JULIA MANNING
Bloomfield,NJ
Summary
Seasoned Certified Senior Agilist and Project Management Professional with an impressive track record of delivering complex products. Well-versed in Scrum, Scrum@Scale, SAFe,Kanban,Kaizen, XP agile methodologies. Servant agile leader for seven transformations at premier Fortune 50 companies. Mentored teams, to be self-directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution and transparency. Expertise in managing large teams and complex products to customer satisfaction delivery.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Agile/Project Management Trainer
Certification Academy via Manifest Agility LLC
Bloomfield, NJ
03.2023 - Current
- Train students in virtual setting on PMP/Agile 6th edition certification exam
- Positive feedback from students that have passed the exam and utilizing applied knowledge
- Taught the students Adaptive methodology (Agile) and Predictive waterfall methodology
- Presented training information via role playing, simulations and team exercises.
Agile Coach/Release Train Engineer
PepsiCo via Toptal LLC
Bloomfield, NJ
05.2022 - 12.2022
- One-on-one coaching to team members to understand the agile ways of working and agile manifesto principles adherence of agile by 100%
- Collaborated with the team to create an effective team agreement that boosted the team self-organization skill sets by 50% within 3 months
- Taught a global team Microsoft Azure DevOps Basics, Story Splitting, Information Radiators to team size of 40 with excellent feedback on sessions
- Planned quarterly PI Planning Event and Tech Product Owners and Development team, facilitated retrospectives and Scrum of Scrums
- Coached IT Executive leadership on value mapping and in one-on-one sessions to create an environment of learning that allows failure fast to pivot to success
- Number of Teams :6 Total Team :80 Product Budget 10 Million
- Outcomes: Website Portal Automation, 52 existing websites deployed to new platform
Senior Agile Delivery Manager
CipherHealth
New York, NY
10.2021 - 02.2022
- Supported product owners and delivery teams to invest in application health, balancing application and platform ownership responsibilities with project delivery
- Coached delivery teams to take accountability for delivery, risk and issue management
- Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity
- Defined workflows and processes in fast-paced, Agile environment and distributed models through whiteboarding and mind-mapping.
Senior Scrum
Quest Diagnostics
Bloomfield, NJ
04.2021 - 09.2021
- Coached and mentored team members, stakeholders and leadership on benefits of Agile and Scrum
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity
- Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects
- Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times
- Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches
- Number of Teams 5 Total Team Size:85 Total Product Budget: $6Million
Scrum Master/Agile Coach
Pfizer
New York, NY
09.2019 - 02.2021
- Conducted story mapping workshops for agile squad for delivery for the Pfizer Global Assistant product which led to 3-month early delivery
- Coached and trained 5 different teams on the purpose of agile scrum events, XP, daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint review, sprint retrospectives
- Assessed teams' confidence after workshops on agile maturity and improvement in agile maturity by 75%
- Outcomes: Delivery Pfizer Agenda Tool, Pharma Regulation Tool, Ibrance Health Mobile App
- Number of Teams:5 Total Team Size :65 Product Budget $6 Million
Agile Coach/Release Train Engineer
Johnson & Johnson via Incrementor
New Brunswick, NJ
03.2017 - 06.2019
- Guidance and training to the development team on story creation and functionality within Jira and GXP guidelines for user stories
- One on one coaching to ,Executive leadership, Product Owner, and Development team to ensure positive outcomes on team collaboration and product development
- Rapid value realization from zero releases in production to releasing every two weeks
- 6 Teams Total Team Size:85 Total Product Budget $15 Million
- Outcomes: Executive CIO Plants and Projects Dashboard utilizing big data, Siemens MES Configuration Digitization of Manual Plant Process, Medical Device Application
Senior Agile Project Manager
Wyndham Destinations via VBeyond
Parsippany, NJ
12.2015 - 12.2016
- Delivered first POC agile project for Google Type Ahead within 4 months
- Authored and Co-Authored 10 business cases, 1.5MM to 10MM dollar budgets
- Presented the Scrum training process to the Global Agile PMO of a team of 30
- Trained and mentored team members on the best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity
- Number of Teams: 9 Total Team Size 110 Product Budget $40 Million
- Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches.
Senior Project Consultant
Optum
Basking Ridge, NJ
03.2015 - 12.2015
- Facilitated agile scrum team events: Daily Standup, Planning, Sprint Retrospective
- Delivered 8 Releases and 32 Features in 9 months and upgraded uhcservices.com
- Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches
- Documented new features and strategies as well as user stories and criteria for acceptance
- Lead Agile team in development of data warehouse, business intelligence, data lake and cloud technologies within Agile environment
- Outcomes: 100% PCI compliance for cobra web form, updates to platform and integration of databases to collect PCI data within 3 milliseconds
- Number of Teams: 7 Total Team Size: 95 Product Budget;$15 Million
Project Manager /Scrum Master
Blue Cross BlueShield of IL
Chicago, IL
08.2011 - 04.2014
- Servant agile leadership for code an optimization for COBOL to Java application
- Manager for the entire project management lifecycle from initiation to closure for multi-million-dollar projects
- Led meetings with internal team members, consultants and contractors
- Outcomes: Operational Online Web Enrollment for Claim forms 100% on time, Claims Digital Customization
Education
Master of Science - Business Information Technology
DePaul University
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
DePaul University
Skills
- Project Management
- Improvement Recommendations
- Organizational Development
- Sprint Planning
- JIRA,JIRA Cloud
- Scrum Processes
- Backlog Management
- Agile Best Practices
- Software Process Management
- Value Mapping
- Risk Identification
- Workflow Analysis
- Presentation Skills
- ART Execution
- Computer Programming
- Change Management
- Vendor Selection
- Scrum Methodology
- Team Leadership
- Stakeholder Negotiations
- Stakeholder Relations
- Agile Methodologies
- Project Management Software
- PI Planning,Quaterly Planning
- Miro,Mural,Jamboard
- Design Thinking
- Information Radiators
- Story Mapping
- Azure DevOps
- Zoom, Slack, Teams
- Retrospective Refinement
- Portfolio Management
Certification
- PMI-PMP Project Management Professional - 2011
- PMI-ACP Agile Certified Practitioner-2018
- IC Agile Certified Agile Coach-2020
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master- 2011
- Scrum Alliance Foundation Educator - 2020
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Professional - 2014
- Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leadership - 2020
- Certified Scrum@Scale Practitioner - 2019
- Certified SAFe 5.1/6.0 Practice Consultant - 2022
- Certified SAFE Agilist - 2018
- ITIL v3 Foundations - 2011
- Amazon Cloud Sales - 2023
- Amazon Cloud Economics - 2023
- Amazon Technical Accrediation - 2023
Work Availability
monday
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Quote
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins
Timeline
Agile/Project Management Trainer
Certification Academy via Manifest Agility LLC
03.2023 - Current
Agile Coach/Release Train Engineer
PepsiCo via Toptal LLC
05.2022 - 12.2022
Senior Agile Delivery Manager
CipherHealth
10.2021 - 02.2022
Senior Scrum
Quest Diagnostics
04.2021 - 09.2021
Scrum Master/Agile Coach
Pfizer
09.2019 - 02.2021
Agile Coach/Release Train Engineer
Johnson & Johnson via Incrementor
03.2017 - 06.2019
Senior Agile Project Manager
Wyndham Destinations via VBeyond
12.2015 - 12.2016
Senior Project Consultant
Optum
03.2015 - 12.2015
Project Manager /Scrum Master
Blue Cross BlueShield of IL
08.2011 - 04.2014
Master of Science - Business Information Technology
DePaul University
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
DePaul University
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