at Islamic Finance Company AAFAQ.
  • Successfully complete Advance Sales Cheetah Training Program conduct by Torque in Islamabad Pakistan.

Internship

Ministry of Information & Technology Government of Pakistan, 2005, Government’s Projects Tracker

References

Available on request from all above-mentioned employers.

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master

Proton Technologies
06.2021 - Current

Scrum Manager

Mind Sight
03.2017 - 06.2021

Senior Mortgage Manager – Elite Banking

National Bank of Abu Dhabi

Sales Manager –Retail (Mortgage & Auto Finance)

Islamic Finance Company AAFAQ

Relationship Manager – Mortgages & Bancassurance

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Senior Relationship Officer – Retail Banking Group

Mashreq Bank Dubai

BS-Hons. Computer Sciences -

University of Punjab
ARIF AZHAR