Kingsley Chinedu

• Agile Transformation & Team Leadership: Led a shift from project-centric to product-centric delivery by building and managing an 80+-member cross-functional teams; coached 8+ Agile teams through various Agile Methodologies as tailored for their specific deliverables and transformation goals to ensure continuous delivery excellence and optimize production across assets in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management: Coached 50+ senior leaders on Agile principles and change management, driving a 20% boost in team productivity and 15% faster delivery; aligned executive priorities with OKRs/KPIs to lift business outcomes by 10%.
• Enterprise Coaching & Mentorship: Delivered enterprise-level coaching to Scrum Master Teams—elevating release planning, risk management, and iterative practices to improve delivery performance by 10%; cultivated psychologically safe environments that fueled innovation.
• Digital Transformation & Process Optimization: Helped Agile Center of Excellence to design and implemented organization-wide Agile frameworks, best practices, and working agreements; leveraged the Hands on knowledge of Azure DevOps and Power BI to cut cycle times by 25%, enhance workflow visibility across Various teams in BP, and strengthen regulatory compliance.
• Risk Management & Operational Excellence: Assessed emerging technologies and performance metrics to align transformation initiatives with corporate strategy in Energy,Oil & Gas; partnered with HSC&E teams to track incidents, mitigate risks, and drive safety improvements across refinery assets and remove tier one and life changing incidents.

• Conducted data-driven Agile process assessments and business analysis to pinpoint pain points and implement targeted improvements, driving a 30% increase in adherence to Lean-Agile best practices.
• Organized and led daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define requirements, track performance metrics, and enhance sprint commitments and planning efficiency.
• Implemented SAFe practices—coaching on PI readiness, ART Syncs, and Inspect & Adapt workshops—and applied business analysis techniques to roadmap planning, resulting in a 20% uplift in innovation and continuous improvement.
• Developed Agile charters, defined readiness and completion criteria, and served as the primary stakeholder liaison to refine user stories and prioritize backlogs, streamlining workflows and aligning delivery with strategic business objectives
  

• Agile Training & Facilitation: Led comprehensive Scrum training sessions and conducted problem-solving workshops to drive effective team collaboration and ensure the consistent achievement of sprint goals. Emphasized continuous improvement and Agile best practices to foster a high-performance
• Backlog Refinement & Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborated closely with Product Owners during backlog refinement sessions to establish ambitious, data-driven objectives that enhanced backlog quality and ensured alignment with evolving business priorities.
• Workflow Optimization & Kanban Implementation: Implemented Kanban boards and established Work-In-Progress (WIP) limits across multiple cross-functional teams. This initiative improved workflow visibility, streamlined delivery processes, and optimized overall process efficiency.
• Agile Transformation & Methodology Transition: Successfully transitioned teams from traditional Waterfall to Agile methodologies by coaching team members on the fundamentals of Agile, fostering self-organization, and encouraging collaborative practices that significantly improved delivery efficiency.
• Data Analytics & Strategic Decision-Making: Analyzed project data from Azure DevOps to create actionable metrics and insights, supporting informed project prioritization, effective resource allocation, and enterprise-wide decision-making that aligned with strategic objectives.

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